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All rights reserved.5Freeze damage visible as dry, white heads emerge on wheat plants in Barton and Stafford countyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-fields-white-heads-among-green-central-region-7241Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:00:00 GMTStorm similar to one that spawned Moore, Okla tornado., threatened Wichita only 24 hours earlier http://farmprogress.com/blogs-still-recoiling-horror-moore-been-7187Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTLate freezes do little damage in south-central Kansas; across the state freeze and drought decimate some areashttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-winter-wheat-looking-good-reservoirs-still-show-drought-impact-7152Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTWheat delayed this year, but crews headed to harvest get a perennial message to focus on staying safehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-custom-cutters-kick-off-wheat-harvest-safety-focus-7097Wed, 01 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTOver the coming days, just how much damage wheat suffered when lows hit the mid-20s will become apparenthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-extent-wheat-damage-freeze-uncertain-7057Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTEvery month has something memorable to celebrate or to mourn; April has way more than its sharehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-comes-hist-april-unmatched-7009Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTTrip has become annual event, still evokes memories of first trip to D.C., powerful emotionhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-taking-few-days-vacation-visiting-washington-dc-6964Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTPastures, ponds, reservoirs all still affected by drought; wheat is green and growing but will need more waterhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-moisture-awesome-drought-still-causes-worry-6937Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTPrecision agriculture seen as segment most likely to embrace technology of unmanned flighthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-seen-economic-boon-kansas-6866Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTWhen you don't want to dwell on what you can't do, look for something fun you can do -- and convince others it's really, really helpfulhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-injury-makes-age-issue-theres-around-6831Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTHeavy wet snow and lots of it make for happy memories for grandkids newly introduced to joys of sleddinghttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-perfect-sledding-snow-rare-opportunity-wichta-6797Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTSlow-melting snowfall just what the doctor ordered for winter wheat crop which has suffered during prolonged fall and winter droughthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-heavy-snow-welcome-moisture-drought-parched-kansas-5173Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMTWater office advocates for dredging project at John Redmond to increase storage for use during prolonged droughthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-scattered-rain-helps-drought-still-concern-lake-levels-5157Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTAs a mom, I thought nothing was harder than having to sit and watch my child compete; as a grandma it's way worsehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-watching-child-compete-twice-hard-grandma-5072Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTMeteorologists in agreement that drought will linger; bright spot is 70% chance of rain tonighthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-presentations-downright-depressing-5066Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTGrowing grandkids display an amazing array of expanding knowledge and interestshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-questions-young-minds-amazing-5027Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTOvernight 0.6 inches of rain helps but drought persists and water shortages are real threat moving into spring http://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-breaker-least-rained-5004Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTTelemetrics moves into spotlight as latest among technology advances for precision agriculturehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-information-abounds-ag-research-technology-conference-4974Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTAs drought continues, state of reservoirs, rivers, streams and wells is cause for grave concern about water supplies http://farmprogress.com/blogs-new-biggest-worry-drought-drags-supply-water-4086Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTPushing farm bill debate down the road is not a deal; it's a guarantee of continued endless posturinghttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-fiscal-cliff-farm-bill-deal-doesnt-offer-much-4002Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTIt's never easy to say good-bye, even to life well-lived but holidays are hardest of all http://farmprogress.com/blogs-holiday-season-saddened-loss-loved-3924Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMTNine grandkids, plus friends for Thanksgiving make good weather a relief, even when drought lingershttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-worries-take-backseat-kids-outside-holiday-3857Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMTOctober is 8th driest on record in Kansas; fears of drought persist as November brings record heat and no rainhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-persists-calendar-says-nov-86-degrees-3786Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:00:00 GMTLatest drought monitor shows most of Plains still in moderate to exceptional droughthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-continues-take-toll-plains-3734Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTBelief that wheat is deadly and