Tales of a Kansas Farmer

Sharing life down on our farm in Kansas. I'm also passionate about finding solutions for creating more opportunities for farmers and rural communities.

Friday, January 17, 2020

Changes: A Last Kiss Goodbye

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My wife of 26 years passed away on December 27,2019. Leaving me to raise three teenage kids, two of which are special needs on the autism sp...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Times past

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I found this picture on Pinterest last summer while looking for pictures of similar model Frieghtliner semi trucks. Photographer is unkno...

Friday, October 12, 2018

First year cover crop experience

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Way back in September 2017 we tried some cover crops on fields that were scheduled to be planted to either corn or grain sorghum. On some fi...

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Erosion control

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Many of our fields are on hills and have terraces to help prevent soil erosion from water runoff. The terraces are ridges that have been bui...

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Grazing cover crops

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There has been quite a bit of discussion about cover crops and dual purpose cover/forage crops for the past few years. Some of the seed blen...

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Tibbits Farms through the years 1912 to 1930s

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We moved into my Granddad's house this past summer and among some of the things that came with the house was some of his parents belongi...

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Where our corn is going

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Normally our corn is sold to a cattle feedlot to be used as an ingredient in cattle feed. This year it is going to an ethanol plant. This is...

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Tom Tibbits: I farm with my dad in north central Kansas. We raise wheat, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oil type sunflowers. I have been married for 25 years and have 3 children.

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