I want to tell you a story about why I, a non-farmer or rancher, fell in love with farmers and ranchers more than a decade ago. My son, Isaac McNary, and I tumbled out of the Andes in Colombia, South America, into an ancient Spanish city with cobblestone streets, adobe homes with wrought iron windows and doors, and a rainbow of multicolored bougainvillea cascading over the roof tops and down the side walls.
The residential carpentry class of St. John High and local volunteers were conscripted to build a greenhouse for Joel Delp’s Human Environmental Resources Class in September of 2021. Also, any other class who wanted to have a project that included the greenhouse would have access to it. The Human Environmental Resources Class set up an aquaponics tank to store over 50 Blue Tilapia as a main project. The class also started a small amount of crops.
A sizable crowd welcomed the Canadian trio, Sultans of String, to the Carpenter Auditorium stage at Pratt Community College for the last community concert of the season May 7 at the Pratt Community College Carpenter Auditorium.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated an additional 40 million people could be pushed into poverty and food insecurity due to the invasion of Ukraine, exacerbating a historic level of global food insecurity. As a result, the USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the infusion of new funding for U.S. food aid programs last week. As it has for nearly 70 years, U.S. wheat will play a central role in helping feed those in need.
How to Make Tomato Cages Commercial tomato cages are often too wimpy for Kansas conditions. Fortunately, you can make your own cages from concrete reinforcing mesh (wire).
A few days of cooler temperatures and actual moisture falling to the ground had many in Pratt County feeling thankful, along with the birds and other outdoors creatures. But rainfall totals didn’t amount to much, and by the following Monday, temperatures soared to near 100 degrees as the reality of life in the Gateway to the High Plains set back in.
MANHATTAN — Imagine cattle ranching without traditional fencing and the costly, time-consuming fencing repairs. Two Kansas State University ecologists are working to make that vision a reality while benefiting streams and birds. It’s part of a multi-partner research project using virtual electronic cattle fencing in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
This week, an initial draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the public. If the Court does indeed overturn this ruling, the prayers of millions of people over the last 50 years will finally be answered, and I will join in the celebration of the greatest victory for the unborn in my lifetime.
PRATT – An angler’s prized catch may actually be worth a prize this spring and summer in Kansas, thanks to the return of the Great Kansas Fishing Derby. This year’s Derby will run May 15 to September 15, 2022. During that time, anglers can try their luck at catching one of more than 500 specially tagged fish located in public waterbodies across the Sunflower State. The statewide competition is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), Kansas Wildscape Foundation, Bass Pro-Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, Kansas State Fair, Firewater Music Festival, City of Independence, and many local retailers.
Fort Hays State University hosted its 63rd annual technology fair for Kansas high school students at the end of April, inviting them to come and present their various technical achievements. It was held at the Gross Memorial Coliseum and any student from grades 6-12 who studies under a certified stem or industrial arts teacher is eligible to submit their work to be showcased. Many local Kiowa County High School students participated, winning accolades for their work accomplished this school year under the direction of teacher Peter Kerns.