The announcement comes months after Manhattan was selected as the location for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which will deal with highly contagious diseases, such as foot-and-mouth. "Kansas is quickly becoming the epicenter of the animal health industry for the United States and the world" said Brownback, a Kansas Republican, whose office worked to get the lab, which receives about $3.5 million a year for research. Full Article at The Seattle Times