Schlageck, John

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau It seems people outside agriculture routinely try to define the family farm. In our contemporary society this means people...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau No doubt you’ve noticed all the soft drinks, flavored water and sports drinks today. They’re everywhere. While eating at a...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Travel out to the fields of Kansas during October and you’ll see them teeming with fall harvest. Combines chomp...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Communication and the written word isn’t what it used to be. Neither is the King’s English, grammar, punctuation or...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Keeping children safe while they live, play and work on farms can be challenging. It’s even more difficult during...

A successful farmer said it best about his obligation to provide the public with an understanding of his profession. “It’s my story and I gotta’...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau After spending four months in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, 60 head of Doug Zillinger’s momma cows returned home...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Any idea how much packaging we throw away in every household across the United States? The volume of plastic waste...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau For many children summer vacation zoomed by too quickly and they’re not excited about the new school year that...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau We’re locked in the Dog Days of summer and the humidity is rolling through the roof. If the first...