Agriculture

May declared official 'Beef Month' (05/01/08)
With the weather warming up and the days getting longer, more and more Americans are enjoying great tasting beef entrees cooked on the grill. May has been declared "Beef Month" by every governor of Kansas for the past 25 years. We all know that Kansas is referred to as the "Wheat State"; however the Kansas cattle industry generated $6.25 billion in cash receipts during 2006, which is 60% of the 2006 cash receipts in Kansas...

Fundraiser for Uniontown High school student (04/25/08)
There will be a lunch fundraiser to help Breanna Esslinger and family with medical expenses. Breanna recently was ill with double pneumonia and this fundraiser is to help her family with medical expenses incurred while she had a lengthy hospital stay and surgery...

Budweiser Clydesdales slated to participate in Good Ol' Days (04/23/08)
The clopping of hooves that belong to some of the beverage industry's most recognizable mascots will echo through the streets of downtown Fort Scott this summer. Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce officials have booked the Budweiser Clydesdales to appear in Fort Scott starting June 2. ...