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VOLUME 31 ISSUE 8 September 18, 2013

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EDITORIAL STAFFEditor/Advertising/Writer: Tina Henderson [email protected] or ext. 4446Writer: Craig Head [email protected] or ext. 4435Writer: Kassi Williams [email protected] or ext. 4730Graphic Designer/County News/Photo Contest: Tara Grell [email protected] or ext. 4494Want Ads and County Annual Meeting Notices: Kylee Planer [email protected] or ext. 4485

NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATIONSteve 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)Andy DeVries (Ogallala)Del Ficke (Pleasant Dale)Jason Kvols (Laurel)Myles Ramsey (Kenesaw)Scott Moore (Bartley)Kevin Peterson (Osceola)Tanya Storer (Whitman)Shelly Thompson (Whitney)

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As a fifth generation farmer with the sixth generation now working on the farm, I’ve taken great pride in knowing what my family does for a living helps

provide food for people around the world. I’ve also taken it as a source of pride that what we do on the farm has helped to provide numerous food choices for people who have different tastes, wants and needs. Those thoughts were reinforced to me yet again during a trip I took to Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain, with my wife Elma, her cousin Beth and husband Tony.

One of the key things I took away from the trip is that, like Americans, those living abroad enjoy having food choices. While the shopping experience in a small store in a village market in Europe might be different than visiting a large American grocery store, what was clearly similar was the number of food options available. The extensive offering of

meats, cheeses, fruits and vegetables was impressive in many of the places we visited.

Those living abroad were also similar to Americans in having a strong interest in knowing where their food comes from. Here at home we’ve seen that occur in the growing num-

ber of farmers markets, direct farmer marketing businesses and the general idea of people seeking a relationship with those who raise their food. That idea is also prevalent in

many of the European countries where food is labeled by country and, in some cases, the availability of locally grown food accounted for a large part of market offerings.

The experience only reinforced the point that being a farmer means continually working to help feed people and fill markets to meet consumer wants – whether that market is for traditional, organic or whatever your food preference might be.

The reach of consumer choice was never more clearly on display than when we visited Goodmans restaurant in London. Goodmans is a popular eatery and a location where Nebraska corn-fed beef is a prominent part of the Good-man’s restaurant menu as the corn fed beef gives their customers a choice for cuts from other countries.

With 95 percent of the world’s popula-tions outside of the U.S., Nebraska farm-ers will need to con-tinue to work to fill the needs and wants of consumers, rich or poor, because in the end it’s all about having a choice.

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

Home or Abroad, Food Choice is Key

Top 4 Ways to Advocate

Farm Bureau’s Agri-cultural Contact Team (FB-ACT) is the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federa-tion’s grassroots action network. When we reach out to state lawmakers or Congress, we impact the decisions they make.

FB-ACT advances agri-cultural and rural interests by connecting elected officials to those people who matter most – their constituents.

Passing legislation that supports our issues is a challenging process that requires active participa-tion by our members. You can make a difference by:

SEND A LETTER As a con-stituent, your lawmakers

and political appointees know that you are the key to their understanding of issues important to you. They want and need to hear from you on issues you consider important.

MAKE A PHONE CALL When you need to get in touch with your lawmaker immedi-ately, and don’t have the time to craft a letter or email, that’s when it’s time to use the most common method of communicating with your lawmakers – make a phone call!

MEET FACE TO FACE By far, the most effec-

tive way to articulate your views to your elected of-ficials and positively affect the outcome of legislation and of policy debates is to speak with lawmakers face to face.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR You can send a letter to the editor to many news-papers via email rather than hand-writing them. Go to our online Legislative Action Center to find media outlets in your area, and send them a message. It only takes a minute.

For more information about getting involved in FB-ACT visit nefb.org or call 402-421-4409.

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1 Steve and Elma Nelson and Beth and Tony Hughes enjoy a meal at Goodmans restaurant in London.

Fresh fruits and vegetables were common place in the village markets visited during the Nelson’s trip to Europe and the Scan-dinavia Peninsula.

The Nelsons witnessed first hand the extensive options available to consumers in the meat cases in local markets during their trip.

Nebraska Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson points to the Nebraska corn-fed beef on the menu at Goodmans restaurant in London. Nebraska beef is a prominent item in the popular eateries menu.

COUNTY NEWS

Cuming County Farm Bureau hosted their annual Young Farmers and Ranchers Tour and Supper July 31. The group toured the West Point Dairy Products, LLC plant in West Point, Neb. The plant employs 80 workers and is capable of producing two million pounds of butter per week. They also produce powdered non-fat dry milk and buttermilk. Butter is packaged in quartered pounds, solid pounds and 42 pound cubes and is sent all over the U.S. Very little milk or cream is purchased lo-cally, but they would like to purchase more locally produced product. Attendees were treated to supper at the Pizza Ranch where Nebraska Farm Bureau Vice President Mark McHargue talked about why he became involved in Farm Bureau and the organization’s effectiveness in being the trusted voice for Nebraska’s farm and ranch families in the Nebraska Legislature and in Washington, D.C. He also stressed the importance of why young ag producers should be involved in the state’s largest farm and ranch organization.

