Nebraska Farm Bureau News - February 2012

NebraskaFarm Bureau NewsFEBRUARY 15, 2012

VOL. 30 ISSUE 2

Members Learn About Issues Affecting Ag at Legislative Conferencepage 14

Legislative Bill Will Help Keep Children Connected to Agriculturepage 15

First Recipient of Keith R. Olsen Internship Award Selectedpage 19

Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers Answer Your Questionspage 20

Building Characterpage 12

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On the CoverWorking on the farm builds character, but that may change with new regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Photo and Scrapbook Illustration by Tara Grell

Leadership AcademyParticipants develop their skills for leading change in their county, community and state. See what they learned at their sessions in Kearney.

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What’s CookingFind recipes for St. Patrick’s Day and National Peanut Month.

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In Every Issue3 County News4 Member Benefits5 What’s Cooking?7 National News8 State News12 Cover Story23 Want Ads

YF&R ConferenceNearly 150 young farm-ers and ranchers listened, learned and had fun at the 2012 conference in McCook.

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VOLUME 30 ISSUE 2 February 15, 2012

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NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Steve Nelson, president (Axtell)Mark McHargue, first vice president (Central City)Rob Robertson, chief administrator/ secretary-treasurer (Lincoln)

BOARD OF DIRECTORSSherry Vinton, second vice president (Whitman)Nathan Bartels (Elk Creek)Don Benner (Central City)Andy DeVries (Ogallala)Del Ficke (Pleasant Dale)Jason Kvols (Laurel)John C. Martin (Pleasanton)Scott Moore (Bartley)Kevin Peterson (Osceola)Tanya Storer (Whitman)Shelly Thompson (Whitney)

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Recently I’ve had the opportunity to attend a number of meetings and learn about some of the exciting things happening in agriculture

today, both in technology and understanding and appreciation for agriculture.

For example, Drs. Patricio Grassini and Ken Cass-man, agricultural scientists at UNL, announced research results in January showing that an acre of irrigated corn produces 30 percent less in green-house gas emissions than an acre of rain-fed corn. Irrigation’s higher yields and more efficient use of water and fertilizer more than off-set the higher greenhouse gas emissions associated with irrigation. For compari-son, one acre of irrigated corn produces fewer emis-sions than three months’ emissions from a U.S. auto-mobile.

“For so many years, we have been hearing people tell us high-yield agricul-ture cannot feed the world because of its assumed environmental impact,” Grassini noted. This research, he noted, changes the conversation.

BEEF’S ‘FOOTPRINT’ IS SHRINKINGOn the livestock side of agriculture, scientists at

Washington State University have recently pub-lished their findings that producing a pound of beef in the U.S. today uses significantly fewer resources than in the past. Dr. Jude Capper compared envi-ronmental impacts from 1997 and 2007 and found that each pound of beef raised in 2007 used 33 percent less land, 12 percent less water, 19 percent less feed, and 9 percent less fossil fuel energy than 30 years before. Waste outputs were also down, shrinking by 16.3 percent in 30 years.

In January, Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, presented the Heuerman Lecture at

UNL. The Whole Earth Catalog was a countercul-ture publication especially popular in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Brand said he doesn’t like to be portrayed as having reversed his position on tech-nology, such as genetically modified organisms, but, well, he has.

TECHNOLOGY TO FEED THE WORLD “Americans have been eating GMO foods now

for over a decade and with zero effects,” he said, adding that he believes world food needs can’t be met without embracing technology that gives crops attributes such as drought tolerance and insect resis-tance. Currently nearly all U.S. soybeans have some genetically engineered attributes, along with 80 percent of the corn crop. Based on the evidence, Brand said, “My enthusiasm about GMOs has had to grow over the years.”

As a farmer, my calling is to grow food. As a Chris-

tian, I want all the world to be fed. These devel-opments give me hope that together, farmers and ranchers can feed our growing world population. At the same time, we must have public understand-ing and acceptance of the technologies that make it possible. I appreciate the good work of the re-searchers I mentioned (and many others) and the willingness of people like Stewart Brand to keep an open mind and embrace a global perspective on food production.

The President’s MessageBy Steve Nelson, PresidentNebraska Farm Bureau Federation®

Research Results Encourage New Thinking About

Technology in Agriculture

2 FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Nebraska Farm Bureau News

Teachers of the YearNEFB’s Ag Promotion Com-mitte and the AITC program selected two outstanding teachers who use agriculture in their classrooms.

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Irrigated corn produces 30 percent less in greenhouse gas emissions than rain-fed corn.

By Tina HendersonIt’s hard to believe but Cheryl Stubbendi-

eck, vice president of public relations for Nebraska Farm Bu-reau, has announced her intention to retire from the organization effective on March 31.

For those who are just as surprised as we all were, let me tell you about my colleague and friend, Cheryl.

Cheryl is very pas-sionate about agriculture and journalism. She

is one of the few true journalists left in the business. According to Doug Gibson, former chief administrator and secretary-treasurer for Nebraska Farm Bureau, “She is one of the most talented writers and editors that I ever had the opportunity to work with dur-ing my career.”

