BY Kansas Corn | January 29, 2021
The Kansas Corn Yield contest was created to recognize high-yielding corn farmers across the state and increase efficiency for greater sustainability and profitability. Sharing the data collected among Kansas farmers benchmarks the corn yields and provides information for improving management practices. (Courtesy Photo)
MANHATTAN, Kan. The Kansas farmers who entered the Kansas Corn Yield Contest overcame adversity and used their management skills to produce high yields in 2020. Kansas farmers from across the state entered many excellent yields in the 2020 Kansas Corn Yield Contest. For the second consecutive year, Tyler Hands with Triangle H Farms based in Finney County, entered the top irrigated yield in the contest at 307 bushels per acre with Pioneer P1828AM on one of the farm’s fields located in Haskell County. Northeast Kansas farmer
KDHE names 43 of 346 active coronavirus outbreaks in Kansas. Here are the locations Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle
Jan. 20 Kansas public health officials on Wednesday reported 346 active coronavirus clusters in the state, but named only 43 locations.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment s weekly cluster update on Wednesday showed five more active outbreaks of COVID-19 than last week. It was the first increase in statewide active clusters since Thanksgiving.
The 346 active clusters account for 14,240 cases, 565 hospitalizations and 622 deaths.
Clusters are generally defined as two or more cases of COVID-19 with a common place and time, but the state health agency only names locations with five or more cases within the current two-week period. Home-based daycares and private events are excluded due to privacy concerns.