Agriculture is a vital part of the High Plains. It's engrained in the culture, economy, history, and environment. Agland provides farmers and ranchers news and information, and it also reflects that lifestyle out to the world.
Hosts Amy Bickel and Kathy Hanks bring you the stories of the people and small towns making a difference.
Amy Bickel's roots began in Gypsum, Kansas. She graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in agricultural communications. She's been covering Kansas agriculture for over 15 years. Recently, she's been chronicling Kansas' dead towns. She has a passion for telling stories centered on Kansas agriculture, rural life, and history. Email her with news, photos, and other information at abickel@hutchnews.com or call (800)-766-3311 Ext 320.
Kathy Hanks spent more than 20 years on a farm in western Kansas. She's been telling the stories of Kansans for more than three decades. She interviews people everywhere she goes -- from the pilot to Timbuktu or the person taking her order at Taco Bell. She says everyone has a story to tell, and she wants to hear yours. Email her with news and stories at khanks@hutchnews.com or call (800) 766-3311 Ext. 348.
Agland is a partnership of The Hutchinson News and High Plains Public Radio.
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From Kansas Agland:CASTLETON – For Sam Grilliot, it’s harvest time, and that means the old Oliver is lumbering through the wheat field.More often, you…
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The annual wheat harvest has begun in Kansas. Kansas Agland captured farmers Brett Mott and Russell Molz cutting wheat and delivering it to the grain…
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From Kansas Agland:Kansas net farm income in 2015 hit a 30-year low, reaching a level not seen since the 1980s farm crisis.Accrual net farm income across…
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From Kansas Agland:STAFFORD – They aren’t painting the town red. Not yet.But a group of dreamers are envisioning their Main Street’s empty storefronts as…
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From Kansas Agland:ST. JOHN – For about two months of the year, Stafford County farmer Jordan Hickel would run his pricey combine through wheat fields in…
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From Kansas Agland:Last week, livestock markets in Pratt and Reno counties helped raise $120,000 by auctioning off a donated heifer and two steer calves…
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From Kansas Agland:The lone heifer was the star of Pratt Livestock's Thursday sale, raising more than $90,000 in funds for the Gyp Hills wildfires."People…
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From Kansas Agland:It begins in a pasture, just as the sun rises on a February morning.This is where steaks are born.Brandon Siemens found the black…
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HAYS – Fort Hay State University has been awarded a grant of more than $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop curricula focused on…
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From Agland:While probably the majority of the people in western Kansas would like to conserve our irrigation water supplies, can one man go it…