Greg Doering
Harvest Chasers
By Greg Doering on May 5, 2021
For most farmers, harvest marks the end of a journey of planning, planting and caretaking. For Ryan and Laura Haffner, harvesting is the journey. The Hays-based couple operates High Plains Harvesting...
Pollinators on the Plains
By Greg Doering on May 5, 2021
Gray and white wooden boxes shroud tens of thousands of honeybees just a few yards off a sidewalk at Rolling Hills Zoo in Salina. From the outside, the boxes look like simple squares stacked atop...
Growing trust in agriculture
By Greg Doering on March 29, 2021
The work of growing food in 2020 didn’t change, but just about everything else did. As COVID-19 enveloped the world and caused massive disruptions across a wide swath of our daily lives, farmers and...
Kansas contestant vying for Ultimate Cowboy title
By Greg Doering on February 1, 2021
Colten Angel will put his cattle-working skills, knowledge and passion on display for the world when season two of “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown” premiers in late February. Angel says each of the 14...
Kansas Inventor Creates Row Shaver Systems to Combat Weeds
By Greg Doering on February 1, 2021
Dave Button has plenty of time to think through problems while sitting in a tractor or driving down the road to see his grandchildren. The Great Bend farmer also has a vivid imagination and the...
College inventor's Quick-Pin makes disconnecting faster
By Greg Doering on January 6, 2021
Editor's note: This story was written in January 2021. In October, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) announced Blake was a top 10 finalist in their Ag Innovation Challenge. As a top 10 semi-...
Learning experience: Virtual annual meeting delivers value to KFB members
By Greg Doering on December 18, 2020
A dog barking, “you’re muted” and the occasional chime of an email arriving were just some of the sounds replacing the traditional hum of hundreds of people at Kansas Farm Bureau’s 102nd annual...
Sustainable farming supports generations on the land
By Greg Doering on December 16, 2020
Efficiency is one of the keys to success on Jay Overmiller’s Smith County farm. The fourth-generation farmer needs every drop of moisture that falls to nourish the wheat, soybeans and milo he grows...
Hemp in the Heartland
By Greg Doering on November 11, 2020
Two words can summarize Kansas farmers’ initial foray into growing hemp for commercial purposes in 2019: learning experience. Though it’s derived from the same species as marijuana, industrial hemp...
Ag Impact
By Greg Doering on November 11, 2020
Living in the city makes it hard to know where our food comes from, and also makes it incredibly easy to forget growing crops and raising livestock aren’t purely charitable acts. In Kansas and across...
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