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Feature stories air at 7:35 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday during Morning Edition and again at 5:30 p.m. during All Things Considered.
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Millions of cattle are fed here on the High Plains. And though no one likes to think about it, potential threats are all around -- from contagious diseases to wildfires to bio-terrorism. Recognizing the risk to the economy and the nation, a small group has been doing its best to prepare our region for the worst. Mark Haslett, reporting for Harvest Public Media, has this story from the Texas Panhandle.
Drought conditions in Kansas are at their worst since 2006, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban has this report.
The United States Department of Agriculture released its annual Prospective Plantings report on March 31. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban takes stock of the numbers.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has alerted food service establishments that a man has been trying to scam money out of southeast Kansas business owners by posing as a food inspector. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban reports.
People tend to function better when they're calm. Anxiety or aggression can affect our health and overall well-being. Turns out cattle work the same way. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban explores the research.
Moo've over plastic: mother and daughter team start their own dairy and glass bottle milk delivery business.
Wheat, sorghum, soybeans or corn? Farmers every year must determine what to plant and how much land to devote to a particular crop. Record commodity prices are just one factor influencing farmers this year. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban reports.
Wheat researchers, growers and industry folks from across the country are in Washington D.C. this week to stress to lawmakers the importance of publicly funded wheat research.
Harsh weather throughout Kansas has raised concern for the cattle and farming industries in the state. Harvest Public Media's Eric Durban takes stock of the current situation.
In part two of our series on digital mammography, High Plains Public Radio talks to the Director of Imaging Services at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS who is trying to get a digital mammogram station for her hospital.
In southwest Kansas the five small communities of Willmore, Englewood, Protection, Ashland and Coldwater joined together with United Radiology to bring Well Woman Exams including digital mammograms to their region. High Plains Public Radio went to Coldwater when the digital mammography bus visited the county hospital.
Children sometimes have a hard time expressing their grief. That's why the chaplain of Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice began Memories Matter Bereavement Camp near Great Bend, Kansas. Modeled after a camp the chaplain visited in Garden City, this camp began in 1999.