Hence the office title “grammar police!” It is because of her ability to dissect sentences and correct idioms, metaphors and dangling participles that she acquired this designa-tion by the office staff. While I say this in a joking manner, if you ever had a question about grammar, sentence structure or in the newspaper world, “AP style journalism,” Cheryl was your go-to person.

30 YEARS WITH FARM BUREAUCheryl has given nearly 30 years of ser-

vice to Nebraska Farm Bureau and Ne-braska agriculture. She was always willing to lend a hand in getting the message out to Farm Bureau members about issues they face on their operations. And it didn’t stop there, she also communicated well with the general public through her written com-mentary, “The Midland View,” published for 25 years. At one time it was published in 70-some newspapers across the state and the Midwest.

The column was an opportunity for her to inform Farm Bureau members as well as the general public about the many issues facing

agriculture. She also added humor by using family examples about her children growing up or her being a working mom, all relat-ing back to an agricultural message. When her sons objected to being included in her column, she began referring to “some teen-agers I know.” The boys were not fooled.

“Her ability to write and communicate on the numerous issues and challenges fac-ing farm and ranch families over the decades and the dependability that she has brought to her position has been a tremendous value to the growth and development of Nebraska Farm Bureau since she started her position in 1982,” Rob Robertson, current Nebraska Farm Bureau chief administrator, said.

As the director of communication ser-vices, I’ve known Cheryl for more than 18 years. She was the person who gave me a chance to work outside of broadcast televi-sion, even though I didn’t have an agricul-tural background. Being the leader that she was, she saw qualities in me that would en-hance and expand the use of radio and tele-vision communications in the organization.

NO ‘POP ON THE ROAD’When I first started in 1991, I was green

behind the ears when it came to a business-structured environment and upon return-ing from a radio interview in Central City, I stopped for what I labeled on my expense report as a “pop on the road.” When Cheryl saw my 89-cent expenditure, she advised that I should include it with my lunch expense. To this day, we still laugh about this event.

Under her leadership, we expanded on the Ag News Now programming, conducted video news releases with Farm Bureau Board members attending the National Affairs Visit to Washington, D.C., and most recently we have entered the realm of social media.

Cheryl is a serious and devoted mem-ber of Sheridan Lutheran Church, offering countless hours to the Barnabas Project free store, a local mission to help the working poor in northwest Lincoln.

Cheryl was the unpaid executive director of the Nebraska Foundation for Agricul-tural Awareness, which provides Nebraska’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, for 15 years; and is a past president of the Ne-braska Agribusiness Club and the Nebraska Society of Association Executives. She also is the immediate past chair of the Nebraska State Fair 1868 Foundation. She has served on many other boards and holds the Cer-tified Association Executive (CAE) profes-sional designation.

She was honored in 1999 with the Ne-braska AgRelations Award and will be in-ducted into membership in the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement in March.

Cheryl is ready to take on a new chapter in her life with her husband Jim, who has also recently retired. May their journey be blessed with new opportunities and being able to en-joy taking off at a moment’s notice on some new adventure or to visit their two grown sons, Aaron in Virginia and Reed in Texas.

God Bless you!

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COUNTY NEWS

Britt and Jo Anderson of Dawson County Farm Bureau are Ag Pen Pals with Laura Blumenthal’s fourth grade classroom at Blumfield Elementary School in Omaha. They visited their class Jan. 17 to tell the students how they take care of their cows and how they grow corn on their farm. The Andersons gave the students ag activ-ity books, I SPY brochures, bumper stickers, pencils and chocolate-covered soybeans. Each student received a baggie of corn kernels and a bag of Fritos corn chips so they could understand that when they eat Fritos, they may be eating corn from the Andersons’ farm.

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MEMBER BENEFITSNebraska Farm Bureau Members…Stronger Together As One Voice

By Roger BerryVice President/

Member Services

At Nebraska Farm Bureau, we look at our members as part-ners: people we of-fer solutions to when they have to deal with

concerns on their farms and ranches, or homes and businesses.

Thank you very much for being a mem-ber of Nebraska Farm Bureau. We are a member-driven organization that supports Nebraska farm and ranch families and works for the benefit of all Nebraskans through a wide variety of education, service and advo-cacy efforts.

With agriculture as the key fuel to Ne-

braska’s economic engine and responsible for one in three jobs in our state, your member-ship investment helps with our efforts to sup-port our agricultural foundation which also provides significant payoffs to all Nebraskans.

The number one concern or question we get is why do I need to be a member of Ne-braska Farm Bureau? There are a variety of reasons coming from both member groups: our farmer/rancher members who own

farms and ranches, and our associate mem-bers, who most likely have insurance with our number one member benefit, Farm Bu-reau Financial Services. You can check out how Farm Bureau works on your behalf and the member benefits we offer on our web site, www.nefb.org.

Again, we greatly thank you for being a member and I hope the Q&A that follows answers some of your questions.

