Agriculture needs you. Maybe I should give you a little more background. There are people and groups who attack agriculture, and we need you to be an advocate to help our consumers better understand what we do. I admit it is scary when you start looking into who we are up against. The money ...
A milestone birthday earlier this month got me thinking about my parents and what their lives looked like at my age, which is vastly different from my life. In reflecting on the differences, it was easy to see how my parents’ choices in their 20s and 30s have had a foundational impact on who ...
I love a good road trip, especially one around Kansas. That is why I am so excited about the listening tour Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) President Joe Newland and I will be embarking on July 21-23 and 30-31. Tour stops are listed at www.kfb.org, and you can register there also. Joe and I along with ...
I took my young son to a ballgame. After buying way more snacks than we needed, we found our seats just in time for the National Anthem. I reminded him to remove his hat and place it over his heart. As the anthem ended and the crowd cheered, he turned to me and asked, “Why do we say ...
Good friends can have a good time no matter what they are doing together. That is how I ended up helping with a Yoga on the Farm event at Hildebrand Dairy near Junction City recently. It was organized by CommonGround Kansas, an organization of farm women in Kansas who share information and ...
If you’re reading this, it’s fair to assume you have decent eyesight. Now, just for a moment, close your eyes and picture your favorite fireworks memory — the smells, the booms, the cheers. Go ahead — I’ll wait. Alright. Now, I’d like to share a personal story with you. I was 9 ...
After an election cycle in which virtually every legislative leader in Topeka admitted that property taxes was “the” issue, The Kansas Legislature’s response was much like Marie Antoinette’s response to starving peasants during the French Revolution “let them eat cake.” No systemic ...
How Do I Love Mowing? Let Me Count the Ways. I’m not just ripping off an Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet; I actually mean it. And if you don’t already enjoy it, I think you would if you understood all the benefits it has to offer. There aren’t many things that sound better to me than ...
Kansas Farm Bureau is fully engaged in the process of developing policy for members’ consideration at our annual meeting in December. The Resolutions Committee has received your ideas from issue surfacing and we have started developing proposals for the full delegation to consider. We all ...
In about two weeks or so it will be Election Day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I cannot wait for it to be over. I will not say another word about the campaigns because my mother told me, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” However, I do want to ...
