When the pandemic first hit, Maureen Schletzbaum had to figure out how to sell her produce while avoiding human contact. Normally, she’d set up a booth at two different farmers markets near Pleasantville, Iowa, where…

PARADISE, Kansas — This time of year, rancher Rich Koester is normally busy caring for newborn calves or feeding his herd to get them ready for winter. Instead, he’s busy burying livestock. As he walked…

I always find that my home seems a little bare after the holidays when the tree is taken down and all of the holiday knick-knacks are put away. To be quite honest, it can be…

Did you host the family for Thanksgiving or is it your turn to host Christmas? Then it is time to get the house in order. If you spend a lot of time looking for things…

It would be impossible to think of Harry Clubine anywhere but on the farm. He was born the son of a dairy farmer, rising every morning at the crack of dawn — “or earlier,” he…

4-H members from the Southwind Extension District brought home the Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes championship Saturday and Sunday. These events were like nothing the teams had competed in before because normally, the teams would have…

College is on the horizon for many students, a first step into adulthood. College is about learning and there are lots of things to learn about money through budgeting. College budgets include the same things…

As the state’s official animal, there are few images more representative of Kansas than the bison or buffalo. If you look closely at the Kansas state flag, you can even spot Native American hunters in…

Kansas rural business owners, farm and ranch families continually look at best options for feasibility and profitability by attending educational meetings, trying out new practices, assessing risks and talking with their neighbor or consultant. They…

Over the summer Farm Bureau released a startling report, showing Kansas was second in the nation in Chapter 12 bankruptcies, with 39 over a one-year period dating back to June 2018. To put that in…