WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new industry report shows that sales of farm tractors and combines are down in September as well down overall for the first nine months of this year. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers reported Monday that the 16,546 tractors sold nationwide in September represents a 12.5 percent drop from the same month a year ago. Year -to-date sales of tractors at 159,191 are down almost 1 percent from the same period last year. Sales of combines are doing even worse with an almost 20 percent drop in September with 694 of them sold. Sales of combines during…
Author: KMAN Staff
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The latest government snapshot shows Kansas farmers have now planted 69 percent of their 2016 winter wheat crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that about 34 percent of the wheat has already emerged. Harvest of fall crops also is making progress in the state. An estimated 76 percent of the corn has been harvested, well ahead of the 68 percent average for this time of year. About 37 percent of the sorghum and 31 percent of the soybeans also have been cut. Sunflower harvest has now begun in Kansas with 5 percent harvested. Fourth cutting…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) One of the state’s biggest counties has asked Kansas health officials to block people living in the country illegally from receiving benefits under the federal nutrition program Woman, Infants and Children. The Wichita Eagle reports three of the five Sedgwick County commissioners supported a letter chairman Richard Ranzau sent to the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week seeking the change. The WIC program issues checks to low-income families for foods like milk, eggs, cereal, cheese and baby formula. Ranzau wrote that the majority of commissioners are “very concerned that the WIC program…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The largest electric utility in Kansas says it will retire small generating units in three communities by the end of the year and is citing new federal environmental regulations as one reason. Westar Energy announced Tuesday that it will shut down one coal-fired unit each in Lawrence and Tecumseh, east of Topeka, as well as a gas-fired unit in Hutchinson. Together, the units have a capacity of 350 megawatts, about 5 percent of the Topeka-based company’s total. The company said it will shift about 40 workers into open positions and reduce its overall workforce. Westar said new…
Over 26,000 people from around the world are in Washington D.C. for the 2015 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition including delegates from Manhattan, Fort Riley, and Junction City chapter. The 3-day conference began on Monday and wraps up today. AUSA – which stands for Association of the U.S. Army – hosts the professional development event yearly. This year’s highlights included many different seminars, and a keynote presentation by John McHugh, Secretary of the Army. McHugh delivered an impassioned speech on the future of the Army. In attendance for the event was Manhattan Mayor Pro Tem Usha Reddi. Reddi says one of…
Steve Spurrier is resigning from South Carolina after doing exactly what he said he wanted to when he took the job: accomplish things that had never been done before in Columbia.
Ali Rezaian, the brother of jailed Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian says his brother’s conviction is unjust, calling for the US government to intervene in any way they can to free Rezaian after 14 months of imprisonment on alleged trumped up charges.
LEONARDVILLE — A large crowd greeted First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas at a Town Hall in Leonardville Tuesday afternoon. Topics ranged from veterans’ affairs to who the new Speaker of the House might be and Planned Parenthood. Huelskamp referred to previous speaker John Boehner who he says consolidated power, and limited amendments and debate, which he says harmed our institution and policy making process. Madonna Stallmann of Leonardville spoke passionately about the death of her nephew, who she told the crowd took his life due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, more commonly known as PTSD. Stallman concedes that…
Today’s guest was Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells.
Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells announced on KMAN’s “In Focus” Tuesday morning that he will seek another term. Wells, who represents District 3, was elected to his first term in November 2012 and said he decided to run again when it was learned recently that the likelihood of Wildcat Creek getting federal funds to fix flooding issues was going to become a reality. “I ran on that, and just assumed it would be 50 years before anything ever happened,” he said. “But now… we’re confident we’re going to get the money for Wildcat Creek. I would like to stay…