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Q. What is Nebraska Farm Bureau?A. We are the largest general farm/ranch orga-

nization in state. Nebraska Farm Bureau supports Nebraska farm and ranch families, and works for the benefit of all Nebraskans, through a wide va-riety of educational, service and advocacy efforts. We are a member-driven organization with thou-sands of farm and ranch family members, hun-dreds of ag-supporting groups and a fast-growing number of urban family and individual members. Working together, we’re growing our great state by supporting our agricultural foundation.

Q. I am not a farmer or a rancher, why should I be a member of an agricultural organization?

A. Most often people that do not farm and ranch are members of Nebraska Farm Bureau because they want to take advantage of our num-ber one member benefit – our property, life and health insurance from Farm Bureau Financial Ser-vices and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska. But your membership goes much deeper than that. As a member of Nebraska Farm Bureau, a portion of your dues helps communities across the state, such as Nebraska Farm Bureau’s partnership with KOLN/KGIN’s Can Care-A-Van, where Farm Bu-reau members help collect food to fill food pan-tries statewide, or Farm Bureau’s college scholar-ships to graduating high school students across the state. Nebraska Farm Bureau continues to give back to communities large and small!

Q. I am a farmer or a rancher, why should I be a member of an agricultural organization?

A. Every farm and ranch family in Nebraska should consider supporting Nebraska Farm Bu-reau because of the important policy work that is done every day to make things directly better for families that make a living from the land. It takes true courage to plant a tiny seed and believe it will grow, or raise and care for an animal and be-lieve you make a difference in world hunger. You should be a member of Nebraska Farm Bureau because your organization is looking out for your best interest in the state and nation’s capitals.

Q. What does Farm Bureau offer me?A. Strong Legislative and Public Advo-

cacy Benefits. As the trusted voice for Ne-braska farm and ranch families, Nebraska Farm Bureau works on important issues for agriculture which benefit all Nebraskans by assuring a safe, affordable and abundant food supply, a continued source of renewable energy and a strong Nebras-ka economy.

Exclusive subscriptions. You receive the monthly, award-winning Nebraska Farm Bureau News, a Nebraska color newspaper magazine. In addition, members can sign up for a bi-monthly farm and ranch legislative/advocacy newsletter called “Newswire.” Farm and ranch families can also choose to receive a twice-weekly Nebraska Farm Bureau Policy Watch which provides you with inside information on issues and activities in Lincoln and Washington, D.C.

Security benefits. No cost Accidental Death Insurance – NEFB members automatically receive a $2,500 accidental death benefit for themselves and their spouse and $500 for dependent chil-dren. In addition you can offer a reward for theft,

arson or vandalism that may occur to your prop-erty: Farm Bureau will pay up to a maximum of $500 to a person or persons who provide infor-mation leading to the arrest and felony conviction of the perpetrator of vandalism, theft or arson of a Farm Bureau member’s property.

Other member benefits offered through our affinity partners:• We offer discounts on vision and hearing care,

prescription drugs, a variety of testing services and medical bill advocacy services.• Financial services from Farm Bureau Financial

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WHAT’S COOKING?If you want to submit your own recipes, and photos if you have them, send them via email to [email protected].

Peanutty Pear Salad recipe from Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook. Salted Peanut Cookies recipe from www.allrecipes.com. Reuben Rolls recipe from Taste of Home magazine with adjustments from Lois Linke, wife of Karl Linke, Nebraska Farm Bureau district director of member services for the southeast. Photos from Linke. Hamburger-Cabbage Casserole recipe and photo from Natalie Friesen, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation public relations associate. Shamrock Sugar Cookies recipe from Lisa Griess, Clay County Farm Bureau.

Peanutty Pear Salad

Ingredients2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil1 tablespoon lemon juice2 teaspoons sugar2 teaspoons soy sauce1 teaspoon Dijon mustard6 cups bite-sized pieces mixed salad greens2 large or 3 medium unpeeled ripe pears, sliced1/3 cup skinless peanuts1/3 cup golden raisins

Directions1. In a tightly covered container, shake vinaigrette ingredients.2. Divide salad greens among 6 plates. Top each with pear slices, peanuts and raisins.3. Drizzle vinaigrette over salad. Serve immediately.

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened3 tablespoons spicy brown or Dijon mustard1/4 teaspoon prepared horseradish (optional)4-5 flour tortillas (10 inch), room temperature4-5 2-ounce packages thinly sliced deli corned beef (1 pkg./tortilla)12-15 slices Swiss cheese (3/tortilla)1 can (14 oz.) sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained (about 1/2 cup per tortilla)

Directions1. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, mustard and horseradish until blended. 2. Spread a heaping tablespoonful of cream cheese mixture over each tortilla.3. Layer each tortilla with corned beef, three slices of cheese, another heaping tablespoonful of cream cheese mixture and 1/2 cup sauerkraut. Roll up tightly.4. Chill for 1 hour. Cut each roll-up into 1/2-inch slices.