gluten a poison seems to have mushroomed overnight; low nutrition, high-fat, gluten-free products proliferatehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-whats-evil-wheat-gluten-free-craze-3697Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTHouse passed "Stop the War on Coal' but couldn't get around to the real business: a Farm Bill http://farmprogress.com/blogs-failure-pass-farm-bill-disappointment-3641Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMTBusy Husker Harvest Days can't erase the memories of 11 years agohttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-where-were-september-day-3603Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMTUndesirable plants flourish with slightest rain while what I want to grow still struggles in droughthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-pauses-rain-grows-disturbing-3562Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:00:00 GMTGiving farmers option to use less water in drought makes sense; rules hamper limited irrigation optionhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-drought-limited-irrigation-sensible-choice-3495Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:00:00 GMTJuly expected to close out with 21 days above 100 degrees, worsening drought conditionshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-relief-heat-drought-sight-3467Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTStorms pour down locally heavy rain but heat, drought devour the moisturehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-pop-thunderstorms-offer-relief-here-nowhere-3441Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTFamous Budweiser Clydesdales attract attention, provide photo op for small sethttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-clydesdales-big-draw-3i-show-3416Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTKansas area of extreme and severe drought widens; much of the Midwest, Mountain West and Deep South also getting even drier http://farmprogress.com/blogs-worsening-drought-big-cause-concern-3398Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTAuto gas cap invectives against anything above E-10 made now understandable; it's not ethanol, it's the base fuel http://farmprogress.com/blogs-ethanol-stuff-suddenly-crystal-clear-3357Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTYoung people have a shot at labor market, driver's license and-- maybe -- life with change in immigration policyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-new-immigration-stance-helps-labor-issue-legislation-needed-3342Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTHow much work it is to run a dairy farm is not news to Kansas dairy farmers but a couple of young ladies are impressed with the work loadhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-dairy-farm-visit-brings-new-appreciation-milk-3334Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTSeeing a little boy's face on his first combine ride is stuff good memories are made of.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-harvest-exciting-stuff-are-almost-3-years-old-3330Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTWe headed out to ride the combines but with rain delay, a bigger thrill was in storehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-harvest-stalls-adventure-beckons-3303Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTCombines pause in many areas of state as welcome rain, cool weather delay wheat harvesthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-welcome-rain-creates-wheat-harvest-delay-3302Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTAs Wichita's growing housing areas, businesses encroach, patches of wheat grow smaller and smallerhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-fields-dot-landscape-amidst-city-growth-3288Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTLawrence Weber and Ray Mies tag-team wheat harvest in Sedgwick Countyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-looking-good-friends-tackle-harvest-3286Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTHarvesting in May is rare indeed, but wheat is ready and combines rollhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-earliest-wheat-harvest-memory-3287Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTFor Sumner County couple, blessing is wheat harvest was complete when tragic fire struckhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-dust-dry-wheat-tiny-spark-spell-tragedy-3279Thu, 31 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTSumner County farmer says combine breakdowns have filled start of wheat harvest with frustrationhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-down-time-part-wheat-harvest-still-frustrating-3278Wed, 30 May 2012 12:00:00 GMTRail cars loaded with wheat to clear busy elevator for peak harvest activityhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-harvest-picks-speed-3277Wed, 30 May 2012 07:28:00 GMTHeat, high winds drive wheat harvest into full swing; drought has taken toll on yieldshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-early-wheat-harvest-rolling-3270Wed, 23 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTNo rain since April 3 has west-central Kansas wheat in rough shape, but against all odds, there are berries in the wheat heads in decimated fields http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-looks-dead-berries-are-filling-3262Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTStripe rust, leaf rust both threaten wheat as weather continues mild, wethttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-rust-threat-wheat-grows-warm-wet-weather-3212Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTEarly spring brings early weeds and in my world, Bermuda grass is a sure bet for classification as a noxious weedhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-noxious-weed-sure-has-nothing-bermuda-grass-3194Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTTornado, severe storm and flood victims located both in urban and in farm areas; donations for aid are sought http://farmprogress.com/blogs-generosity-farm-value-needed-3185Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTAll you have to do is visit Washington to know why understanding the development of the farm bill and communication about it is so difficult.