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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · By Pat Melgares, K-State Extension

    K‑State agricultural economist: Diesel prices could remain high for years (opens the original)

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    MANHATTAN, Kan. — Diesel fuel prices are likely to remain high for at least the next year, squeezing farmers’ profit margins and eventually hitting consumers in the pocketbook, according to a Kansas State University agricultural economist. Diesel is currently about $2.25 per gallon higher than it was earlier this year, said Gregg Ibendahl, a farm management specialist with K-State Extension. Ibendahl monitors European natural gas prices as a driver for fertilizer prices and tracks global oil p

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · By Pat Melgares, K-State Extension

    5 generations, one 4-H legacy (opens the original)

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    Stafford County family has led local 4-H efforts for nearly 90 years HUDSON, Kan. — Tucked off the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Kansas Highway 281 lies Clarence Alpers’ farmstead, where cattle graze and wheat, milo, corn, alfalfa and soybeans grow throughout the year. The expanse is striking to passers-by, partly because its tract showcases more than one kind of green. Beyond the fertile crops and bright grass pastures, the family’s nearly 100-year-old farm is steeped in Kelly green —

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · By Pat Melgares, K-State Extension

    Kansas farm family highlights success with regenerative agriculture (opens the original)

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    K-State researchers and farmers collaborate to rebuild soil health and improve profitability MANHATTAN, Kan. — One after another, visitors to the Guetterman Brothers Family Farms near Kansas’ eastern border recently found themselves digging up a clump of soil in freshly-sown and developing crop fields. Their curiosity had gotten the best of them. Minutes before, they had listened to fifth-generation farmer Hayden Guetterman explain his family’s steadfast pledge to improve their farm ground wit

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