Yield: 6-8 dozen bite-sized rolls

Reuben Rolls

UPCOMING MONTHSBelow are themes for the coming months! Submit your recipe to: [email protected]

March – Farm Raised Foods and National Pecan MonthApril – National Beef Month and National Salsa MonthMay – National Dairy Month and National Candy Month

Hamburger-Cabbage Casserole

Ingredients2 tubes refrigerated crescent rolls1 onion, chopped fine 2 pounds hamburger4 cups shredded cabbage 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese Salt and pepper to taste

Directions1. In skillet, brown hamburger and onion, drain. Put cabbage on top of hamburger, cover with lid; steam for a few minutes.2. Spread one tube crescent rolls on bottom of 9x13-inch pan. Spread hamburger and cabbage mixture on top. Sprinkle cheese over mixture; cover with remaining crescent rolls.3. Bake at 350° F for 30-40 minutes. You can cover last 10 minutes for a softer crust.

March Celebrations: St. Patrick’s Day & National Peanut Month

Ingredients1/2 cup shortening1/2 cup butter1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar2 eggs2 teaspoons vanilla3 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt2 cups salted skinless peanuts

Directions1. Preheat oven to 375º F.2. In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; combine thoroughly.3. Sift together the dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture (I put all the dry ingredients in a strainer and sift directly into the wet ingredients). Mix just until combined.4. Stir in peanuts.5. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with the bottom of a greased glass dipped in sugar.6. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Yield: 3-3 1/2 dozen cookies

Salted Peanut Cookies


Shamrock Sugar CookiesCookie Ingredients1 cup butter-flavored Crisco1 cup sugar3 eggs1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla3 cups flour3 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting Ingredients1/4 cup butter2 cups powdered sugar1 teaspoon vanilla2 tablespoons milkGreen food coloring

Directions1. Cream Crisco and sugar. Add and mix together eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, salt. Mix together and refrigerate 2-3 hours.2. Roll out to 1/4-inch thick and cut with a shamrock cookie cutter.3. Bake at 375° F for 7 minutes.4. Mix frosting ingredients together and tint with green food coloring.

Note: You can also sprinkle green sugar on top of white frosting.

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• FB Proposal Compatible with Congress’ Farm Bill Priorities

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said recently that the farm bill concepts the American Farm Bureau Federation supports are com-patible with the committee’s current farm policy priorities and the fiscal challenges lawmakers face as they work on writing a new farm bill this year. Stabenow said farm policy needs to head in the direction of making crop insurance and other risk man-agement tools a priority rather than fixed direct payments.

“The recent proposals from groups like the American Farm Bureau are largely fo-cused on the same priorities as they’ve developed a plan that ends the direct payment program and replaces it with a county-based revenue protection plan,” Stabenow said in a recent question-and-answer exchange with FarmPolicy.com. “We will continue to look at the Farm Bu-reau proposal along with the other plans from commodity groups and the members of the committee.”

In other farm bill news, AFBF and dozens of other agricultural, environmental and ru-ral associations wrote House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders that Con-gress needs to pass a farm bill this year,

rather than pass an extension of current law. A temporary extension would create uncertainty, the groups said, while a new farm bill will provide farmers an effective safety net.

Dale Moore, AFBF deputy executive director of public policy, provided analy-sis of Farm Bureau’s farm bill proposal on the Feb. 9 Agriculture Today -- Red River Farm Network radio program. He said the proposal is designed to cover catastrophic losses, as opposed to other groups’ shal-low-loss proposals. “It’s based around a county-average-loss approach and it cov-ers those deep losses at like a 75-percent loss level,” Moore explained. “Make no mistake, our concept is also critically tied to crop insurance and we think that this kind of approach will also allow producers to tailor individual crop insurance programs around this deep-loss program that the government provides.”

• President Unveils $3.8 Trillion Budget

The White House rolled out its $3.8 tril-lion budget last week, promising numerous initiatives to spur the nation’s struggling economy. While many federal agencies saw their budget prospects shrink, the Presi-dent also is looking to create new manda-

tory spending initiatives using money that had been spent on the wars in Iraq and Af-g h a n i s t a n . This move, as well as the plan generally, is being harshly criticized by Republicans as a non-starter.

The plan offers the fourth straight year of $1 trillion-plus deficits with only minor improvement offered for 2013 when the shortfall will come in at just under $1 tril-lion. The President’s proposal also contains the so-called “Buffett Rule,” which would require the most wealthy to pay an effec-tive tax rate of at least 30 percent. Also covered on the tax front, the plan extends the Bush-era income tax rates for families who earn under $250,000 per year. On the ag spending front, the President, not surprisingly, called for the elimination of direct payments, reduced crop insurance administrative costs by $1.2 billion over 10 years, reduced conservation funding by $1.8 billion, and made small cuts to renew-able energy programs.

• House Ag: Inaction on Pesti-cides Bill Jeopardizes Public Health

With California residents reportedly facing increased danger of contracting West Nile vi-rus this year, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas says the Senate needs to act on a bill already passed by the House to remove “redundant” regulations on the use of pesticides to control mosquitoes. Un-seasonably warm weather in the San Fran-cisco Bay area this winter, and the spread of

the especially aggressive Asian tiger mosquito in southern California, have mosquito-control authorities worried about the possibility of an increase in cases of West Nile virus.

