Tag: farmers
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas farmers have begun planting their next years winter wheat crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 1% of the winter wheat has now been planted in Kansas. That…
WASHINGTON (AP) American farmers have not only endured retaliatory tariffs from China and other nations, theyve watched as most of their top foreign competitors used free trade agreements to make inroads into Japan, a…
An exceptionally wet summer has local farmer Dick Works ?cautiously? optimistic about potential harvests this fall. Farmers are not ready to turn the page on 2019, despite an array of obstacles. Low-flying crop dusters have…
LACONA, Iowa (AP) When President Donald Trump levied tariffs on China that scrambled global markets, farmer Randy Miller was willing to absorb the financial hit. Even as the soybeans in his fields about an…
Several special attractions are on the menu at Thursdays Allen County Farmers Market in downtown Iola. Master Gardeners will be on hand during the market, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the east side of…
Wichita Sarah Stephens stands over a brightly lit table in a detached garage-turned-grow shed as she trims away unnecessary leaves from a recently harvested hemp plant. When shes finished, only the floral material of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Sixth-generation Kansas farmer Charles Atkinson said the millions of dollars in trade aid the federal government has funneled to local farmers doesnt fully make up for what growers have lost…
While payment amounts for the Market Facilitation Program ? a federal assistance program for farmers hurt by the current trade wars ? were released last week for each county nationwide, it remains to be seen…
Some two-thirds of the nations farmers cast their votes for Donald Trump in 2016, as did a similar percentage of non-farmers in rural, small-town America. They entrusted him to confront burdensome regulation, lower taxes, and…
GARDEN CITY Three years ago, rancher and farmer Jay Young got intrigued by a YouTube video. A North Dakota farmer championed the idea of cover crops plants that would be considered weeds in…
