Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

Answers To Farm Questions Available At Rossville Conference

“What are the markets really going to do this year, which farm program is best, what are interest rates going to do?” Seemingly run-on questions, all three are weighing  heavy on farmers’ minds. Answers are to be offered during the Farm Profit Conference Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Citizen Pottawatomie Community Center, 806 Nishnabe Trail, […]

Farm Profit Conference Feb. 19 At Council Grove

Markets, weather and government intervention are the three biggest concerns of farmers and ranchers. Appropriately, those are the topics set for discussion during the Farm Profit Conference at the fairgrounds east of Council Grove on Thursday evening, Feb. 19.

Memory Loss Major Concern

“Forgetfulness is nothing to be taken lightly.” While jokes are made about such, it is very serious when one cannot remember. After spending time with our banker, we returned with papers and other items, sat down to reflect, and our checkbook was missing.  Retracing our steps, looking everywhere around home, it just wasn’t anywhere.

Caution Can Prevent Disaster

“Don’t wreck it the first day.” That was advice given josh, but ten minutes down the highway, we were taking it seriously. Again our main transportation gave out last week. We had it shy of two years, but there were more than a quarter-million miles on the odometer, so it wasn’t that unexpected when the […]

St. George Cowgirl Passionate About Others Learning Benefits Of Horses

“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” It’s an often repeated quotation originally credited to Winston Churchill. Diane Haffener at the D-Bar Arena near St. George often restates the remark true to heart, believes, and  most obviously lives it. “Horses are my life,” Haffener stated emphatically. Born and raised in […]

Best To See At Night

“And, then there was light.” There hadn’t been any electricity in the barn for several months, since we started major renovation. All of the old wiring and fixtures were removed before any work began. Some of it had probably been there since rural electricity came to the farm early last century.

Kansas Agriculture Leader’s Lifetime Goal Is To Help Develop Others

“Horses can change children.” Al Davis of Manhattan proudly quoted his grandpa’s philosophy from nearly four decades ago on the small family farm in Pennsylvania. Never forgetting that statement and relating it often, Davis is “children, horses, Extension 4-H, agriculture leadership,” and a whole lot more.