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Farm parody of 'Sexy and I Know It' goes viral (with video)
By Roxana Hegeman , July 06, 2012
Great spring for canola
By Jonathan Knutson , May 21, 2012
Staying sunny
Sunflower acreage this year in North Dakota, the nation’s dominant producer of the crop, is projected to sink to its second-lowest rate since 1976. But the executive director of the National Sunflower Association says there’s reason to be optimistic about his crop’s future, both in and outside the state.By Jonathan Knutson , April 16, 2012
Fed settlement reached in grain elevator fraud case
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Wednesday that it had obtained a consent order and permanent injunction against Mark Vanderploeg, formerly of Glendale, Ariz., and three of his companies, including DVC Farms of Minneapolis.By Mike Hughlett , December 15, 2011
Report: Kansas corn crop even smaller than expected
WICHITA, Kan. — A new government forecast says the size of the Kansas corn crop is even smaller than had been expected just a month ago.November 09, 2011
Kansas farmers anxious for report on wheat prices
Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. — Fall rain has helped get Kansas’ winter wheat crop off to a good start, and now farmers are waiting to see what happens Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases a report on the wheat supply worldwide.By Roxana Hegeman , November 09, 2011
Families mourn as missing men in grain elevator are confirmed dead
ATCHISON, Kan. — As the van rolled away Monday from Bratlett Grain Co. elevator, 12-year-old Teagan Keil reached in to hand the driver a flower to lay on his father’s body. Even before official word came that Travis Keil and two other missing men were dead from a fireball that exploded through the back of the grain elevator Saturday night, many of the men’s friends and family were ready for the news.By Kathleen Pointer , November 01, 2011
Kansas ag department, KSU host meetings on water rights
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture and Kansas State University are holding four meetings next month to educate water rights holders about their options during drought.October 28, 2011
New Kansas crop forecast more dismal than last month
WICHITA, Kan. — The latest government forecast of the size of the Kansas fall harvest paints an even more dismal picture than last month's estimate.By Roxana Hegeman , October 12, 2011
Record-high hay prices straining Kansas dairies
WICHITA, Kan. — A summer of drought that wilted pastures and alfalfa fields has led to record high hay prices this fall and looming shortages to feed cattle this winter.By Roxana Hegeman , October 12, 2011
Koch building herd of Japanese cattle in Kansas
EUREKA, Kan. — Koch Industries is testing a theory that about 40 cattle roaming the Flint Hills in southeast Kansas could remake the domestic cattle industry.September 13, 2011
Failed crops may free more Kansas acres for wheat
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas farmers have begun preparing their fields to plant winter wheat, amid concern that the long drought has left the ground too dry to get the 2012 crop off to a good start this fall.By Roxana Hegeman , September 12, 2011
Witnesses: Crop insurance critical to Kansas farms
By Roxana Hegeman , August 26, 2011
New forecast slashes outlook for Kansas crops
WICHITA, Kan. — Another month of scorching heat and drought has dealt a heavy beating to the outlook for Kansas crops, a newly released government forecast shows.By Roxana Hegeman , August 16, 2011
Western third of Kansas suffering moderate drought
JENNINGS, Kan. — Scott Ellis knew rain would be coming his way — eventually.By Mike Hays , November 16, 2010
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