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.
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.
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.
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...
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,...
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.
Meet the McClure Ranch Family
Learn about the McClure ranch family from Stevens County.
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.
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...
Meet the Love Farm and Ranch Family
Learn about the Love farm and ranch family from Gray County.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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