Jason Schmidt, a dairy farmer who lives outside of Newton, Kansas, considers himself a progressive farmer. He voted for President-elect Joe Biden last month. He wants the Biden administration to reward farmers based on how much carbon they are storing in the soil. He is a fifth-generation Kansas farmer.By Bryan LowryThe Wichita EagleOriginally published on [...]
Kansas Farmers Union policy supports a progressive tax. We feel if you’re making the money you should pay the taxes. By Sam Zeff KCUR 89.3 Originally published on July 26, 2016 Everyone knows agriculture is huge in Kansas. It’s a $62 billion a year industry that accounts for 43 percent of the Kansas economy and [...]
Low grain, volatile cattle prices impact debt, machinery sales By Morgan Chilson The Topeka Capital-Journal Originally published on March 26, 2016 “(Allen Featherstone, director of the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics,) said he expects to see increased numbers of farmers and ranchers take advantage of computerized financial planning, in which his department has [...]
Predictions indicate low prices here to stay in 2016, 2017 By Morgan Chilson The Topeka Capital-Journal Originally published on March 26, 2016 “Donn Teske, a rancher and president of the Kansas Farmers Union, joked that “when you farm, you don’t need to go to Vegas.” “A lot of the old-timers are recollecting memories of the [...]
By Dan Voorhis The Wichita Eagle Originally published on March 13, 2015 “We may not be the voice of agriculture, but we are the conscience of agriculture,” said Donn Teske, a livestock farmer north of Manhattan, head of Kansas Farmers Union and vice president of the National Farmers Union. Teske regrets the evolution of the [...]
By Dan Voorhis The Wichita Eagle Originally published on March 7, 2015 (Donn) Teske is president of the Kansas Farmers Union, a populist farm organization that goes back to 1907. He is mainly a livestock farmer, but does grow some crops on his farm near Wheaton, northeast of Manhattan. He is passionate about climate change, [...]
by Ken Rahjes AgView.net December 13, 2014 Donn Teske, President of the Kansas Farmers Union and Vice-President of National Farmers Union, joined Ken Rahjes, Ag View editor, for an interview during the 2014 Kansas Farmers Union Convention. Rahjes and Teske discuss KFU grassroots policy development and 2014 Special Orders including Beef Check-off reform, renewal of [...]
by Ken Rahjes AgView.net December 10, 2014 Chandler Goulde, Senior Vice-President of Programs with National Farmers Union, joined Ken Rahjes, Ag View editor, for an interview during the 2014 Kansas Farmers Union Convention. Rahjes and Goule discuss EPA regulation, Beef Check-off reform, and support for Country of Origin Labeling for meat.
by Kelly Lenz WIBW October 14, 2014 Donn Teske, President of the Kansas Farmers Union, joined Kelly Lenz on the October 14, 2014 edition of Kansas Ag Issues. Lenz and Teske discuss National Farmers Union's withdraw from the Beef Check-off Working Group, NFU's support for Country of Origin labeling for meat, and NFU’s position on [...]
by Dan Charles National Public Radio's All Things Considered June 16, 2014 It seems that everybody, going back at least to Thomas Jefferson, loves small family farms. Yet those beloved small farms are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Big farms are taking over. According to the latest census of American agriculture, released this year, there are two [...]
