Among thousands of spectators at Saturday’s Farm-City Days parade was Jaxon Birk, eight-month-old son of Ashton and Brandon Birk, upper left. Above, Zane Graham, 9, and Ethan Graham, 8, eagerly eye the ice cream at Strickler’s Dairy on Sunday afternoon. At top right Josh Roe, an assistant secretary for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, talks about the role agriculture plays in supporting the state economy at Sunday’s farm tour. Tours at the dairy showed how it is a sustainable industry including the use of renewable energies. Scores of kids rode floats in Saturday’s parade, including those at right from Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy. Below right, Roy Sparks, East Lynne, Mo., popped and sold Kettle Korn that found favor.
Farm-City Days a fan favorite
