Local Farms and Producers

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (49+ words) Want your own hosted, self-optimizing clone of this — or any OpenServe site? Open Development for enterprise → © OpenServe Holdings LLC Where do you stand? What each side asserts, disputes — or leaves out entirely. Whose framing of this story rings truest to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1124+ words) For nearly four decades, Joe Martin worked to make wheat better suited for the farmers and fields of western Kansas. Today, his influence remains planted across the state, carried through varieties, genetics and a wheat breeding program he helped shape…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - Kansas ranks among the largest contributors to the American livestock industry, but according to survey data from the state's rural veterinarian workforce task force, almost 60% of producers across Kansas feel there is a shortage of veterinarians. Growing…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) Headline: Heat Advisory from TUE 1:00 PM CDT until TUE 8:00 PM CDT KANSAS. (KAKE) - The Director of Communications with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Heather Lansdowne, says starting January 1, the department is issuing a quarantine that prevents the sale or movement…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (178+ words) (Kansas is on track for its smallest winter wheat harvest in nearly 70 years, as drought and early-season freezes take a major toll. USDA projects Kansas farmers will harvest about 196 million bushels this year, down sharply from nearly 347 million bushels in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1307+ words) Pasta made from durum wheat line the shelves at a grocery store. (Calen Moore/Kansas News Service) Kansas farmers could soon play a role in spaghetti night or be the source of macaroni salad for the community cookout. More Kansas…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1102+ words) TOPEKA — Trade tariffs cost the United States about $15 billion in losses in the Chinese market alone, agriculture policy experts said Friday. Sandro Steinbach and Shawn Arita, associate professors at North Dakota State University’s Agricultural Risk Policy Center, spoke about international…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (201+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Some farmers in Kansas are already harvesting wheat -- about two weeks earlier than normal. Farmers say the wheat is early because of the hot and dry year we’ve had so far in the state. Randy Wyckoff and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (273+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Excessive rain has damaged about half the current strawberries at a family farm in Bates City, forcing the owners to salvage what they can before more rain arrives. John White and his wife Linda have owned…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1247+ words) By ALEXA ST. JOHN and CHARLIE RIEDEL It hasn’t always been easy. For instance, there were challenging economic times through the 1980s and various degrees of drought affecting his yield through the years. But this season feels different. “All in all,…...