It’s a crisp fall afternoon and Loren Liebscher is towing a wagon filled with families with his tractor and heading towards his pumpkin patch — something he’s done every autumn for 21 years. About 18,000…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure. The…

Tuesday’s cooler weather was a welcome relief for area farmers, with highs barely reaching the 80-degree barrier. But with only a trace of precipitation, fall crops are in danger if nothing of significance falls in…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The climate deal reached last week by Senate Democrats could reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that American farmers produce by expanding programs that help accumulate carbon in soil, fund climate-focused…

While it might be a gardener’s bane, this hot and dry weather is tailor-made for a successful wheat harvest.  “We could use another 10 days just like this,” said Keven Day, manager of the Piqua…

Hunter Nickell always planned to come home. He just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. Nickell graduated from Humboldt High School in 2018 and from Kansas State University in 2021.  About three weeks ago,…

WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee are considering how to help farmers struggling with rising costs for fertilizer, fuel, seeds and chemicals — the unfortunate harvest of the war in Ukraine, strains…

“You’re actually my most intimidating audience,” Sen. Jerry Moran joked with a group of Iola High School students on Friday morning. Moran stopped by for a tour of the new science and technology building at…

Extension has been helping people for over 100 years. A lot has changed since the Extension service was created in 1914, but the one thing that remains the same is the mission of Extension. Extension…

It’s not easy to catch a water buffalo. “If one doesn’t go in the pen, you cannot drive her. It’s better to set up a pen, drop some feed on the ground and hope for…