The purposes of the Kansas Railroad Hall of Fame is to celebrate the state’s connection to the railroad industry and Kansans, ...

The Kansas waste management and carbon removal company has been recognized for efforts at its Great Plains facility.

With a massive budget behind the effort, the goal is to ramp up deportations to at least 1 million immigrants a year. That poses a huge threat to immigrant-dependent industries, like agriculture, ...

The Farmers' Almanac provides long-range weather forecasts using a "top-secret" mathematical formula ...

In this latest Caprock Chronicles feature, Chuck Lanehart explores the history of jackrabbit stew and other fine pioneer cuisine of the Texas plains.

The most electrified place in the country is no longer the Sunshine State. New data for 2025 shows that Florida has been ...

Right now, much of the U.S. is buried under snow and ice. But there's some good news: warmer days are on the way. The Old ...

National Corn Growers Association President Jed Bower expresses his disappointment in Congress stopping E15 deal.

From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to ...

Many farmers are entering 2026 in a tight spot. Crop growers in the Midwest and Great Plains are grappling with low crop prices. Scott Irwin, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign agricultural ...

The annual Great Plains Growers Conference will bring together fruit and vegetable farmers, researchers and industry leaders to St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 9-10, 2026. “The event is the premiere fruit and ...

The Great Plains Zoo will build a new education center named after former Midco president Joe H. Floyd. A $2 million gift from Midco will fund the Joe H. Floyd Education Center, which is part of the ...