The mid-April freezing temperatures and dry conditions have left some wheat growers with relatively dim prospects for grain production for the summer harvest. An alternative use for that wheat is as a forage crop, silage or hay, which may still have considerable value at a time when pasture grazing prospects and hay supplies may be uncertain.

Going back to my childhood, beef was a staple food at our house.  We may not have had much money, but we had the best food. We planted a garden, milked cows, raised chickens for both eggs and to eat, and we raised cattle.  We have all heard “Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner!” slogan but did you know that May is Beef Month?

May has been celebrated as Beef Month for 35 years. Beef is the largest agricultural commodity in the state of Kansas.

Judith Lynn Nuss passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville at the age of 77.

She was born in Stockton, Kansas on June 9, 1942 to Virl and Leta Benedick. She attended High School in Paradise. Judith was a mother to Tim, Monty, and Todd in her younger years and later on she met and married Gerald Nuss and to this union Jerry, Chad, Dallas, Eva, and Michelle were born.

Maureen Diane Pastine, age 75, Plainville, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at the Rooks County Health Center.

She was born in Hays, Kansas to Gerhart and Ada Hillman. She grew up on a farm in WaKeeney, Kansas and graduated from WaKeeney High School with the Class of 1962. She continued her education at Fort Hays State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts in English followed by a Masters of Library and Information Science from Emporia State University. She worked as a teacher, professor, and ended as a library administrator.