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5 days ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
According to the 2022 agricultural census, the average age for an Arkansas farmer is roughly 57 years old — just a few years shy of the national average retirement age. “We have to keep the overall agriculture industry thriving, and to do that, we have to create new farmers or grow new farmers,” Dr. Deacue Fields, the Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas Division, said at the 2025 Farmers for Tomorrow Benefit in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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2 weeks ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
It’s officially summer break, and Kansas youth are enjoying the freedom to spend a Tuesday at the county fairgrounds rather than in a classroom. On June 2nd and 3rd, the Neosho County 4-H chapter, along with local horsemen Ben Eike of Bent E Quarter Horses, hosted a two-day horsemanship clinic for Kansas youth 15 and under. “It’s an honor and a privilege to work with these youth 4-H members,” Ben Eike said.
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3 weeks ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
Congratulations are in order, not for you but for me, as last week marked my one-year anniversary with Farm Talk!!!I’ll hold while you finish your applause. Anyway, it feels like just yesterday I was frantically trying to keep my cool as I walked into the highly intimidating doors that piller the Farm Talk office and set out on my new journalistic career.
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1 month ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
Faith, honor, loyalty, dignity, pride, and diligence. These are the six words written at the top of Lynn Gregory’s workshop door. These are six words he lived by. Lynn Gregory was a native Kansas farmer, rancher, husband, and father, devoted to his family and the Lord. From September 10th, 1942, to March 4th, 2025, Lynn served the world, its creatures, and his community.
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1 month ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
On Saturday, May 17th, Mid America Farm and Ranch hosted their Customer Appreciation Day in Talala, Oklahoma. Customers enjoyed free BBQ, a mechanical bull, and goat roping while shopping an exclusive storewide sale. (Photos by Lauren Dossey)
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1 month ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
Faith, honor, loyalty, dignity, pride, and diligence. These are the six words written at the top of Lynn Gregory’s workshop door. These are six words he lived by. Lynn Gregory was a native Kansas farmer, rancher, husband, and father, devoted to his family and the Lord. From September 10th, 1942, to March 4th, 2025, Lynn served the world, its creatures, and his community.
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1 month ago | 
cnhinews.com | Lauren Dossey
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Brad Fourby is not your average Kansas farmer. While he’s harvested hundreds of heads of lettuce and produce on his farm, he rarely does so under the Kansas sun or on a John Deere tractor. Instead, this native Californian spends his time growing produce inside his 320-square-foot indoor hydroponic farm, Leafy Green Farms, in Pittsburg. What exactly is hydroponic farming? In simple terms, hydroponic farming is the process of growing crops with water-based nutrients rather than soil.
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1 month ago | 
reporter.net | Lauren Dossey
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Brad Fourby is not your average Kansas farmer. While he’s harvested hundreds of heads of lettuce and produce on his farm, he rarely does so under the Kansas sun or on a John Deere tractor. kAmx?DE625[ E9:D ?2E:G6 r2=:7@C?:2? DA6?5D 9:D E:>6 8C@H:?8 AC@5F46 :?D:56 9:D ba_\DBF2C6\7@@E :?5@@C 9J5C@A@?:4 72C>[ {627J vC66? u2C>D[ :? !:EED3FC8]k^Am kAm(92E 6I24E=J :D 9J5C@A@?:4 72C>:?8nk^AmkAmx?
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1 month ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey
It pains me to write this... well, type this, you see I suffered my first loss on my little Kansas homestead this past weekend and as a self-proclaimed poultry pro, I am embarrassed to report I lost a duckling in the dumbest way imaginable.
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1 month ago | 
farmtalknews.com | Lauren Dossey |Nick Rex
Previous Virtual fence: Technology for keeping animals where you want… Traditional fencing, such as permanent boundary fences made … Next Up Duckling down It pains me to write this... well, type this, you see I suff… This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Four State Farm Show, and ag enthusiasts from far and wide gathered in Pittsburg, Kansas, to celebrate.
