Greg Doering
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...
Grocery Stores Keep Shelves Stocked During Pandemic
By Greg Doering on April 6, 2020
Mike Floersch grew up in the grocery business with his father running and owning a store in Seneca. Floersch now runs five stores in northeast Kansas and another in Nebraska. In all that time he’s...
Consumers making direct connections with farmers, ranchers during pandemic
By Greg Doering on April 3, 2020
If there’s a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic for Kansas farmers and ranchers, it may just be in the new connections they’re forging with consumers. Growers with the ability to sell directly to...
Why do they burn pastures in Kansas?
By Greg Doering on March 9, 2020
While it might seem hard to believe, plumes of spring smoke in Kansas largely come from intentionally set fires. Here are seven reasons why farmers and ranchers harness the power of fire for...
Broadband: a building block of modern life
By Greg Doering on February 27, 2020
For those of us living in a city, broadband internet is almost omnipresent. Wherever we go – from the office to the store to home – we’re connected through computers, smart phones, TVs and countless...
Renewable Energy in Kansas: Harnessing the Sun
By Greg Doering on February 7, 2020
Drive through Kansas long enough and you’ll see wind turbines stretched across the horizon, the gusting winds slowly rotating the blades. Wind is the most visible form of alternative energy...
Offering Healthy Savings for Kansas Families
By Greg Doering on February 7, 2020
Kansans switching from high-priced health insurance to Kansas Farm Bureau Health Plans (KFBHP) are realizing significant savings while reducing their risk with better coverage. KFBHP offer Kansas...
Farming Legacies
By Greg Doering on February 7, 2020
Wilhelm Berges would have walked more than 20 miles from Seneca to arrive at the 160-acre parcel of land he bought in 1868 from his half-brother and the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. The German-...
Water Conservation on the Farm
By Greg Doering on January 30, 2020
It’s late January and the planting season is still weeks away as Kyle Deaver pulls a new nozzle from a toolbox and explains how once it is installed on an irrigation system it will deliver “big, fat...
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