“This is not the time to not allow us to control the mosquitoes,” said a spokesper-son for Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control. The House last year passed the Re-ducing Regulatory Burdens Act (H.R. 872) to clarify that Clean Water Act permits are not needed to apply pesticides in, over or near water as long as those pesticides are applied according to existing federal pesti-cide laws and regulations. New regulations in place as of Nov. 1 require farmers and pesticide applicators to also get Clean Wa-ter Act permits for certain pesticide applica-tions. The Senate has not taken up the bill. Farm Bureau has been pushing for passage of H.R. 872 for more than a year.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau continues to make property tax relief a priority, but is also sup-porting funding for planning and design of a new Vet Diagnostic Lab at the university, and supporting repeal of inheritance taxes, removal of the sales tax on repair parts of agricultural machinery, and removal of the sales tax on biochips used in genetic testing for livestock.

The Nebraska Economic Forecasting Ad-visory Board meets Feb. 24 to update its forecasts for state revenues. Senators will then craft budget adjustments and poten-tially a tax relief package based on how the Forecasting Board adjusts its revenue fore-casts.• Ag Land Values for School Pur-

posesNebraska Farm Bureau testified in sup-

port of a bill introduced by Sen. Lavon Heidemann of Elk Creek to provide prop-erty tax relief for farmers and ranchers while at the same time better balancing the bur-den of funding local schools. LB 1016 would reduce the level of value on agricultural land for school tax and state aid purposes from 75 percent of market value to 65 percent over a five-year period. The bill was heard by the legislature’s Revenue Committee on Feb. 8.

Richardson County Farm Bureau member Ben Steffen testified in support of the mea-sure, stating “LB 1061 would help by provid-ing a modest adjustment in the level of value

for agricultural land for school fund-ing. The adjust-ment would bet-ter balance the local burden of funding schools and distribute the burden a bit more evenly.” Since 2006, property taxes statewide on ag-ricultural real estate have increased roughly $244 million, or 54 percent. In the last three years alone, increases in property taxes on agricultural land have exceeded 10 percent each year. LB 1061 remains in the Revenue Committee.

• Corn and Wheat Checkoff Pro-posals

The legislature’s Agriculture Committee heard testimony Feb. 7 on two bills that would make changes to the state’s wheat and corn checkoff programs. LB 905, intro-duced by Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege,

converts the wheat checkoff from a “per bushel” to a “percent of net market value” approach to collecting the checkoff. The bill would set the new checkoff rate at fifty-hundreths percent of net market value. The current wheat checkoff rate is 1 ¼ cents per bushel. The bill would also allow the board to receive grants and royalties to assist in its promotion, education and research ac-tivities.

LB 1057, also introduced by Sen. Carlson, would increase the current ¼-cent check-off on corn to ½ cent for the checkoff pro-gram’s promotion, research and educational activities. It would also allow the Corn Board to receive grant and royalty dollars. Steve Nelson, president of Nebraska Farm Bureau, testified in support of both bills. Farm Bureau policy supports providing state checkoff programs adequate resources nec-essary to carry out their research, promo-tion and education programs with input from producers on the appropriate checkoff rates. As of this writing, both bills remain in the Agriculture Committee.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau® Leadership AcademyJan. 19-20, 2012 • Kearney, NE • Photos by Roger Berry

Jean Thunker of Keith County uses her design skills to draw an ear, showing how we take in information and knowledge.

These Farm Bureau members are working hard as a team to build a sturdy structure and a strong communications system in the process. Pictured from left are: Julius Goertzen, Hamilton County; Jena Ziemba, Dawson County; Pat McGill, Lancaster County; and Shar Sieck, Lancaster County.

Pat McGill, Lancaster County; Ben Keep, Howard County; and Jean Thunker, Keith County, go through the creative process of developing a class logo on Jan. 20 in Kearney.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau Leadership Academy is for Farm Bureau voting mem-bers with the potential for providing exceptional leadership in the county, commu-nity and state.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau® Young Farmers & Ranchers ConferenceJan. 27-28, 2012 • The Chief Motel – McCook, NE • Photos by Tina Henderson

Zach and Anna Hunnicutt of Hamilton County Farm Bureau appeared on the KOLN/KGIN TV Noon Show Jan. 23 to promote the Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference.

Nick and Kati Ladenburger enjoy a dance to the Tre Soste & The Gentlemen’s Club Band Jan. 28.

YF&R Committee members enjoyed the tour of Parker Hannifin Corporation in Mc-Cook. Greg and Malinda Villwok of Wayne County (left); Ryan Sondrup, Nance County; Rod Bryan of Parker Hannifin; and Kerry Hoffschneider of Pioneer Hi-Bred look closely at a garden hose the company makes for the Sears Craftsman brand. One million feet of hose is produced each day at the factory.

Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy spoke to nearly 150 young farmers and ranchers about Ne-braska’s economic engine, agriculture, which drives the state’s economy.

