Kansas farmer lands national grant to help her keep her endangered cotton patch geese - she's the only one in Kansas raising this bird.
But a farmer in Louisburg says her heritage geese are both gentle and personable. Audrey Morris, who runs Morris Meadows Farm, started raising cotton patch geese, an endangered fowl, 18 months ago. Being the only one in Kansas to breed this waterfowl, she wants to make sure they survive. Morris applied for and last week received a grant from the Livestock Conservancy. The $1,300 microgrant will help her improve the brooding facilities for her flock of heritage geese. This will also help Morris protect the geese from predators and other disturbances and increase their hatching rate. “I took ...
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