Photos by Becky Peterson Special to the Free Press 4-H Happy Hustler reporter Tripp Peterson and his family have been busy this Spring with calving season. The family and friends work together to make sure the calves are healthy and cared for as well as have shots and are tagged. Goessel The Goessel Goal Getters meeting was held on April […]

For landowners wanting to harvest hay on Kansas highway right of way, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced that the deadline for permits to be issued will be extended to May 1. The extension is necessary because KDOT staff will not be in the office to accept applications until early April to follow Gov. Laura Kelly’s directive to help mitigate […]

Charlie Peters, sophomore, of Lehigh with his horse. Peters was selected as an AQHA Ranching Heritage YHD program participant. The American Quarter Horse Association, Amarillo – Charlie Peters of Lehigh, Ks, has been selected as a participant for the 2020 AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program. The AQHA Ranching Heritage YHD program showcases the horses bred and raised by […]

The distinctive smell of hemp now wafts through certain test plots at multiple K-State Research and Extension sites across Kansas. The end goal is to find out whether it’s also the smell of money for farmers seeking a valuable new rotational crop. The first test crops of industrial hemp have been growing for about two months at the John C. […]

Kansas State University turfgrass specialist Jared Hoyle says homeowners ought to be thinking about a mid-summer checkup on their lawns, which likely includes applying fertilizer and weed killer. Many Kansas summer landscapes include warm-season grasses, namely bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and buffalograss. Each of those requires a little care in order to stay healthy through the hot weeks ahead. “Those three grasses […]

Jana Dalke, from Serenity Gardens near Hillsboro, will be sharing a wealth of knowledge on preparing spring flower beds and summer vegetable gardens as the topic for the March 22 Lifelong Learning program. The program will begin at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, March 22 in the Heritage Lobby of the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts. Several local vendors will […]

Marion/Florence FFA members took third place at the South Central District FFA Agriculture Sales Career Development Event on Wednesday, Dec. 5. The event was hosted by the Marion FFA chapter at Marion Eastmoor United Methodist Church. Participants in the Agriculture Sales Event were required to take a written test, develop and present a sales presentation for an agricultural product, as […]

Unpredictable weather, falling net farm income, spotty health care services and a host of other factors can make for incredible stress on farms and in rural communities. Many of the factors causing sleepless nights are beyond an individual’s control, yet there are often ways to manage the stress, according to North Dakota State University family science specialist Sean Brotherson. “People […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Have you ever wondered where the food you buy comes from? Do you know the manner in which it was produced? A growing number of consumers are increasingly interested in where their food comes from and want to know that it reached their plate in a sustainable manner. As part of the Beef Industry Sustainability Assessment, a […]

4-H / FFA 4-H Clothing and Textiles 375 D: Female Purchased Outfit Style Revue Ages 14-18 Addie Berens (TTT) Purple/Reserve Grand Champion Purchased Style Revue Female; Reserve Champion Purchased Style Revue Senior Female Elyse Boden (GGG) Purple/Grand Champion Purchased Style Revue Female; Champion Purchased Style Revue Senior Female Cassandra Meyer (HH) Purple Brooke Nafziger (GGG) Blue Cierra Nolte (GGG) Purple […]