A group of young farmers and ranchers learn more about Van Diest Supply Company, which supplies crop protection products to farmers across the nation. Pictured are Kur-tis Brauer of Cheyenne County (left); Karen Harford, Dundy County; Logan Brown, Red Willow County; Chris Barnes, Dawson County; Andy DeVries, NEFB Board member from District 8; and Jeremy Simon, Garfield County.

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Hilary Maricle of Boone County (left) and Kelsey Ferris and Amanda Hefner of Merrick County listen to a national issues update.

Participants in the 2012 YF&R Conference divided into two groups for agricultural tours of the McCook area Jan. 27. Here one group visits Nebraska Bull Service. They learned how half a million straws of bull semen are kept cold for future use.

Shelly Thompson (left), YF&R chairman, congratulates the Discussion Meet winner at the conference, Nancy Anderson of Dawes County.


By Tina HendersonFrom taking care of hogs to driving

tractors or laying irrigation pipe, 13-year-old Andrew Schuller and his three broth-ers and sister have always worked for farmers in the Central City area where they live. The money they make is used for 4-H and FFA projects and saved for college.

“We live just outside of Central City and we can’t have livestock on our acre-age so we need help with our 4-H and FFA livestock projects,” said Trevor Schuller, 17. “Most kids my age are play-ing video games and not thinking about working,” said Andrew, 13. Both broth-ers do odd jobs for farmers in the sum-mertime, including farmers like Don and Karen Benner, who are members of the Merrick County Farm Bu-reau. “We know about working hard,” Trevor said.

CENTRAL CITY FARMERDon Benner and his brother Jim farm about 1,500 acres of corn,

seed corn and soybeans near Central City. Don’s wife Karen is a teacher in town. They understand the importance of giving youth, including their own three children, opportunities through 4-H and FFA: programs that teach lifelong skills in leadership and organization and the importance of a good work ethic. The Benners have had a total of six families involved with livestock projects for 4-H and FFA on their farm.

But children like the Schullers won’t be allowed to work on a farm without being subject to onerous new regulations if the U.S. Labor Department approves new rules on children working in agriculture. The proposed rules would prohibit kids younger than 16 from driving tractors, using power equipment, working with livestock in certain circumstances and climbing a ladder at heights over six feet. Nebras-ka Farm Bureau has been very concerned about these rules and has

questioned the Department of Labor’s reasoning for the rule change.

LEARNING IMPORTANT LESSONSFederal officials say the rules are needed

because farming is dangerous, but many farmers say kids learn important life les-sons and might develop an interest in ag-riculture by working on farms or ranches.

“It’s very disheartening to me,” said mom Trish Schuller. “Don and Karen Benner are always willing to help youth in our community, bringing them to the farm to help with work with livestock for a 4-H or FFA project. They have touched the lives of our children, giving them direc-tion at an age where kids need discipline. Farmers do so much for our communities in this state. Thank God there are people

like the Benners who want to help youth,” she said. The Schullers are members of Merrick County Farm Bureau.

Farming is not just a business. It’s a way of life and Benner worries that these rules could hinder young people like the Schuller children from getting interested in agriculture.

“It’s not the farms that are going to suffer. It’s the kids,” Benner said.

Trevor said while he’s not sure about his career plans, he hopes to get involved in animal agriculture. He has shown cattle and pigs in 4-H and FFA and enjoys learning more about animal agriculture. Growing up driving tractors, sweeping out grain bins and caring for hogs and cattle has been a great experience.

Benner said it’s a lifestyle he doesn’t think labor officials under-stand. “They may have legitimate safety concerns, but I don’t think they’ve spent much time on a farm,” Benner said.

“As a farmer, I make sure the kids I work with are safe. We always have an adult supervise and we work in teams of two, so everyone watches out for each other.”

Andrew Schuller helps move hay in the summer on Don Benner’s farm. It is an experience that has helped him grow as a young person.

The Schuller children, Dustin, Jacob, Trevor and Andrew, shown with their father, Mike (second from left), are in-volved in agriculture through 4-H and FFA. Because they live in Central City, they rely upon Karen and Don Ben-ner and his brother Jim to house their livestock projects.

Under the proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule, the Schuller family would be subject to nu-merous restrictions, which would likely prohibit their children from being involved in their agri-cultural education programs and projects.

Twice a day, the Schuller brothers, Andrew (left) and old-er brother Jacob, would feed their bucket calf for a 4-H project. If the U.S. Department of Labor regulations take effect, the family wouldn’t be able to be around livestock.

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In 1979, the American Council on Ger-many (ACG) invited the American Farm Bureau Federation to participate in the first McCloy Fellowship in Agriculture. Since that time, two to four Americans and a like num-ber of Germans have exchanged visits each year as part of this professional exchange program.

Through a three-week study tour of Ger-many, American McCloy Fellows in agricul-ture receive an up-close look at agricultural, farm and food supply conditions across the Atlantic. Past American agricultural fellows have visited the European Union in Brussels, former East German cooperatives that have been converted into modern corporations, and various regions with diverse agricultural practices.

