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    15 Recipes for Game Day

    By Kansas Living on August 31, 2021

    September signals the beginning of fall (and football season!), and we have the perfect recipe for you.  1. Grilled Bacon Wrapped Pickles with Creamy Garlic Dip In the Kitch 2. Beer Corn Crack...

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  • Fixing the Food System in Africa

    By Greg Doering on August 19, 2021

    Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton know there’s an opportunity to develop thriving, sustainable farms across Africa because the husband-and-wife team has spent nearly two decades successfully completing...

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  • New Beginnings On the Ranch

    By Brandi Buzzard on August 19, 2021

    We are launching right into our fall calving season as August winds down. I’m thrilled for two reasons: cooler weather and little baby calves running around our pastures. Extensive planning goes into...

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  • Growing Hope Globally

    By Sheridan Wimmer on August 16, 2021

    A lot of us come from small towns—where there’s maybe one stoplight (if even that), a lot of dogs and a good amount of good people. Our small towns in Kansas see community involvement with fairs,...

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    Your Ultimate Financial Health Checklist

    By Farm Bureau Financial Services on August 13, 2021

    It’s easy to put off planning for the future. We put our heads down, work hard and let our paychecks, bills and contributions run on autopilot. But your finances are just like your body — they’ll be...

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  • Kids Craft: Spiderweb String Art

    By Mandy Beyeler on August 13, 2021

    YOU WILL NEED: Wood board (optional, frame around board) String Nails with a flat head Hammer Printout of a spiderweb that fits your wood board Toy spider STEPS: 1. Place your printout of a...

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    Why Beans are Good for You

    By Sheridan Wimmer on August 10, 2021

    We all know the little rhyme about beans – beans, beans the magical fruit. We’ll stop there, but the reason beans make us a tad gassy is because of raffinose, a carbohydrate that’s poorly digested by...

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    Cooking with Beans

    By Chef Alli on August 10, 2021

    I'm always hungry, it seems. However, lately I've noticed when I eat beans, the next day I'm feeling much more satisfied and not as apt to be constantly wanting snacks. Is that my imagination? Turns...

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  • Hayden Guetterman in Field

    Proposed Changes to Estate Taxes Threaten Farmers and Ranchers

    By Greg Doering on August 10, 2021

    Perhaps the greatest fear farmers and ranchers have is losing control of their land. The fear isn’t losing income, power or prestige others often ascribe to landowners. No, the fear is rooted in the...

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  • Processing Beans in Kansas

    By Rick McNary on August 10, 2021

    Alan Townsend, vice president of 21st Century Bean, didn’t know the future impact he’d make when he bought a packaging machine for beans. “The packaging machine was in Amarillo,” Townsend says. “The...

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