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Holy Cows & Hog Heaven

August 3, 2020 by hsotr

Holy Cows & Hog Heaven

Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm Friendly Food by Joel Salatin provides relevant perspectives on the future of food systems.

Filed Under: The Lifestyle Tagged With: Books, Food, Health & Fitness, Legal, Marketing

Fields of Farmers

September 16, 2019 by hsotr

Fields of Farmers

There are two attitudes toward farm internships prevalent in America today. The first is that of stubborn individualism, the rugged “gonna do it my way” philosophy commonly associated with farmers. The second is best described as, “What I need is some interns to get this place in shape!” In Fields of Farmers: Interning, Mentoring, Partnering, […]

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: Books, Enterprises, Homeschooling, Legal, Planning, Stewardship

2018 Kansas Election Results

November 7, 2018 by hsotr

2018 Kansas Election Results

Kansas Governor Democrat Laura Kelly won with 48% of the vote (489,337 votes). Republican Kris Kobach received 43% (443,346 votes), Independent Greg Orman 6% (66,163 votes), and Jeff Caldwell 2% (18,898 votes).   United States House of Representatives 1st District: Republican incumbent Roger Marshall won over Democrat Alan LaPolice. 2nd District: Republican Steve Watkins won […]

Filed Under: The Sunflower State Tagged With: Legal, News

Pros and Cons of Selling Direct On the Farm

June 18, 2018 by hsotr

Pros and Cons of Selling Direct on the Farm

Rather than bringing fresh produce and meat to the customer, such as at a farmers’ market, some agripreneurs opt to have the customer come to the produce, perhaps picking it up at a stand or perhaps by participating in a CSA program. While there are definitely advantages to this style of marketing food, such as […]

Filed Under: The Business Tagged With: Agritourism, Legal, Marketing, Planning

Kansas Ag Connection

November 2, 2017 by hsotr

Kansas Ag Connection

Looking for a good way to keep up with daily agriculture-related headlines? Give Kansas Ag Connection a try! Subscribers to On the Range, our weekly country living update (read more), may already be familiar with this site as a source for some of our headlines. There’s a reason for that. Kansas Ag Connection is a […]

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: Cattle, Field Crops, Health & Fitness, Legal, Links, News, Poultry, Stewardship, Swine, Travel, Weather

The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 2

August 22, 2017 by hsotr

The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 2

Adjusting Livestock Production In an effort to reduce hog numbers, payments were also distributed to farmers who would destroy their piglets and pregnant sows. About 6 million piglets were slaughtered under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). A cattle-purchasing program was similarly implemented under the Drought Relief Service in areas where the Dust Bowl had hit the […]

Filed Under: The Sunflower State Tagged With: Field Crops, History, Legal, Livestock, The West, Water, Weather

The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 1

August 15, 2017 by hsotr

The Agricultural Adjustment Act in the Great Plains: Part 1

The theory was simple. If consumers had to compete a little harder to obtain commodities, farmers would receive more income for those commodities.

Filed Under: The Sunflower State Tagged With: Field Crops, History, Legal, Soil, Stewardship, The West, Weather

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

August 10, 2017 by hsotr

Did you know that the last time a Kansas county boundary changed was as recent as 1978? Did you know that Kansas lost some land to Missouri when the Missouri River shifted in 1944? Did you know that for about 10 years Kansas had a county named…Kansas? If you’re a Kansas history buff, this online […]

Filed Under: The Sunflower State Tagged With: History, Legal

Food Preservation

June 15, 2017 by hsotr

Food Preservation

A great resource for the dedicated home canner, with plenty of other information for those looking for simple but safe ways to preserve the harvest.

Filed Under: The Lifestyle Tagged With: Food, Fruit, Health & Fitness, Legal, Links, Recipes, Vegetables

New Rules Take Medicated Livestock Feeds Off the Shelf

November 15, 2016 by hsotr

Veterinary Feed Directive Affects Small Farms, Too

The Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) was developed to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock production, primarily to fend off antibiotic-resistant diseases in humans.  The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 2 million people in the United States are infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria every year.  The concern is that extensive use of antibiotics in the […]

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: Animal Health, Health & Fitness, Legal, Livestock, News

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