Each year, the ACG invites AFBF and Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV), the German farmers’ association, to nominate four candidates each from their respec-tive countries to be considered for a 21-day agricultural study tour. In each case, state organizations and staff cooperate in the planning of a meaningful itinerary for the fellows. Fellows meet with fellowship alumni, policy makers and agricultural ex-perts while acquainting themselves with

the practices, challenges and solutions of their peers.

McCloy Fellowships in Agriculture pro-vide transatlantic round-trip airfare, ap-proved inter-city travel and a daily stipend of $200 to cover housing, meals and other local transportation. After the trip, fellows must submit a written report to the ACG and AFBF. The exact dates of the tour are determined by the participants as a group, but travel will occur between September and November 2012.

Candidates are nominated by state Farm Bureau presidents to the AFBF president. The AFBF president selects nominees to forward to the ACG, which makes the final selection. Nominees must be Farm Bureau members or staff with outstanding leader-ship qualifications and preferably between 28 and 40 years of age. The nomination should include the candidate’s application, a one-page autobiography, and a cover let-ter outlining personal and professional rea-sons for interest in the fellowship. Only one nomination per state per year is allowed. If you are interested, please contact Roger Berry, vice president/member services for more information. The deadline for applica-tions is March 30, 2012.

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Applicants who are selected to participate will pay a $200 registration fee at that time. Participants will also be responsible for their transportation and hotel.

If, within three months of completion of the seminar, the applicant uses her en-hanced skills to speak out for agriculture to a group other than Farm Bureau or to run for an elected office, half of the registration fee will be reimbursed.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau® Legislative ConferenceFeb. 9-10, 2012 • Embassy Suites – Lincoln, NE • Photos by Tina Henderson

Southeast Nebraska farmers came out in large numbers to visit with their state senator, Lavon Heidemann from Elk Creek, who chairs the legislature’s Appropriations Commit-tee. Pictured from left are Mandy and Quentin Bowen of Richardson County; Heidmann; and Dan and Mary Gerdes of Nemaha County.

Paul and Linda Meyer of Cuming County enjoy the opening motivational speaker, Matt Rush, executive director of New Mexico Farm Bureau, on Feb 9.

NEFB Board Member Kevin Peterson of Polk County Farm Bureau (left) visits with Marty Jarvis, director of marketing for B&R Stores; Chef Judy Gillard, a/k/a “Judy a la carte”; and Hy-Vee dietician Kelli Kennel who attended the Legislative Conference to participate in a panel discussion about consumer perceptions of food.

Matt Rush, executive director of New Mexico Farm Bureau, gave a hu-morous and entertaining opening speech at the Legislative Conference.

Sen. Annette Dubas (left) visits with constituents Mark McHargue of Merrick County, Stan Rosendahl of Platte County, and Don Benner, also of Merrick County, on Feb. 9.

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proposal to provide more education about agriculture in Nebraska’s public schools.

LB 884 would form an Agricultural Lit-eracy Task Force to evaluate current K-12 educational standards and curricula to de-termine if they give students a meaningful understanding of agriculture and its contri-bution to Nebraska. The proposal is spon-sored by Sen. Kate Sullivan of Cedar Rapids.

After delegates to Nebraska Farm Bu-reau’s December 2011 convention adopted a policy that supports including education about agriculture in the Nebraska curricu-lum for fourth graders, NEFB staff members began working with Sullivan to write the ag literacy bill. LB 884 had its public hearing be-fore the Agriculture Committee on Jan. 31.

At the hearing, Ellen Hellerich, retired coordinator of the Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom program (which Farm Bu-reau supports), told the senators, “Students today do not have a direct connection to someone who produces their food. Their information comes from the media, the in-ternet and other people who are not di-rectly connected to agriculture. Over the years in working with students, I have many stories about the misconceptions students and teachers have about agriculture.”

These include the belief that corn grow-ing in farm fields is only used to feed squir-rels; a question about where farmers store their bushel baskets after they deliver their corn to the grain elevator; and a belief that every farm animal has a name. “For the most part, their (students’) idea of farm-ing take us back at least 60 years. Modern agriculture is completely foreign to them,” Hellerich said.

Dustin Ladenburger of Hitchcock County Farm Bureau presented Farm Bureau’s testi-

mony at the hearing. Ladenburger farms and ranches near Stratton and is a certified teacher. He said the agricultural commu-nity across the U.S. has become increasingly concerned about the lack of knowledge students have about agriculture and their lack of understanding about its impact on history, society and the economy.

Agriculture can be integrated in all cur-riculum areas, Ladenburger said, citing ex-amples from his elementary teaching expe-rience: “For example, in math I would ask ‘If

a hen lays five eggs a week, how many eggs would she lay in a year?’ Continuing on, ‘If a truck can carry 26,000 eggs to the grocery store, how many hens does it take to fill a truck?’ In my science classes I used bull sale catalogs to explain how pedigrees were set up and how they are used in various animal industries.”

At the hearing the Nebraska Department of Education said the issue of agricultural literacy already is being addressed as part of changes the department is making to the social studies curriculum which should be finished in October.

