Chad Frey

By: Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector Sunflower state’s farmers depend on symbiotic relationships with global markets TOPEKA — Justin Gilpin visited a remote, windswept camp in northern… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Inflation has been a hot topic for several years running. Many businesses have been forced to raise their prices in an effort to combat a host of variables, including materials costs, labor shortages and political uncertainty across the globe. That’s been hard on consumers’ and business owners’ pocketbooks, and precisely when inflation will simmer down remains a mystery.

A strong agricultural sector is vital to a healthy economy. Turbulence has affected local and national economies in recent years, and the global economy has endured its own ups and downs during that span.

My high school class from South Haven has a group text where we share things going all the way back to a time when the world was so different than is the case today.

The Kansas Exporter of the Year award is being presented and the Governor of Kansas has made the trip to present the award in person.