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Wheat Films, FFA and Record Land Prices You’re going to be hearing a bit about wheat harvest-related movies in the next few weeks. That’s because next week, InSpirit Creative premieres the movie, “Harvesting the High Plains” in Colby and Wichita; … Continue reading

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The Board of Trade, Paper from Straw and Honoring Dr. Gill. Plus, a Rooks County land sale. More than 155 years after it began, the days could be numbered for the Kansas City Board of Trade – the world’s epicenter … Continue reading

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Honoring Joe, a sad wheat harvest in Yates Center, and eye-opening land prices in north central Kansas. Wheat farmers attending the Kansas Wheat Day in Hays this week were able to bid farewell to Joe Martin, the retired longtime wheat … Continue reading

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The Buzz: wheat woes in Argentina; a nuclear approach to GM crops and Cheyenne County land.

There’s no doubt that the U.S. has plenty of competition when it comes to growing wheat: Australia, Canada, the former Soviet Union all grows prolific quantities of the world’s most consumed cereal grain. The thought that “Anyone can grow wheat” … Continue reading

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Wheat Blast, Wheat Research, a Wheat Blog and Wheat Farms for Sale. Wheat news from the University of Kentucky is that “Wheat Blast,” an emerging threat to wheat production worldwide, was discovered in wheat research plots in that state a … Continue reading

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Drought, GM wheat and a land sale near Halstead. Kansas wheat farmers right now are probably most worried about the threat of a late spring freeze. However, year-in and year-out, drought is the most typical concern. Scientists at Texas A&M … Continue reading

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Cheese, beer, Deere and deeds.   We lead off this week’s Buzz on a big win for Kansas ag and industry. For years, the Kansas Departments of Agriculture and Commerce have worked with large-scale dairy farms in western Kansas to establish a manufacturing … Continue reading

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We meet the new Hays wheat breeder, celebrate Wellington’s ’Kansas Wheat Festival’ and follow-up on an Ellis County land sale. Immediately after World War II, the U.S. played a major role in rebuilding Japan. In the course of doing so, we introduced a … Continue reading

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We follow a filmmaker’s dream, plus patent disputes and our Sale of the Week from Finney County. In the past few years, we’ve enjoyed getting to know Jay Kriss, a filmmaker whose ancestry traces back to Thomas County. Jay’s grandfather, … Continue reading

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A rain in the Plains falls gently on the grain; Lane Co. land values and record farm incomes. Big news in the wheat trade this week is that Iran has bought nearly 120,000 tons of U.S. Hard Red Winter wheat, its … Continue reading

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