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Great Start for the 2023 Kansas State Fair

Sunday, September 10 by News Room

By Lucky Kidd HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 2023 Kansas State Fair is off to a good start. Fair Board members were told Sunday just over 35,000 people went through the gates Saturday, with close to 5,000 attending the Carly... Read More.

Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee to visit Great Bend August 24–25

Tuesday, August 8 by News Room

By the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee will be in Great Bend August 24 and 25 for a community welcome event and committee meeting. Chief Justice Marla Luckert created the committee in December 2022... Read More.

MSU studying conservation effectiveness in Great Lakes

Wednesday, August 2 by Brownfield Ag News

Additional state funding will help researchers at Michigan State University continue to study the impact of conservation practices on the Great Lakes. Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering researcher Ehsan Ghane tells Brownfield water management is just as essential as nutrient management to reduce phosphorus loading. “Nutrients... Read More.

Winter wheat yields extremely variable across Great Plains

Wednesday, July 26 by Brownfield Ag News

Winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in the Great Plains where a pair of farmers say their crop was a mixed bag. Central Kansas farmer Keith Miller says drought, weed pressure and winter kill destroyed most of his crop. “We ended up killing 90... Read More.

Rains might produce “insane” crop across the Great Plains

Tuesday, July 11 by Brownfield Ag News

Some farmers across the Great Plains say recent timely rains have improved drought conditions and dramatically turned around their crops. “Those crops are some of the best I’ve seen in years.” Western Kansas grower Clay Schemm tells Brownfield he expects above average yields for his... Read More.

Hay production isn’t great in southwest MO

Thursday, June 1 by Brownfield Ag News

A cattle producer in southwest Missouri says fescue is making about half of the tonnage of a normal year. Adam Whitesell from Dade and Greene Counties has been baling hay in the last week and says the weather extremes are confusing the forage. “In September... Read More.

Stories tagged with: great

Great Start for the 2023 Kansas State Fair

Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee to visit Great Bend August 24–25

MSU studying conservation effectiveness in Great Lakes

Winter wheat yields extremely variable across Great Plains

Rains might produce “insane” crop across the Great Plains

Hay production isn’t great in southwest MO

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