Jenny Steineger strips the extra leaves from the stems of lavender plants. The Steinegers are part of a wave of nontraditional farmers in Kansas and Missouri who taking chances on niche crops — ...

Kansas net farm income is projected to decline in 2024, according to a report from the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF). The center, working with Kansas State University ...

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The Kansas Farm Bureau is continuing its recognition of Sesquicentennial and Century farms of at least 80 acres that have been in the same family for generations. The Century Farm ...

Retired farmer Tom Giessel shows off some of his farming history memorabilia. Larned — Tom Giessel vividly remembers growing up in the 1960s as a Kansas farm kid on the High Plains. In his memories, ...

A Holstein cow peers through the barrier of a dairy farm in Hamilton County, Kansas. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector) Me neither, Sen. Dole. But they’re at it again. Last year, Republicans on the U.S.

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Deep into western Kansas, there’s an abundance of corn and cattle. But there aren’t as many juicy tomatoes, crisp apples or fresh squash. That has left residents in vast pockets ...

EDGERTON, Kan. — Farmers outside the Kansas City area are embracing high yields of corn this season, as the threat of farm safety-net programs sits in limbo. "This was a great year for corn," said ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas Farm Bureau will honor mental health advocates with the Rural Minds Matter awards. Kansas Farm Bureau said May is Mental Health Month, and in addition to Kansas Farm ...

I keep hearing the word “agritourism” pop up in my travels. I’ll be honest. At first, I pictured a dusty tractor and a lonely farm stand on the side of a gravel road. But no surprise – I had it all ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Things are looking green in the East Bottoms. A Kansas City-based start-up bought an old warehouse around a year ago with the goal to curb urban blight. “My uncle had the idea to ...

GARNETT — Kansas farmers are sharing opinions ranging from concerned to “pi**ed” about trade tariffs with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, who toured a corn farm Friday southwest of Kansas City. “When I’m ...

Kandy Michel, co-owner of Prairie Wind Produce in Garden City, holds up a fresh tomato to school district leaders in her farm’s greenhouse. The tour helped to show off the fruits grown in nearby towns ...