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People in the Midwest and the High Plains are used to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. But there’s a weather phenomenon that’s becoming a more common part of their vocabulary: derechos. A year ago… a derecho swept across the Midwest and the Plains bringing widespread damaging winds, tornados and killing at least five. As Harvest Public Media’(link is external)s Katie Peikes reports, scientists are grappling with what the future of derechos could look like.

Tuesday morning, I harvested this year’s deer, a 2 ½ year old buck just right for the freezer. The morning hunts were not without there setbacks, however. Opening morning as I left town, the steering on my pickup seemed a little “spongy,” and a quick stop revealed a low tire, causing me to head back home for air. I had gotten up late to begin with, so the sun was up when I got to the field, and 2 deer were already grazing just below our blind. Another morning as I left town, I realized my hearing aids weren’t in, meaning another quick trip back to the house.These little inconveniences reminded me of a much worse morning deer hunt ten years ago that could have been called “Doomed from the Start.”

Wrapped in pink, yellow and blue plastic the more than 1,400 bales of cotton in the staging area at Next GINeration Cotton near Cullison look more like something for spring than winter. But in reality, these “Easter eggs” represent a lot of hard work and equity from local farmers.

(Topeka) –Nate Smith of Pratt recently graduated from the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) Young Stockmen’s Academy (YSA). Merck Animal Health partnered with KLA to host members in their 20s for a series of four seminars throughout 2022. This class brings the total number of YSA graduates to 315.

Changes in the new farm bill will mostly be about money. That was the message Joe Outlaw, Ph.D., Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University co-director in the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bryan-College Station, delivered recently during the annual Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show.

For the week ending November 27, 2022, there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 48% very short, 25% short, 26% adequate, and 1% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 54% very short, 28% short, 18% adequate, and 0% surplus.

The City of Haviland has recently been able to purchase a garden tiller for the Haviland Community Garden Crew because of a grant from South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) along with other contributions from people in the Haviland area. Charles Smith, one of the leaders in overseeing the Haviland Garden Crew recently began using the tiller to prepare the soil for next year’s garden.

Kiowa County Senior Center participants Max and Joleen SeaCat have lived up the place a bit with their old Ranger gear collection. Before there were Kiowa County High School Mavericks, there were Greensburg Rangers. Max taught school in Greensburg for many, many years, an so on the fourth Friday of each month (which has always been our “Birthdays, Burgers, and Bingo” time) and we recently added to that that they wear their Ranger Gear.

The Kiowa County Board of Education met for a regular meeting November 14 at the school district office, 710 S. Main Street in Greensburg. The meeting was called to order by President Ki Gamble at 8:02 p.m.