Kansas Politics

Jasmine Pankratz

May 11, 20203 min read

The past, present & future of Kansas Hemp

In 2018, the Kansas Legislature passed SB263, allowing the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) to develop a research-based hemp...

Jasmine Pankratz

May 4, 20203 min read

The rights of student organizations at Kansas universities

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State University made headlines in January after a new group called America First Students (AFS) announced its...

Jasmine Pankratz

Apr 28, 20203 min read

What about Kansas Cotton Farmers? What about specialty crop producers?

COVID-19’s impact is trickling down to specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops)....

Jasmine Pankratz

Apr 10, 20204 min read

Call to Action Against Packers in the Cattle Industry

The cattle market is a complicated industry that is difficult to explain to those outside of the business. Even those in the business are...

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Jasmine Pankratz

Apr 8, 20205 min read

Kansas Wildfires, for better or worse

All across Kansas the land is beginning to look scorched once again; a reminder of the wildfire that burned 3 years ago, causing millions...

Jasmine Pankratz

Mar 27, 20203 min read

China Purchases Large Order of U.S. Corn and Wheat

Across the state of Kansas, you’ll find mountains of wheat kernels sitting outside of overflowing grain bins, covered by tarps. These...

Jasmine Pankratz

Mar 27, 20203 min read

Gap in the Cattle Market, Kansas Representative speaks on plans to help Kansas ranchers

Frozen box beef cutout prices continue to creep higher each week at the same rate that live and feeder cattle prices are rapidly falling,...

Jasmine Pankratz

Mar 27, 20202 min read

How the East and West sides of Kansas have been impacted by the coronavirus

If Kansas was split right down the middle, to the East there are 204 current cases of coronavirus and five deaths. To the West, there’s...