Frustrated farmers stain fertilizers pink to foil thieves

Sunday, August 22, 2004

WICHITA, Kan. -- It may fall a shade shy of catching thieves red-handed, but for farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks filching their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine.

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