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-bill-washington-dc-always-offers-new-viewpoint-3183Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTWith 3 days of rain, wheat crop is flourishing; late freeze is still a threathttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-crop-got-needed-3125Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTWarm winter, early spring make annual urges to get planting come earlyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-time-dig-dirt-plant-something-3130Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTWeather is more like summer than late winter, thoughts of crop season flow easily among south central Kansas farmershttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-great-day-great-farmers-3096Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTSo far, farm and ranch improvements are the rewards of land lease money; royalties could well be nexthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-farms-ranches-show-evidence-oil-money-3055Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTNo matter how you slice it, reducing state funding to education hurts children and their parents, whether they are farm families or urban families http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-families-bear-heavy-load-school-fund-cuts-3023Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTConcerns about interference with GPS leads FCC to rescind its contingent approval for controversial cell system to be builthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-fcc-has-pulled-plug-lightsquared-3020Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTAs Secretary of Ag seeks waiver for illegal workers, the Secretary of State backs the country's most radical anit-immigrant lawshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-immigrant-policy-provides-interesting-divide-2989Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTNo-Till on the Plains speaker says cover crops keep soil cooler, conserve more moisture than they usehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-cover-crops-prove-value-drought-2966Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTTV weathermen rave about 'nice' weather but farmers look at moisture loss with worry as wheat fields green up and ground crackshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-warm-weather-double-edged-sword-wheat-farmers-2965Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTFarm folks are generally wary of a cell signal that voids their GPS and K-State professor's expressed support startles precision farmer audiencehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-country-support-light-squared-2951Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTMoisture helps wheat condition but agronomists say lack of subsoil moisture means crop isn't out of woods yethttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-crop-hopes-rise-wet-december-2937Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTRocking horse search has happy ending at farm supply storehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-thank-tractor-supply-helping-santa-2898Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMTFor more than a month, baby has been fighting mysterious infection http://farmprogress.com/blogs-christmas-cheer-recovering-child-2886Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMTTripping over a toy while carrying a baby can be a bone-threatening hazardhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-walking-chewing-gum-always-easy-2871Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:45:00 GMTYou'd think we would get used to this summer one day, winter the next, but every year it is a shockhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-suddenly-winter-2851Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:30:00 GMTWhen I learned how much a little, city boy loves farm toys, I felt a sense of elation, uplifthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-sometimes-funny-sense-optimism-2826Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:01:00 GMTGood news is, area of "excpetional" drought is less; bad news is area of drought spreads dramaticallyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-new-drought-monitor-map-encouraging-2798Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:19:00 GMTNear-constant drizzle, dark skies and occasional downpours have given Wichita its first day of rain since Oct. 8http://farmprogress.com/blogs-its-raining-its-raining-2770Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:46:00 GMTWith babies struggling around me, I can't ignore this horrible diseasehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-have-i-mentioned-i-hate-leukemia-2756Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:30:00 GMTPowerful explosion, fire at Bartlett Grain stirs strong memories of 1998 explosion at DeBrucehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-as-atchison-tragedy-unfolds-powerful-memories-resurface-2746Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:02:00 GMTThe winter wheat crop got enough moisture to get up and turn green, but we need more rainhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-bare-no-more-2720Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:08:00 GMTIt's been hotter and drier than the 1930s and in spite of best farming practices, we have the dirt to prove ithttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-it-was-a-day-of-dirt-2686Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:05:00 GMTThe "majors" of oil exploration left Kansas years ago but new technology means big new gambles on finding big reserveshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-shell-oil-is-back-in-kansas-2677Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:53:00 GMTGovernor's economic summit in Garden City focuses on how to help current business succeed, attract more to Kansashttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-helping-animal-agriculture-grow-is-mission-of-the-day-2660Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:45:00 