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Tornadoes in Kentucky, wildfires in Kansas leave catastrophic damage

December 20, 2021

Carrie Veselka

On Dec. 10, a severe tornado outbreak unleashed at least 50 tornadoes across the mid-South, destroying homes and entire communities and causing widespread damage to farmlands and livestock facilities.

The State of Dairy 2021: Postcard from Kansas: Optimism is more difficult

March 12, 2021

Dave Natzke

An eternal optimist, Kansas dairy producer Lynda Foster is finding it harder to hold that feeling entering 2021. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and a political shift in Washington, D.C., has added caution to the mix.

Breeding for type and champions at Ratliff Jerseys

December 14, 2020

Emma Ohirko

In the city of Garnett, Kansas, sits the registered Jersey cattle herd of Ratliff Jerseys, started over 20 years ago by Ron and Christy Ratliff, with the help of Christy’s brother Mike Kennedy. Together, the trio has bred, raised and sold numerous championship and nationally recognized Jersey cows.

Fertilization of tall fescue and smooth bromegrass pastures and hayfields

May 11, 2020

Stu Duncan and Dorivar Ruiz Diaz

Much of the nitrogen (N) applied to tall fescue and smooth bromegrass hay meadows and pastures goes on in January or February in eastern Kansas, but there is still time to apply it now even though temperatures late this winter have been warm and the cool-season grasses are greening up rapidly.

Tyson Foods to reopen Kansas plant by the end of January, announces new Utah facility

November 15, 2019

Carrie Veselka

Tyson Foods announced that the Finney County, Kansas, plant, shut down in August due to a fire, will be reopening by the end of January 2020.

Fire at Kansas Cargill plant

September 16, 2019

Fire officials say one person suffered smoke inhalation in a fire at a meat-packing plant in southwestern Kansas.

Markets see major movement after Tyson plant fire

August 21, 2019

The Aug. 9 fire that destroyed portions of the Tyson Foods beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas, left a lingering burn in other portions of the feeder and packing segments.

Burt Rutherford, Marilyn and Frank Hinkson Jr., and Lee Leachman

Hinkson Angus Ranch named BIF Seedstock Producer of Year

June 26, 2019

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) presented Hinkson Angus Ranch, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year Award on June 20 during the group’s annual meeting and symposium in Brookings, South Dakota.

Dr. A.J. Tarpoff demonstrates how to pull a calf

A classroom for the cow-calf producer

February 22, 2019

Laura Handke

Since 2016, Kansas cattlemen and women have had the opportunity to attend Kansas State University Extension calving schools to not only brush up on their pre-calving and calving management but also learn new cow herd management strategies and calf-pulling techniques.

Striving for the best: Judd Ranch builds a genetic model in the Gelbvieh breed

January 24, 2019

Laura Handke

Based in Pomona, Kansas, Judd Ranch has garnered distinction as the American Gelbvieh Association’s number one breeder and owner of Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction for 20 of the past 21 years, a testament to the management and genetics the first-generation operation has worked to develop.

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