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Jun 14, 2023
Jun 14, 2023

Glenn Brunkow

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Glenn Brunkow

Next week I am making a trip back to Washington, D.C., for the first time post-COVID.

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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.