GMTKansans are used to scary skies in the spring, but this time of year is a bit freakyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-this-is-what-instability-look-like-2633Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:49:00 GMTAt the show Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning; hope to run into you therehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-ita-husker-harvest-days-2615Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:44:00 GMTLightSquared agrees to tweak its towers to reduce power of signals, but precision GPS is bigtime at riskhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-heads-up-precision-ag-advocates-you-need-to-stay-on-top-of-this-one-2609Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:39:00 GMTRecord heat wave ends just in time for Labor Day, start of fall activitieshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-just-in-time-for-official-summers-end-cooler-weather-2598Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:13:00 GMTField hearing in Wichita shows determination for cooperation between Senate Ag Committee's Chairwoman, ranking Republicanhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-roberts-stabenow-show-rare-quality-for-todays-washington-congeniality-2577Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:11:00 GMTSen. Pat Roberts takes a tour of drought-stricken Reno, Kingman Counties; vows to fight to keep farm safety nethttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-heres-to-hoping-washington-gets-the-message-2569Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:47:00 GMTMichelle Bachman says she'll roll gas back to $1.79 and candy bars back to a nickelhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-a-kernel-of-truth-in-political-rhetoric-2566Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:16:00 GMTAfter a few days of lower temperatures, we're cooking againhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-triple-digits-back-no-real-end-in-sight-2565Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:13:00 GMTOne of things about grandkids is that a lot of things just keep on happening and sometimes it helps you feel the fear your parents felt http://farmprogress.com/blogs-and-now-for-a-few-milestones-2543Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:27:00 GMTAfter a couple of rains and a brief respite into high 80s and low 90s, Kansas is back in the ovenhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-just-when-we-were-beginning-to-green-back-to-100-degrees-2542Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:17:00 GMTAmid the ceremony and showmanship of new product announcements, AGCO chairman makes touching, personal announcementhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-agco-product-launch-is-good-show-with-touching-announcement-2526Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:55:00 GMTStorms bring two inches of rain, but also high winds, hail, power outages http://farmprogress.com/blogs-rain-at-last-but-with-a-price-and-little-relief-from-heat-2522Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:50:00 GMTNo cuts to agriculture programs are in the debt reduction agreement, but it's not over yethttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-ag-dodges-firstround-bullet-2512Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:27:00 GMTJust about everything is wilting and there's no end in sighthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-the-heat-goes-on-2509Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:33:00 GMTWho would guess that New Orleans at the end of July would be cooler than Kansas?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-back-to-the-broiler-2493Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:19:00 GMTDriving across Kansas, the northern green is lovely but the heat is a threathttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-110-under-sunny-skies-2479Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:12:00 GMTIf it seems like I just posted this, I did. We arent going anywherehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-and-here-we-are-for-another-week-2476Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:31:00 GMTThe wind came up; the black clouds rolled over, the thunder boomedhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-it-happened-again-the-thunderstorm-that-didnt-2455Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:38:00 GMTWichita sets a record at 111 degrees; birthday boy still celebrateshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-now-this-is-hot-2449Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:46:00 GMTWith 2012 Farm Bill hearings on the horizon, the ag detractors gear uphttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-now-the-bashing-begins-2441Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:41:00 GMTAs harvest moves into true drought territory, fears about quality materializehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-harvest-keeps-marching-on-in-blistering-weather-2422Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:09:00 GMTI was amazed to find out that the Magna Carta spent time in the U.S. during WWIIhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-a-little-something-i-learned-in-england-2414Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:23:00 GMTTaking a stroll around the grounds of Europe's largest farm show, I spotted the unexpected: A bit of Kansashttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-finding-the-unexpected-at-cereals-2011-in-england-2395Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:14:00 GMTLimagrain wheat conference starts today and I can't quite believe I'm herehttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wow-i-woke-up-in-england-2386Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:54:00 GMTHarvest is rolling full speed in south-central Kansas and the numbers are better than we expectedhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-looking-better-than-expected-2372Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:21:00 GMT