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Chamber Hosts Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

By the McPherson Chamber of Commerce McPHERSON, Kan. — The McPherson Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) on December 9th. McPherson High School students from Chris Strathman’s entrepreneur class presented their business ideas during a...

USDA hosts historic trade mission to Africa

USDA is hosting an historic trade mission to Africa. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association executive director Joe Smentek is on the trip and says the first stop was Morrocco. “In Casablanca, talking to folks there. And the USDA set that trip up, so we had...

KDA Hosts Beef Genetics Trade Team from Canada

By the Kansas Department of Agriculture MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture welcomed a beef genetics trade team from Canada in late October. The diverse trade team represented progressive seedstock operations located throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta and...

White House hosts meeting with farm groups

The White House is hosting a meeting with select ag groups today. Iowa Farm Bureau president Brent Johnson tells Brownfield AFBF president Zippy Duvall will be there pushing for completion of the farm bill. “We’ve been very consistent in the priorities of where Farm...

Ohio State hosts NASA contest to help better feed astronauts

An Ohio State professor says the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge was an opportunity to develop more nutritious foods for astronauts.  John Horack tells Brownfield…. “Calories are super easy to find, but the nutrition behind them is equally important, and that is often a...

Buhler High School Class of 2004 Hosts 20-Year Reunion

By Buhler High School Class of 2004 BUHLER, Kan. — The Buhler High School Class of 2004 is excited to announce their 20-year reunion scheduled for September 27-29th, 2024. The weekend's events will offer a chance for classmates to...