Outstanding Business Climate

Kansas City hosts the headquarters of over 37 global leaders in the animal health industry, including: Bayer HealthCare Animal Health, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Global Headquarters, Intervet and many others. This list represents 4 of the 10 largest global animal health interests, 1 of the 5 largest pet food companies and the world's largest animal health generics manufacturer.

Kansas City is at the center of the cattle industry as Kansas is 2nd and Missouri is 7th in cattle and calves inventory in the U.S. Within 350 miles of the KC Corridor, there is more than 45% of the fed cattle in the US, more than 40% of US hogs, and 20% of US beef cows and calves.

Kansas City is home to three nationally recognized publishers within the animal health industry including: Vance Publishing, Prism Business Media and Advanstar Communications. These companies publish such leading animal health publications as:

Veterinary Forum Veterinary Technician Veterinary Therapeutics Veterinary Economics Veterinary Medicine dvm Beef Pork National Hog Farmer Dairy Herd Management Farm Industry News

Innovative Incentives at the State Level

Extensive information on business incentives in Greater KC can be found in the Kansas City Area Development Council's Tax & Incentive Profile on the thinkKC.com web site.

The state of Kansas recently approved the Kansas Economic Growth Act, which established the Kansas Biosciences Authority that will generate over $580 million in revenue for the development of the biosciences industry over the next 15 years.

The state of Missouri recently approved the Missouri Quality Jobs Act that provides a new incentive program for the creation of high-skilled jobs by offering companies quarterly cash pryments of up to five precent of new taxable payroll based upon their new payroll investment.

For more information on business incentives, please visit these web sites:

Industry Associations

The Kansas City area is home to a large number of national and regional associations – ranging from life sciences to agriculture – that support the animal health and nutrition industry.

• Kansas Bioscience Organization

• Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation

• Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute

• Agricultural and Industrial Manufacturers' Representatives Association

• Agriculture Future of America

• American Angus Association

• American Hereford Association

• American International Charolais Association

• American Chianina Association

• American Maine-Anjou Association

• American Red Poll Association

• American Tarentaise Association

• Ankole Watusi International Registry

• SouthWestern Association

• American Veterinary Distributors Association

• Association of Genetic Technologies

• International Wheat Gluten Association

• Livestock Marketing Association

• National Agri-Marketing Association

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For more information, contact:
Lynn Parman
Vice President, Life Sciences & Technology
Kansas City Area Development Council
2600 Commerce Tower
911 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105-2049
Direct: 816.374.5627
Email: parman@thinkKC.com

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