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USDA revises size of Kansas wheat harvest

Associated Press | Sep. 29 at 7:37 a.m.

A new government estimate reduces the size of this year’s winter wheat harvest in Kansas.

Crop-withering drought intensifies in Plains states

By JIM SUHR, Associated Press | August 3 at 7:21 a.m.

Drought conditions have worsened in several parched Plains states, further punishing withering corn and soybean crops and devastating the pastureland that ranchers depend on, according to the latest U.S. drought map.

Grace Hill Winery adding more space

By Carrie Rengers, The Wichita Eagle | July 23 at 5:17 p.m.

Grace Hill Winery is expanding with a new 6,000-square-foot production building that will allow for more wine, more room for wine tastings and possibly give owners David and Natalie Sollo their garage back, too.

Sunflowers a symbol of Kansas, an emblem of the prairie

By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | July 18 at 7:49 p.m.

Drive down any back road and see for yourself the hundreds of golden faces following the sun. The sunflower symbolizes Kansas, decorating its landscape, the state banner and flag.

Corn crops withering

BY DAN VOORHIS AND OLIVIA BURRESS, The Wichita Eagle | July 14 at 7:16 a.m.

After more than two months of scant rain and triple-digit heat, many Kansas farmers have given up on their corn, cutting it for cattle feed, say farmers and extension agents.

USDA names 82 counties a drought disaster area

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | July 12 at 9:25 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a federal disaster area in 82 Kansas counties struck hard by the drought.

Drought leaves Kansas cattle with little to eat or drink

By MIKE CORN, Hays Daily News | July 5 at 3:35 p.m.

More than two-thirds of Kansas is in the midst of a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, based in Lincoln, Neb.

High cropland prices sow fortune and worry

BY JENNIFER BJORHUS AND MIKE HUGHLETT, Minneapolis Star Tribune | July 1 at 7:44 a.m.

Mick Schmiesing strides into the local rec center in a plaid shirt, Massey Ferguson tractor cap and old tennis shoes. It’s auction day, and he’s ready to make a play for 80 acres of soil in Blue Earth County, Minn.

Reining in false rumor about EPA ‘drones’ proves tricky

By David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post | June 17 at 11:17 p.m.

It was a blood-boiler of a story, a menacing tale of government gone too far: The Environmental Protection Agency was spying on Midwestern farmers with the same aerial drones used to kill terrorists overseas.

Railroad says Wichita neighboring grain elevator poses safety hazard

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 15 at 6:59 a.m.

Union Pacific Railroad contends in a lawsuit filed last week that debris is falling from a Wichita grain elevator and endangering its workers and causing a nuisance.

Friends, neighbors harvest wheat after Cheney farmer’s death

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 11:08 a.m.

What’s the measure of a life well lived?

Farm bill would end direct payments

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press | June 5 at 7:10 a.m.

A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests.

Eberly Farm marks 50 years in business

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 1 at 6:52 a.m.

You can still pet a chicken and get a hayride at Eberly Farm. But it sure doesn’t look like it did 50 years ago when Merl and Dixie Eberly opened a day camp on their farm on West 21st Street between 119th and 135th streets.

Harvest starts strong in south-central Kansas

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 11:08 a.m.

It’s early yet, but so far the wheat harvest looks strong in south-central Kansas, with high yields and test weights.

‘Pink slime’ moniker rattles beef industry

By CANDICE CHOI, Associated Press | May 23 at 11:46 p.m.

“Pink slime” was almost “pink paste” or “pink goo.”

Kansas wheat harvest in race against time

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 11:08 a.m.

The state’s wheat harvest, once thought to be a near bin-buster, is now in a race against time in many places.

Kansas wheat harvest forecast to be up 40%

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | June 19 at 11:08 a.m.

The wheat harvest for both the state and the area is forecast to be up 40 percent from last year’s drought-ravaged harvest, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Wheat crop remains three weeks ahead of schedule

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | April 24 at 8:28 a.m.

Warm temperatures continued to push the Kansas wheat crop three weeks ahead of average. Wheat in south central and southeast Kansas is more than 80 percent headed.

Kansas cattle herd at lowest level since 1999

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | April 22 at 11:13 a.m.

The number of cattle in Kansas feedlots, as of April 1,was the lowest since 1999, according to the USDA.

Kansas farmers borrowing less

By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | April 11 at 10:28 p.m.

When Sid Strohl started farming around Pretty Prairie in the 1970s, one of his first loans was for the purchase of a tractor — at 19.9 percent interest.

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