Meet a Farmer

  • The Franklins

    Meet Tim Franklin and wife Kat, farmers from Goodland, Kansas. 

  • The Scotts

    Meet Sara Scott and her husband  Travis, ranchers in Montgomery County, Kansas.

  • The Sawyers

    Meet Derek Sawyer, a fourth-generation Kansas farmer, and his wife Katie, a journalist and the publicist for  Sawyer Land and Cattle. 

  • Jacquelyne Leffler feeds cattle

    Consumers making direct connections with farmers, ranchers during pandemic

    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 the public believe the virus is forever changing the nature of food buying. 

  • mark and lacey wray kansas ranch family

    Meet the Wray Ranch Family

    Mark and Lacey Wray are ranchers in Kansas who love what they do and hope to pass their legacy on to their children. Learn more about his ranch family.

  • Brandi's daughter with cattle

    How COVID-19 is Affecting Cattle Farmers and Ranchers

    A lot can change in just a few short weeks. A month ago, our nation’s citizens were flitting about to school functions, filling restaurants and were cautiously unfazed by COVID-19. Fast-forward to mid-April and the entire nation is under stay-at-home-orders, restaurants are shuttered and there is a...

  • speers_with_eat_beef.jpg

    Meet the Speer Ranch Family

    Michael and Amber Speer are ranchers in Kansas who love what they do and hope to pass their legacy on to their children. Learn more about his ranch family. Amber and I are fifth-generation farmers in Clearwater. Our farm is a diversified no-till operation that includes wheat, corn, soybeans,...

  • n95 mask

    Kansas couple’s single N-95 mask a ‘snapshot of humanity’

    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 been overlooked by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Instead, it made a lasting impression.

  • mcclure ranch family header

    Meet the McClure Ranch Family

    Learn about the McClure ranch family from Stevens County.

  • Dairycattle

    Covid-19 creates uncertainty at Kansas dairies

    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 past few weeks as Covid-19 upended the industry with the closure of restaurants and schools.

  • hornberger family

    Meet the Hornberger Ranch Family

    Learn about the Hornberger farm and ranch family from Douglas County.

  • Cooking with a Rancher During Quarantine

    If you’ve been to a grocery store in the last month, you might be wondering, “Where’s the beef?” Meat shelves have been relatively bare the past six to eight weeks and you might be confused as to why there’s not more meat in the case – especially if you have seen posts circulating Facebook that...

  • garrett_caley_love

    Meet the Love Farm and Ranch Family

    Learn about the Love farm and ranch family from Gray County.

  • MCMeatCo ground beef

    Western Kansas rancher provides beef to local grocery store

    Lettie McKinney of Johnson City believes in failing forward. When she initially tried to sell beef cuts to her local grocery store, they told her they couldn’t because they weren’t able to accommodate buying the entire cow. Two years later, the same grocery store approached McKinney to provide beef...

  • Meet the Wells Ranch Family

    Learn about the Wells family who owns a dairy cattle farm in Sedgwick County.

  • Hay at Brandi Buzzard Frobose ranch

    Ranch Work in the Summer

    A few weeks ago, we hauled our cows from our ranch to the summer grass we lease so our home pastures can rest and grow for haying. The cows will spend five months grazing on vast grass pastures while they gestate their soon-arriving baby calves. The ladies will come back to our ranch around the...

  • Wheat Harvest Signals Start of Summer in Kansas

    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 golden grain. The only issue Moore had was harvest closed a little early.

  • mg_honor_farm_clint_brauer_robots

    Robots on the Farm: Modernizing the Food Industry

    Clint Brauer from Cheney is working to re-shape food. His operation, MG Honor Farms in south-central Kansas, is a mecca of vegetables and herbs. For nearly a decade, MG Honor Farms has grown food for local consumers. Brauer, along with high school students and other part-time help, has completed...

  • mueller ranch family in kansas

    Get to know the Mueller Ranch Family

    The Muellers farm and ranch while balancing a custom backgrounding and livestock marketing business, plus kids. Learn about this Kansas ranch family.