Greg Doering
July is sweet corn season
By Greg Doering on July 6, 2020
While chatting with my nephew a few days ago he confessed the Fourth of July is his second favorite holiday, coming in just behind Christmas. I have to agree, though I suspect our reasons might...
Wheat Harvest Signals Start of Summer in Kansas
By Greg Doering on July 1, 2020
Austin Moore’s wheat harvest ended in late June on a perfect day for cutting. A steady breeze, plenty of blue sky and low humidity meant the Woodson County farmer could roll through the last field of...
New Yorker pays it forward with KFB Foundation donation
By Greg Doering on June 18, 2020
Norma Rosenthal was in her Manhattan, New York, apartment when she first heard of Dennis and Sharon Ruhnke, though she didn’t know their last name at the time. “Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo was giving...
Broadband access necessity
By Greg Doering on June 16, 2020
Venture a short distance off the interstate and you’ll find pastoral views and crops reaching toward the sky. It’s also likely you’ll find yourself cutoff from the rest of the world because your...
Shop Kansas Farms Helps Make Connections
By Greg Doering on May 26, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has ignited a movement of consumers seeking out farmers and ranchers for more direct connections. And it all started on Rick McNary’s couch one evening in late April. “My wife...
Endorsing Agriculture
By Greg Doering on May 6, 2020
As the 2020 campaign season heats up, those seeking to represent you in Washington, D.C., and Topeka will need endorsements to distinguish themselves from their rivals. One endorsement is especially...
Farmers Provide Donations for School Lunches
By Greg Doering on May 6, 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the COVID-19 situation closed school buildings across Kansas and America, farmers and ranchers are becoming more creative about their marketing. Some are offering direct sales to...
Food supply chain adjusting to second wave of disruption
By Greg Doering on May 1, 2020
The nation’s food supply is facing a second wave of disruption as Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on our food system. Just as distributors were getting a handle on the surging market at grocery...
Covid-19 creates uncertainty at Kansas dairies
By Greg Doering on April 29, 2020
Dan Wiebe and his wife Kerry milk about 100 cows each and every day on the last remaining dairy farm in Butler County. The Wiebes have watched a “fairly good” milk market fall off a cliff over the...
Kansas couple’s single N-95 mask a ‘snapshot of humanity’
By Greg Doering on April 27, 2020
The smallest things have the biggest impact precisely because they are beautiful, selfless, giving. For all he’s seen over the past few weeks, the donation of a single N-95 mask could have easily...
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