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:Risk of herbicide dicamba drift is heightened during the weather phenomenaKansas State University is offering a new tool to help… -
The yellow Ag Tractor swooped in low, the wheels maybe 30-feet above the ground, as it approached Taxiway Charlie.Suddenly, a mass of water gushed from… -
INMAN - It was over a bowl of popcorn on a winter evening last year that McPherson County farmer Dwight Baldwin began thinking of an alternative.He had… -
From Kansas Agland:One attribute that Colby Harner inherited from his father and grandfather is hard work.The 25-year-old takes pride in this. It’s why he… -
From Kansas Agland:TOPEKA – Legislation enabling farmers eventually to obtain a license to plant industrial hemp passed the Kansas House on Monday… -
From Kansas Agland:Some students in Ashland are spending their spring break tearing out burned-up fences as their family and friends deal with the… -
From Kansas Agland:In spite of the wildfire that burned nearly 400,000 acres of grassland in Barber and Comanche counties, farmers and ranchers continue… -
From Kansas Agland:From the way it is grown, harvested and processed into flour, and the way it's entwined in the lives of the families who produce it,… -
From Kansas Agland:For the first time nearly 15 years, the price of wheat is so low that government loan programs have once again kicked in.Farmers, as… -
From Kansas Agland:For some in western Kansas, such yields are unheard of.But some farmers, including those planting wheat on summer fallow ground, are…
