A break from the busy season

Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025

Glenn Brunkow

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This week we are selling our spring calves. That statement alone is worthy of a column, and it will probably be next week’s topic. Am I selling at the right or wrong time, who knows? Given my history, I would bet that the market is headed toward a drastic improvement. However, that is not what is on my mind.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.