Tag: farming
Shawn and Kylee Geffert are right in the middle of harvesting corn. The long rows stand ready for the combine. In the distance one can see fields of soybeans from their property west of Iola.…
According to the results from the 2017 agriculture census released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kansas ranks fifth in production. The census is taken every four to five years, with the first being conducted…
For 45 years Craig Mentzer has been farming his land in Geneva, an unincorporated town in northwestern Allen County. Hes endured floods, hes weathered several droughts, but with 2019 just past the halfway mark he…
Gene Meiwes can?t help but keep a sunny disposition, regardless of the weather. When one of the wettest springs in recent memory threatened to derail much of the farm work for scores of area producers,…
The headline from the Hutchinson News brought good news for Kansas: This years wheat crop looks promising, even though its development has been slowed by cool weather this spring. The wheat crop and agriculture in…
PITTSBURG The Mall of Agriculture is in Pittsburg this weekend as part of the 45th annual Four State Farm Show. The farm show has been pushed up in the calendar this year, organizers noted…
Iolan Stanley E. Dreher Jr., 92, a titan in the Allen County farming community for nearly half a century, died Christmas Day at his home. In addition to the multiple boards, committees and councils on…
Five or six inches of rain in places more over the last several days have swelled the Neosho River and its tributaries over their banks. For farmers, even those hardened by years of…
WASHINGTON (AP) Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trumps trade disputes with China. But…
Mid-afternoon Thursday Shawn Geffert looked over 80 acres of corn, some harvested but most still standing. He wrenched the husk from an ear, broke it in two, plucked a kernel and plopped it in his…
