Turkey Red: The wheat that built Kansas
Nearly 150 years ago, Ukrainian immigrants brought Turkey Red winter wheat to Kansas, kickstarting an agricultural boom that survives to this day.
Four Angus bulls and a dream
150 years of Angus cattle in America began with one man’s dream in little Victoria, Kan.
Labor, water top state’s agricultural agenda
2023 Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth focused on issues that affect all.
Cowtowns & Skyscrapers: The Power of 4-H
If we want the next generation to choose rural Kansas, let’s use 4-H.
K-State Crops Team celebrates a century
The Kansas State University Crops Team has 46 national titles in its 100-year history.
10 Building blocks to stacking enterprises on your farm
If your family is thinking of adding an enterprise or two to your farm, make sure you have these items checked off your punch list.
Dairy barn-raising idea
Dairy farmers are leading the charge to replace K-State’s Dairy Science Unit.
A farm built on hay
Starting a hay business is this young farmer’s entry point to a farm enterprise of his own.
Cowtowns and Skyscrapers: It stops with me
Breaking generational behaviors in farm families, one butter tub, one bad habit at a time.
Kansas Master farmers emphasize teamwork
Three-part series to share wisdom from 2022 Class of Kansas Master Farmers and Farm Homemakers.
Kansas Master Farmer families emphasize community service
This second in a three-part series shares more wisdom from the 2022 Class of Kansas Master Farmers and Farm Homemakers.
Kansas Master farmers care for land and livestock
This last of a three-part series shares more wisdom from the 2022 Class of Kansas Master Farmers and Farm Homemakers.
Kansas Master farmers care for land and livestock
This last of a three-part series shares more wisdom from the 2022 Class of Kansas Master Farmers and Farm Homemakers.
Choosing 12 stories to recap the year sounds easy. It’s not, when you consider everything that happened in Kansas agriculture in the past year. Kansas Farmer was there to cover it, and some of our favorite stories include:
The history of Turkey Red winter wheat
Labor and water issues in the state
Recognition for ag competition teams
Options to diversify the farm
Editor Jennifer M. Latzke also shared her own thoughts in many Cowtowns and Skyscrapers columns, including her perspective on 4-H and the generational divide.
Thanks for reading along with us all year! We’re excited to power through 2024 together and share more about Kansas agriculture.
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