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    We had one day of semi-warm weather this week and I took advantage of the weather blip to clean out my chicken house....

Part 3 In early 2004, not long after a Shawnee County District Court judge had lashed the Kansas Legislature for under- funding local schools, urban lawmakers began...

"A horse is like a violin. First it must be tuned, and when tuned, it must be accurately played." Author unknown, and very few might...

Not tired of goose hunting just yet? Have I got a deal for you! In 1999 the US Fish and Wildlife Service created a special...

The summer between my freshman and sophomore year I decided to spend a week with Grandmother just before school started. I had not had...

     Folks, I have bad news about my new Farm Bill Ouija Board. I’ve discovered that I can’t gear up to produce and ship...

Part 2 Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to slash state spending for schools comes from his overall mission to abolish the state income tax; to cover the resulting...

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. “From bombs to bovines.” That sounds like an...

Customers of “choose and cut” Kansas Christmas Tree Farms are probably going to have a difficult time finding a location to cut their perfect...

By Frank J. Buchman   "That just makes a person’s blood boil.”   Our judging team coach criticized us 43 years ago after we mixed up the placing...