Farming & Ranching

Kansas cattle on feed down

Submitted Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.46 million cattle on feed on March 1 according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was…

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Century, Sesquicentennial Family Farms deadline is May 15

Submitted Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) is continuing in 2023 its recognition of “Sesquicentennial Farms” in conjunction with KFB’s annual “Century Farm” program. The Century Farm program honors farms with ownership…

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Locals earn top state honors in National Corn Yield Contest

Submitted America’s corn farmers proved, once again, they are resilient, innovative and competitive. By adapting practices, adopting new technology and doing-more-with-less, America’s corn farmers made great contributions in helping to…

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Farm program sign-up now open

Submitted Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2023 crop year have until March 15 to…

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Kansas crop progress, condition reported as of February 26

Submitted For the week ending Feb. 26, topsoil moisture supplies rated 30 percent very short, 30 percent short, 37 percent adequate and three percent surplus, according to the USDA’s National…

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Kansas milk production reported

Submitted Milk production in Kansas during January 2023 totaled 355 million pounds, up three percent from January 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The…

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Kansas crop values released

Submitted As of Feb. 24, the value of Kansas’s 2022 field and miscellaneous crops is forecast at $9.51 billion, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is down…

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Wildlife Habitat Award: Amorugee LLC

Submitted For six decades, the Amorugee LLC has been maintaining nearly two full sections of wildlife conservation land! For their dedication and exceptional land management, they have been selected as…

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Windbreak Award: Deters Family

Submitted When Travis and Jessica Deters returned to Nemaha County in 2007, they did so knowing they would be near family, school districts they appreciated and communities they wanted to…

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Wildlife Habitat Award: Amorugee LLC

Submitted For six decades the Amorugee LLC has been maintaining nearly two full sections of wildlife conservation land! For their dedication and exceptional land management, they have been selected as…

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Water Quality Award: Andy and Melissa Evans

Submitted Cattle feeding can be a tough enough business without one of the added headaches we have here in Northeast Kansas: average annual precipitation of over 35 inches per year….

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Soil Conservation Award: Justin and Austin Petry

Submitted Take care of the land and it will take care of you. It’s a phrase traditionally used to describe the conservation mindset of those in agriculture. For Justin and…

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If you look the right way…

Submitted by Mandie Lang Many farmers and ranchers in Kansas take pride in their individual resiliency and dedication to their operation. And with all of the pests, drought, wind and…

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FSA staff earns Amber Waves Team Award

Submitted In September 2022, the Hiawatha Farm Service Agency (FSA) Staff was awarded the Amber Waves Team Award. This award honors a team that has made impacting contributions to FSAs…

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Wildlife Habitat Award: Jim and Sheryl Lear

  Submitted Jim and Sheryl have had dreams and goals of making habitat improvements to their family farm for many years. In 2019, those dreams and goals became reality by…

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