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A lack of meat in grocery store chains, due in part to coronavirus-related slowdowns and closures of meatpacking plants, is creating an opportunity for local food producers.

Thousands of meat processing workers have tested positive for COVID-19, meatpacking plants that closed now must reopen, and hog producers are faced with no market — and no room — for their animals.

A retired Kansas farmer made national headlines for sending a letter and a single N95 mask to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. His son says the move is pretty classic, if you know his father.

Near-record precipitation last year has set the stage for renewed flooding along the Missouri River and its tributaries, according to a forecast released…

Segment 1: Flooded fields and fallout from trade wars could mean another rocky year for farmers.Climate change, flooding, and bankruptcies are just a few…

Segment 1: Environmentalism and the outdoors have long been seen as safe spaces for white people.The concerns of climate change action organizations are…

The number of black farmers in the U.S. is shrinking — down to less than 2% of total farmers — and many are losing their land. Members of the Kansas...

HARTFORD, Kansas — Some of Kansas’ major reservoirs are filling up with sediment, and if something isn’t done to address the issue, parts of eastern...

On a recent bright, clear day in eastern Nebraska, a small red machine crept through a lush field of soybeans. From the highway, it looked like a small...

Holly Bickmeyer is worried about what a large livestock operation would do if it moves in next door. She points to the small lake in front of her house...

GARDEN CITY — Zion Roth farms with his uncle, father and brothers near Garden City. Roth uses tools that monitor weather and the soil moisture on his...

Segment 1: Port KC wields power beyond the banks of the Missouri River.The goal of Port KC, is to drive economic development in Kansas City, Missouri, but…