Subsequent to the hearing, Farm Bureau’s Jessica Kolterman and Agriculture in the Classroom representatives met with the Nebraska State Board of Education. Kolter-man presented information about the leg-islation and indicated that the Agriculture in the Classroom program would like to become engaged with the Standards Re-view Process undertaken through the De-partment of Education. The State Board of Education expressed its appreciation of the offer and welcomed the involvement.

LB 884 remains in committee. Kolterman said she expects discussions about moving forward with an agricultural literacy task force to continue.

Dustin Ladenburger, Hitchcock County Farm Bureau, and Ellen Hellerich, retired Agriculture in the Classroom official, go over their testimony right before the hearing for the Ag Literacy bill on Jan. 31.

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Bryce Vaughn of Alliance is the first recipi-ent of the new Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Internship Award at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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While at UNL, Vaughn has been a member of the National Agri-Marketing Association and the Nebraska Department of Ag-riculture’s Nebraska Agriculture Youth Council. He also was an Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity class officer.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Ag Promotion Committee and the Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom Program have selected two teachers as their 2012 Nebraska Farm Bureau Teachers of the Year.

Carma Weisbrook, a fifth grade teacher at Mary Lynch Elementary School in Kimball, and Greg Tebo, a kindergarten through fifth grades technology teacher for Maxey Ele-mentary School in Lincoln, are the honorees.

“These teachers demonstrate how agri-culture can be used to meet state educa-tional standards. Each of these teachers pro-vides their students with hands-on learning experiences in such a manner that it relates to their students’ everyday lives,” Deanna Karmazin, state coordinator of the Nebras-ka Agriculture in the Classroom program, said Feb. 13.

CELEBRATING AGRICULTURECarma Weisbrook believes that agricul-

ture is the heartbeat of Nebraska. Every year at Mary Lynch Elementary School, her class celebrates Agriculture Week with three phases: preplanning, celebrat-ing agriculture week and wrap-up.

During phase one, posters are hung in the hallway to pique

the students’ curiosity. Weisbrook contacts agriculture organizations for free materials to distribute. The FFA advisor and Weis-brook meet to organize presentations for Agriculture Week.

Phase two is the celebration of Agricul-ture Week. Each day of the week highlights a top five agriculture product in the state of Nebraska. These include beef/dairy, corn, soybeans, pork and wheat. Weisbrook reads books to her class that she purchased through the AITC Teacher Mini-Grant Pro-gram. FFA students visit the class to share their knowledge of agriculture with the stu-dents. They also teach the students about off-the-farm agriculture-related jobs. The FFA students also prepare an activity for the class to participate in, such as planting corn seeds and racing wheat to the “bins” on the playground.

“Agriculture is the heartbeat of Nebraska. As a Nebraska fifth grade teacher, it is im-portant to present vital information to the students so that they can be informed citi-zens about agriculture,” Weisbrook said.

The third phase is time for the students to reflect on what they have learned about Nebraska agriculture. The students write thank you letters to those who provided materials to use throughout the week. They also write thank you letters to the FFA students who presented information to the class.

SOYBEAN USED TO ENHANCE EXISTING CURRICULUM

Greg Tebo has had the opportunity to be part of a project funded by the Ne-braska Soybean As-sociation and the U.S. Soybean Association. The project, “Sum-mer Soybean Science Institute,” involves teaching teachers how to use the soybean as a model to enhance existing curriculum, build lessons based on district and state standards, and enhance student learning by enabling students to use an inquiry approach to their learning.

“The purpose of the project is to develop a better understanding of the connection be-tween the food supply and demand and its ef-fect on the economics of the world,” Tebo said.

A pilot program was implemented in summer 2010 and funding was approved for summer 2011 for students in kindergar-ten, first grade and fourth grade to partici-pate in the program.

Teachers invested approximately 90 hours from June to August . They• developed a better understanding of

the soybean plant system and found ways to incorporate that information into their existing science curriculum;

• learned how to formulate real scientific experiments that would further develop students’ understanding of how a scientific hypothesis is developed;• worked on soybean research under the

supervision and guidance of scientists;• learned that scientific investigation is not

just following a step-by-step method of in-vestigating, but that science is “messy” and the process is not always straight-forward, clear and concise.

Kindergarten students planted soybeans, learned about the parts of a soybean, wrote facts about soybeans, sang songs about soy-beans and participated in a soybean contest. First grade students used soil samples to plant soybeans and used graphs and charts to show the varieties and time allotted for growth.

Fourth grade students learned about six commodities and the role farmers have in the world’s economy. They created posters with facts and photos about their commod-ity in their computer class. They used these posters and food samples to show their ex-pertise at a fourth grade Ag Fair Day where parents and friends were invited to learn about agriculture in Nebraska.

Both teachers will be presented with an award recognizing their achievement and will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the 2012 National Agriculture in the Classroom Con-ference, set for June 19-22, in Loveland, Colo.


Carma Weisbrook5th grade teacher

Greg TeboK-5 teacher

FB and AITC Teachers of the Year Selected for 2012

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