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Thankfulness and hope lead into 2024

Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023

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Glenn Brunkow

2023 is nearly done and we are about to welcome 2024. I am pretty sure each year comes with fewer and fewer days. It sure seems like they go by quicker. In any case, I am ready to show 2023 out the door and welcome the new start that 2024 brings.

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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.

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