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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Joel and Amy Weber
For Weber Feed Yards LLC owner and Saline County Farm Bureau member Joel Weber, doing it all and doing it the right way is job one. A 4th generation farmer/feeder from Dorchester, Joel went off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Ryan and Kristi Weeks
Juniata, Neb., population 698 and home of Ryan and Kristi Weeks, Adams County Farm Bureau members and 5th generation farmers. Ryan’s family settled there in the 1800s and he grew up learning from his father who had a hand in … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Larry and Kathy Mussack
Timing was everything for Burt County Farm Bureau member Larry Mussack when it came to farming. Throughout high school, Larry’s dreams were to become a civil engineer, but the summer before he headed off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, that … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska ranchers: Eric and Tanya Storer
No one can understand what it means to live “out in the country” or in a remote area like Cherry County, say Farm Bureau members Eric and Tanya Storer. That’s because Rocking J Ranch is nestled in the Nebraska Sandhills … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Gregg and Lisa Eggerling
In good fashion and like all other Nebraska farmers and ranchers who have shared their stories for the blog, Seward County Farm Bureau member Lisa Eggerling was no different when it came to humility and modesty about what makes their … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Larry and LaDene Rutt
Deuel County Farm Bureau member LaDene Rutt was born and raised seven miles from where she lives now. Her dad was a farmer and an innovator which she says has served her well and led her to her willingness to … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: John and Leslie Martin
For Buffalo County Farm Bureau member and Nebraska Farm Bureau District 5 Director John Martin, farming is multi-generational. His family has been in the county since 1906; his father and uncle left teaching in the ’70s to start farming. Today, … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Kendall and Bev Atkins
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, when the cattle market broke and wheat prices went down, Kimball County Farm Bureau members Bev Atkins and her husband Kendall had to find a creative “fix”. Bev is a retired school … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmers: Ben and Paula Sue Steffen
Richardson County Farm Bureau member Ben Steffen’s parents, Dick and Sue, started milking 20 cows in 1957 with a $100 down payment and by 1965, had increased the herd to 100. Soon after Ben and Paula Sue graduated from college … Continue reading
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Get to know your Nebraska farmer: Tim Krause
If you ask Custer County Farm Bureau member Tim Krause just how old any of the 800 cattle that he feeds, he can look it up in a database and know in under a minute. For this 4th generation farmer … Continue reading
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