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.
Ranchers Feed Cattle Oats for Health Benefits
In the 1980s and ’90s, Quaker Oats ran commercials featuring actor Wilford Brimley and the slogan, “It’s the right thing to do and the tasty way to do it.” Although they were talking about oatmeal in the commercials, one Kansas family stands by that slogan in a surprising way: how they raise their...
Meet the Cramer Ranch Family
Mark and Cindy Cramer 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.
Meet a Female Rancher
Imagine it’s late spring in Kansas. A 150+-year-old farmhouse sits on a ranch nestled among large maple trees and a creek. Peppered throughout lush, green pastures are red cows eating grass to their hearts’ content while they await the arrival of their baby calves in the fall. Now add to that...
Soil Health Principles Are Applied on Kansas Farm
Learn the science of soil from a Kansas farmer.
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.
Meet the Wells Ranch Family
Learn about the Wells family who owns a dairy cattle farm in Sedgwick 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...
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