Tag: agriculture
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A government report forecasts a bountiful Kansas winter wheat harvest. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that this years wheat crop is expected to be up 17 percent from a…
Machinery represents an ever-present danger on the farm. While machines save valuable time and are essential to productivity, use of farm machinery is hazardous, making them the source of most injuries and deaths on American…
Drive on any major highway in Kansas and you’ll likely see some roadkill. For decades, biologists at the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism have found a treasure trove in their counts of flattened…
Can you count the ways agriculture touches your life? When you wake up in the morning, you are lying on cotton sheets. You swing your feet onto the floor either made of wood, a rug…
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar expressed support Saturday for strengthening antitrust laws and enforcement to break up big agriculture monopolies. Youve got these giant corporations that are…
Each year, the All-America Selections (AAS) tests and introduces new flowers and vegetables to home gardeners. These plants have proven themselves to do well in trials across North America. The AAS winner label is like…
After 45 years covering agriculture in Kansas and Missouri, I will pull the pin (retire) from Kansas Farm Bureau Jan. 31. Ill put my pen in the desk drawer, close my computer, hang up my…
The month-long federal government shutdown, which ended Friday, has prompted the Farm Service Agency to extend program deadlines for a number of programs. The extensions, necessary to due to funding lapses for United States Department…
Hemp a close relative of marijuana that can be used to make textiles and other products has long been classified as a Schedule I drug by the federal government. Thats set to change.…
Ask Jerry Middendorf about his goats, and hell correct a myth, They dont eat tin cans. They do gobble grass, however, and lots of it. Four years after Jerry and Judy (nee Elliott) married in…
