ROSSVILLE (KSNT) — If you noticed some smoke in the air today around Topeka, there's a reason for it. Farmers are burning their lands to prepare for the next harvest season. Each spring, several farmers set controlled burns. The process, however, requires many people monitoring the fires at all times. One local farmer told 27 News he gets his whole family together to contain it. "We always have it controlled when there's a bunch of buggies," Rossville landowner Evan Thomas said. "As you can see, there's a bunch of people driving around in them and everybody has their sprayers and radios and kind of just light it slowly and everybody goes and sprays and knocks it out." Topeka City Council to consider $168,000 funding request for hotel Once the grass is burned, it can grow back healthier the next season. For more local news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track Weather app by clicking here. ...read more read less