Jasmine PankratzApr 28, 20203 min readWhat 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 PankratzApr 20, 20205 min readBreaking News: Rodeo is Not Like Other SportsThe Flint Hills Rodeo of Kansas, the oldest rodeo in the state, cancelled it’s annual rodeo for the first time in 83 years due to the...
Jasmine PankratzApr 10, 20204 min readCall to Action Against Packers in the Cattle IndustryThe cattle market is a complicated industry that is difficult to explain to those outside of the business. Even those in the business are...
Jasmine PankratzApr 8, 20205 min readKansas Wildfires, for better or worseAll across Kansas the land is beginning to look scorched once again; a reminder of the wildfire that burned 3 years ago, causing millions...
Jasmine PankratzMar 27, 20203 min readChina Purchases Large Order of U.S. Corn and WheatAcross the state of Kansas, you’ll find mountains of wheat kernels sitting outside of overflowing grain bins, covered by tarps. These...
Jasmine PankratzMar 27, 20203 min readGap in the Cattle Market, Kansas Representative speaks on plans to help Kansas ranchersFrozen box beef cutout prices continue to creep higher each week at the same rate that live and feeder cattle prices are rapidly falling,...
Jasmine PankratzMar 27, 20202 min readHow the East and West sides of Kansas have been impacted by the coronavirusIf 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...