Session 2000
Effective: April 28, 2000
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1860 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � A Resolution congratulating and commending Farmland Industries.
� � � WHEREAS,� Fortune magazine released its prestigious list of America's
Most Admired Companies in its February 2000 issue; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Five excellent corporate citizens of the State of Kansas were
included among these most elite companies; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will formally
recognize the five Kansas companies given special recognition with a reception
on May 1, 2000; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The members of the Kansas Senate have long recognized and
valued the presence of these excellent corporations and the products and serv-
ices they provide not only to this state, but to the nation and the world; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Farmland Industries originated as Union Oil Company in
1929 and has grown and diversified to raise and process grain, hogs, cattle and
catfish, and to produce and market chemicals used in agriculture and agribusi-
ness; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Farmland Industries has established a significant regional
office presence in several midwestern states, provides products and services in
all 50 states and in almost 90 countries across the globe, and involves more than
600,000 independent family farmers in 1,400 cooperatives: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we, the members
of the Kansas Senate of the Year 2000, join together to commend the officers,
management and employees of Farmland Industries for the standard of ex-
cellence set here and abroad, and congratulate them on receiving the well-
deserved honor by Fortune magazine as one of America's Most Admired Com-
panies in the Food Industry Category.

Senate Resolution No. 1860 was sponsored by Senators Vratil and Langworthy.