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Members of the Short farming crew pose at the farmstead in southern Saline County, Kansas. Left to right are Tyler Ash, Matt Short, Zach Short and Chris Short. (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

75th Anniversary, Looking Back, Moving Forward

Tales, toils of growing grain in corn kingdom

High yielding corn, once the primary crop of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, is now plentiful throughout the Plains, Tim Unruh writes. Read More