Exhibit 99.4




For immediate release
Contact:
         Ryan VanWinkle, Investor Relations, 816-792-7998


                            Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
                    Announces Public Offering of Common Units


     Liberty, MO (April 2, 2004)--Ferrellgas  Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP), one of
the nation's largest retail marketers of propane,  today announced that it plans
to sell  7,000,000  common  units in an  underwritten  offering  pursuant  to an
effective   registration  statement  on  Form  S-3  previously  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  Ferrellgas will also grant the underwriters
an option to purchase up to 1,050,000 additional units to cover over-allotments,
if any.

     Ferrellgas Partners,  L.P., through its operating partnership,  Ferrellgas,
L.P., currently serves more than one million customers in 45 states.  Ferrellgas
employees  indirectly own more than 17 million  common units of the  partnership
through an employee stock ownership plan.

     Statements  in this  release  concerning  expectations  for the  future are
forward-looking  statements. A variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors could cause results,  performance  and  expectations to differ
materially from anticipated results,  performance or expectations.  These risks,
uncertainties and other factors are discussed in the partnership's Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended July 31, 2003 and other documents filed from time to time,
by the partnership, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     This  press  release  shall  not   constitute  an  offer  to  sell  or  the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these  securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,  solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to  registration  or  qualification  under the securities laws of
such state or jurisdiction.

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