Exhibit 99.1

          Brooke Corporation Releases Subsidiary Results for May 2004

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kyle Garst, Vice
President of Brooke Corporation (Amex: BXX), announced selected May results
for the Company's franchise and finance subsidiaries.

    Garst announced that the Company's franchise subsidiary, Brooke Franchise
Corporation, consulted with franchisees and others in the acquisition of
businesses in the states of California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, Illinois,
Virginia, and Ohio.  Garst stated, "As a result of these acquisitions, Brooke
Franchise Corporation added a total of twelve new franchise locations and
received $1,475,600 in consulting fees from unrelated entities."

    To help observers put the May expansion into perspective, Garst noted that
a total of three new franchise locations were added in April 2004, resulting
in $711,000 in consulting fees from unrelated entities.  Fourteen new
franchise locations were added in March 2004, resulting in associated
consulting fees of $1,842,000 from unrelated entities.

    Garst also announced that loan portfolio balances of the Company's finance
subsidiary, Brooke Credit Corporation, totaled $134,000,000 on May 31, 2004,
as compared to loan portfolio balances of $123,700,000 on April 30, 2004 and
$119,010,000 on March 31, 2004.  Portfolio balances exclude loan balances of
sister companies.


    About our company ... Brooke Corporation is listed on the American Stock
Exchange under the symbol of BXX.  Through subsidiaries, the company
distributes insurance, financial and related services through a network of
more than 265 franchise locations and has originated nearly $135,000,000 in
loans which have mostly been sold to participating lenders or to investors
through asset backed securitizations.  A company subsidiary also sells
insurance on a wholesale basis through its franchisees and others.  The
company believes that franchisees, as local business owners, distribute "one-
on-one sales" based services, such as insurance, more efficiently than others.


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    This press release may contain forward-looking statements.  Investors are
cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
and several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in the forward-looking statements.  The following factors, among others, could
cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements: uncertainties associated with market acceptance of and demand for
the Company's products, impact of competitive products and pricing, dependence
on third party suppliers and their pricing, ability to meet product demand,
exposure to market risks, uncertainties associated with the development of
technology, changes in the law, the dependence on intellectual property
rights, and the effectiveness of internal controls.  Investors are directed to
the Company's most recent annual and quarterly reports, which are available
from the Company without charge for a more complete description of the
Company's business.



SOURCE  Brooke Corporation
    -0-                             06/28/2004
    /CONTACT:  Lisa Ward of Brooke Corporation, +1-800-642-1872 ext. 196,
lisa.ward@brookefinancial.com /
    /Web site:  http://www.brookecorp.com /
    (BXX)

CO:  Brooke Corporation
ST:  Kansas
IN:  FIN INS
SU:  ERN