Tag: sunflower

HUMBOLDT — The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters Guild will be Monday, April 28, at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St. The board meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.; the…

Our fall calving season has just wrapped up with another successful year that has now brought views of lively baby calves dotting our pasture. Since our calving season usually falls within the same time as…

A bee visits a wild sunflower on 200 Road north of Iola Monday.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Fall harvest is well underway in Kansas with farmers already bringing in more than half of this year’s corn crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that the 51% of…

A bumblebee visits a sunflower at the Woodson Wildlife Area west of Yates Center, operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

After 15 years of pushing for the expansion of a coal-fired electric plant in Holcomb, Sunflower Electric pulled the plug last week. Wind and solar energy have come into their own, industry leaders admitted, plus…

A private insurer’s 2018 premiums in Kansas ran too high — at least compared to the medical bills it had to pay for customers that year. That means thousands of Kansans get money back this…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The last weekly government report for the 2018 growing season shows fall harvest for the major farm crops in Kansas is nearly finished. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that…