(AP) — Agriculture economists have long warned that aging farmers are staying on their land longer, delaying turnover to a younger generation.

But Ohio State University agriculture economist Carl Zulauf says the fears have been overstated.

Zulauf said in a report last month that history shows there’s an influx of young farmers when it’s possible to earn a good living. Farm income will likely reach a record $131 billion this year.

Iowa State University economist Mike Duffy still worries that the percentage of farm land held by people older than 75 has increased at an unprecedented pace in the last two decades.

Lindsey Lusher Shute, a 34-year-old farmer from Clermont, N.Y., says getting started has been “incredibly difficult” but she and her husband are slowly making it work.

AP) — Authorities say a pair of dogs have killed 10 alpacas and injured a llama on a farmstead in south-central Kansas.

Reno County Sheriff’s Sgt. Troy Selby says that the attack happened Thursday night in western Sylvia. The farmstead owner Michael Murphy fatally shot one of the dogs, and authorities were searching for the other one.

The alpacas that were killed were among about 100 Murphy owns. They suffered lethal wounds to their necks, heads and hindquarters when the dogs got in through a crack in a fence.

Murphy says he has lost two other animals in separate dog attacks since owning the land. He called the killings Thursday night “terrible.”

The sheriff’s office is investigating who owns the dogs.

(AP) — One of four defendants in a deadly shooting death near a Topeka high school is seeking to withdraw his plea.

24-year-old Coty Newman, of Topeka, pleaded guilty in March in Shawnee County District Court to felony first-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.

Twenty-year-old Matthew Mitchell was killed in October 2010 near Topeka West High School. A 17-year-old friend of Mitchell’s survived after being shot five times during a botched drug sale. Prosecutors said Newman and another person opened fire.

As part of the plea, several drug charges were dismissed.

Newman was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday. But now he will use the court appearance to make the case that he should be allowed to withdraw his plea based on “ineffective assistance of counsel.”

A Saturday morning rollover crash took the life of a Dodge City man.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol twenty year old Taylor Sam Flaherty of Dodge City was driving a 1995 Chevy truck east bound on County Road M, about 1 mile North of Cimarron.

The truck went left of center and entered the north ditch. The vehicle came back on the road and entered the south ditch where it rolled. The vehicle came to rest on its top in the south ditch. Flaherty was transported to Western Plains Hospital where he died. He was not wearing a seat belt

Black Friday shoppers were in a hurry to save some money.  While it isn’t certain if these drivers were rushing to find a bargain, they did have a dramatic accident in Salina.

At approximately 1:30 pm Friday an SUV was flipped to its side and a white 2 door vehicle was left severely damaged.

While first responders worked the accident, some heavy, holiday traffic had to be diverted through the  Salina Midstate Mall parking lot.

No report has been issued on injuries from the crash.

Law enforcement authorities are reporting a partial load of gravel in the roadway on US 281 South of Russell.

The gravel begins on the north side of the Smoky Hill River Bridge and continues to Walters Road.

The gravel is reported to be heavy in the driving lane.  Please use caution if traveling in the area.