With a strong and growing coalition in Kansas, the USGLC works to educate and engage policymakers and community leaders on why investments in development and diplomacy help keep America safe and strengthen Kansas’s economy.
The USGLC’s Kansas Advisory Committee brings together more than 80 business, faith, non-profit, and political leaders who understand how American global leadership matters for Kansas. We’re also proud of Kansas’s Veterans for Smart Power – part of a nationwide network of 30,000 veterans.
Kansas exports about
$21 billion in goods and services
to overseas markets annually.
In Kansas,
360,000 jobs (20.0%)
are supported by trade.
In 2023–2024,
8,685 international students
in Kansas contributed
$236 million
to the state economy.
During a Senate floor speech in May, Senator Jerry Moran emphasized Kansas’s legacy of global agricultural leadership: “A call to feed the world has been answered by many Kansans, and farmers, and ranchers.” This observation reflects a broader strategic reality: since the 1950s, Kansas has played an integral role in the United States’ efforts to provide life-saving food to communities around the world…
Kansas’s economy is deeply connected to the global marketplace, with international trade supporting one in five jobs statewide. As the nation’s eighth-largest agricultural exporter—with wheat, corn, soybeans, and beef shipped through...
The world faces a daunting challenge: feeding a population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Meeting this demand will require a 60% increase in agricultural production, a feat complicated by climate change, resource scarcity, and geopolitical instability…
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