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Great American Desert
In 1820, explorer Stephen H. Long led a group of soldiers across the Great Plains in search of the source of the Red River. During his expedition, he explored much of what is now Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska. What did Long report to his superiors after his journey concluded? The region between the Missouri River…
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Guts, Steel and Beef
(Photo courtesy of North Dakota Farm Bureau) Carrie Underwood is a pretty powerful icon in today’s society. She’s a multi-platinum recording artist, a fashionista, she’s gorgeous and she’s a PETA spokesperson. It takes guts to stand up to someone of her caliber – it takes nerves of steel to organize a walk out on one of her concerts.…
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I’m Ag Thankful
Hi readers – today I am featured on Ryan Goodman’s (@AR_ranchhand on Twitter) blog Agriculture Proud. Ryan is running a month long feature called ‘Ag Thankful’ focused on the many ways agriculturalists are blessed. Any opinions on what I should be thankful for? Please visit Ryan’s blog and read what I, and many other aggies, have…
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It’s My Anniversary!
Sort of. It’s been 1 year and 2 weeks since I started this little adventure called blogging and I’ve blogged about life, grad school, being engaged, fiji, cooking, prayer and most especially agriculture. Over the past year, I know my blogging and communication styles and methods have definitely changed. To you new bloggers, here are…
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Kyla Clawson – KSU Agvocate in Action
About a month ago, the K-State Collegian printed an anti-meat article by none other than Beth Mendenhall. If you must, you can read that piece of work here. Most students would just grumble and say “that’s a load of bologna” and go on about their day – forgetting about the attacks on the meat and agriculture industry. Enter…