Beloit

Nick Niewald
Reiter Land Company
Phone: 785-738-3777
E-mail: reiterlandco@nckcn.com
Beloit, Kansas and Jewell, Mitchell, Cloud ,and Lincoln counties.

Chanute

Jean E. Hazen, ABR, CRS, GRI
Boyd Burns Agency, Inc.
Phone: 316-431-2790
E-mail: amazn@chanute-ks.com
Southeast Kansas is the place where "There's no place like home!" and this professional can help you find it!

Goodland

Joyce Boehme
Jones Land Co.
Phone: 866-899-0555
E-mail: jbboe@wwwebservice.net
Specializing in residential, farm and ranch with over 40 years of experience. Let us make buying or selling  your home a pleasant experience.

Holton

Charlene Herbers, GRI, ABR
Pagel Inc., Realty
Phone: 785-364-3236
E-mail: cherbers@holtonks.net
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Experienced in Land & Residential including the cities of Holton, Denison, Mayetta, Hoyt, Circleville, Wetmore, Netawaka, Whiting, Soldier. Northeast Kansas. Just 20 min. north of Topeka. MLS Services.

Lawrence

Scott M. Hedges, ABR, GRI
MichaelScott Hedges Realty, Inc.
Phone: 785-865-1616
E-mail: Hedgesmgmt@aol.com
NE Kansas Areas. Services: Exclusive Residential Buyer Brokerage, Relocation Specialist, GRI, ABR, 10 year licensed Broker, Commercial Leasing Specialist/Sales & Mgmt.

Ottawa

Mary Ann Domnanish
Reece and Nichols Town and Country, Inc
Phone: 785-229-8890

Ottawa Real Estate
Search real estate listings in Ottawa Kansas, Olathe, Gardner, Wellsville, Princeton, Baldwin, Pomona, Lawrence and other Franklin County areas.

Overland Park

Teresa Eddy
Nations Real Estate
Phone: 913-526-5810

I serve the Kansas area Specializing in New Home Sells and i am a Buyers Specialist. I also work with investors finding propertys with income potential.

Kansas is the leading producer of sorghum grain in the United States. Sorghum, the third most valuable crop in Kansas, is grown throughout the state and is used mainly for feeding livestock. Other crops used primarily as livestock feed are corn, the state’s second most valuable crop, which is grown in eastern, northern, and western Kansas; soybeans, which are raised in the east; and hay, including alfalfa and wild hay, which are gathered in central and eastern Kansas. Greenhouse and nursery products, vegetables, and fruits and nuts are minor sources of farm income.

Livestock production in Kansas is based largely on the availability of natural grass pastures and rangeland and feed crops. Beef cattle are raised throughout the state, but beef-cattle production is concentrated in the Flint Hills, in the Smoky Hills, and other hilly grassland areas in the Plains Border and Osage Plains sections. The bluestem grasses of the Flint Hills provide excellent grazing lands. Beef cattle, including both local herds and cattle shipped in from other states, are grazed in the Flint Hills throughout the year. The cattle are then either sent directly to market or are fattened further on grain in the Flint Hills area, in the irrigated areas of western Kansas, or elsewhere. Hogs, as well as beef cattle, are raised in northeastern Kansas. Dairy cattle and poultry are raised in the eastern part of the state, especially in the vicinity of the larger cities. Sheep are also raised, primarily in central and southwestern Kansas, on grazing lands and in feedlots.

Natural gas is the most valuable product of the Kansas mining industry, accounting for one-half of its income. Oil is second in value of production. Other minerals adding to the economy include stone, salt, and helium. Production of petroleum has fallen in recent years because the principal fields have been in production for more than one-half century. The value of oil produced in the early 1990s was less than one-half that of the mid-1980s. Meanwhile, during the same period, the value of natural gas produced nearly doubled.

The major oil-producing areas are located in central Kansas, in Ellis, Barton, Russell, and Butler counties. However, oil is also produced in small quantities throughout much of the state. Most of the state’s natural gas comes from the immense Hugoton field, which underlies several counties in southwestern Kansas and extends into Oklahoma and Texas.

Helium is extracted from helium-bearing natural gas at plants in Rice, Haskell, Grant, Scott, Seward, Morton, and Rush counties. Much of this nonflammable gas is shipped directly by pipeline to the Cliffside Gas Field, a government helium storage facility near Amarillo, Texas.

Coal occurs in fairly thick beds in eastern Kansas. Although coal production has declined considerably since the beginning of the 20th century, the state’s total reserves remain quite large. Lead and zinc ores were mined in the southeast from 1877 to 1970.

Stone, mainly limestone, is quarried in nearly half of all the counties in Kansas. Salt is produced from underground mines in Rice, Reno, Barton, Ellsworth, and Sedgwick counties in central Kansas. One section of a large salt mine in Reno County has been converted into a records-storage facility for government agencies and industrial firms. Sand-and-gravel production is widespread in Kansas. Much of it is used, together with stone and gypsum, as raw material in making cement and concrete.

The production of transportation equipment, primarily aircraft and aircraft parts, is the leading manufacturing activity in Kansas. In the late 1990s it accounted for one-fifth of the state’s income from all manufacturing activities. Moreover, the transportation industry employs more workers, and has larger payrolls, than any other industry in the state. Printing and publishing is the second leading industry, followed by food processing. Other important industries are the manufacture of chemicals; industrial machinery; rubber and plastic products; electrical equipment; fabricated metal components; stone, clay, and glass products; and paper products. Wichita and Kansas City are the chief manufacturing centers.

The production of aircraft and aircraft parts, for both civilian and military use, is concentrated in the Wichita area. Airplane plants in this area include those of two of the world’s leading manufacturers of light aircraft. Aircraft parts are also made at Salina, Wellington, and Winfield. Locomotive parts and other types of railroad equipment are manufactured at Wichita, Atchison, and other centers. There are major railroad repair shops at Wichita, Kansas City, and Topeka. The assembly of automobiles is carried on in Kansas City. Closely associated with the transportation industry is the manufacture of rubber tires, especially in the Topeka area.

Food processing is carried on throughout the state. Two of the most important food-processing activities, based on the state’s chief agricultural products, are meat packing and flour milling. The chief flour-milling centers are Hutchinson, Atchison, Abilene, Salina, Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka. Meat-packing, formerly concentrated in Kansas City, is now found principally in the southwestern section of the state.

The manufacture of chemicals and chemical products and of oil and coal products is based on the state’s output of minerals, particularly oil. The state’s oil-refining centers include El Dorado, Coffeyville, McPherson, Wichita, Arkansas City, and Augusta.

Of the electricity generated in Kansas in 1999, 78 percent was produced in steam-driven power plants burning fossil fuels. Some 22 percent was produced in a nuclear power plant. Much of the electricity is provided by privately owned utilities. Coal is the principal fuel burned in the power plants. Natural gas and, to a much lesser extent, oil are also used as fuels in producing electricity in urban centers. The state’s only nuclear power plant, located near Burlington, went into commercial operation in 1985.

Real Estate: Kansas Relocation