MANHATTAN — For the week ending June 21, there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 10% very short, 29% short, 54% adequate, and 7% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 8% very short, 29% short, 61% adequate, and 2% surplus.

Large round bales really ramped up their popularity in the 1970s, mostly because of their low labor requirements. Just one or two people can harvest and store these large bales. When you compare that to the crew of two to four able bodies you need for small square bales, there’s quite a labor savings. Adding to that, producers found that these bales naturally shed precipitation and so be stored outside, saving storage costs. Square bales have to be stored away from weathering.

I often hear from my peers that “kids these days” do not put emphasis on learning valuable life skills such as balancing a checkbook, living within a budget, or even counting back change. As I self-evaluate my own efforts to teach my teenage daughter these skills, I’m reminded that there is much room for improvement.

Kansas State football players have taken a strong, unified stand against racism.

CROMWELL, Conn. — Just minutes after Dustin Johsnon was ankle deep in water on the 15th hole, pants rolled up to his knees, looking to save the hole and, potentially, his entire tournament, the final round of the Travelers Championship was suspended as a storm rolled through Cromwell.

Wilson County

COUNTY OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAY FOR HOLIDAY

TOPEKA – Gov. Laura Kelly announced Momday that Accenture, will work with the Kansas Department of Labor to provide operational and technological assessments and improvements to support the delivery of unemployment services.