Cuming County Farm Bureau

Young Farmers and Ranchers Tour Dairy Products Plant

Knox County Farm Bureau had a booth at the Knox County Fair to inform attendees about agriculture. They had cow, pig, horse, sheep, duck and chicken stamps for children ages preschool through sixth grade to stamp on a sheet that they were to take around to try and find those animals in the livestock barns. After they completed their sheet they were given a sucker in the shape of a cow, chicken, pig or horse. They also handed out tattoos and realistic animal stickers. Each child was given a Farm Bureau activity book. The learning barn was there as well with realistic animals for them to view and ask questions about.

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County Fair Booth Helps Educate Kids about Agriculture

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Morrill County Farm Bureau held a meeting Aug. 18 in Bridgeport, Neb., where superintendents from Bridge-port and Bayard schools were asked to come and discuss each school budget for the year. Pictured from left are Jeff Pohl, county vice president; Jeff Metz, county president; Dave Miller, superintendent of Bridgeport Schools; and Travis Miller, superintendent of Bayard Schools.

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Over 100 people attended an open house held Aug. 27 at the Scott Nelson farm, six miles north of Lindsay, Neb. The event was held to celebrate the completion of Nelson’s second 2,000 head hog finishing facility and to highlight the economic development such a facility can bring to a county. As of now, Madison County is not a “designated” Livestock Friendly County, a promotional program through the Nebraska Department of Agri-culture; however, the county commissioners are very open to livestock production as witnessed by this facility. Others like it, as well as several good sized cattle feeding operations sprinkled around the county. Nelson con-tract feeds for the Bartling family who reside near Unadilla, Neb. Pictured from left are Nelson with members of the Madison County Farm Bureau: Richard Grant, Kathy and Roger Acklie and Neal and Deb Neidig.

Madison County Farm Bureau

New Hog Facility Shows County is Open to Livestock Production

Johnson County Farm Bureau members spent three days in their booth at the Johnson County Fair, Aug. 16-19, educating students and adults about agriculture. They had the county’s Learning Barn in the booth along with pictures of animals and various grains. There were quizzes about agriculture facts for both kids and adults with prizes awarded to winners in each quiz group. They handed out information about Farm Bureau membership and what it provides along with activity books. Also displayed in the booth was their new Livestock Friendly County plaque that was presented during the fair.

Johnson County Farm Bureau

Members Share Ag Story with Students and Adults about Agriculture


Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann (middle, green shirt) announced the official designation of Johnson County as Nebraska’s newest Livestock Friendly County Aug. 16 at the Johnson County Fair in Tecumseh, Neb. With the addition of Johnson County, there are now 22 counties designated as Livestock Friendly through the state program, including: Adams, Banner, Box Butte, Cuming, Dawes, Deuel, Gage, Garden, Grant, Hitchcock, Holt, Jefferson, Kimball, Keith, Lincoln, Morrill, Saline, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Wayne and Webster counties. Lt. Gov. Heidemann presented the Livestock Friendly certificate to Johnson County Commissioners Scotty Gottula, Terry Keebler and Dr. Ted Evans. The county will receive road signs bearing the program logo to display along highways. The program is coordinated by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. To apply for a livestock friendly county designation, the county board must hold a public hearing and pass a resolution to apply. A completed application is then submitted to the Department of Agriculture for review. Local producers or community groups can encourage their county board to submit a livestock friendly county application. Additional information on the Livestock Friendly County program is available by contacting NDA toll free at 800-422-6692, or by visiting the Department of Agriculture website at www.nda.nebraska.gov and clicking the Livestock Friendly County link.

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Johnson County Designated Livestock Friendly during County Fair

Garfield County Farm Bureau gave the Burwell Junior Rodeo Club funds to cover the insurance for the Junior Rodeo upcoming its second year in August. The rodeo had more than 180 children from across the state ranging from 1-year to 18 –years-old. The events included stick horse barrels and poles, goat tail untie and mutton bust-ing (sheep riding) for the 1-5 year olds. Six through 18-year-olds participated in barrel racing, pole bending, goat tie down, mini bull riding, tie down calf roping, team roping, flag race and breakaway calf roping. Garfield County Farm Bureau also sponsored a belt buckle for the 11-14-year-old goat tie down. There were 20 boys that par-ticipated in the event. This was one of 35 buckles sponsored by local businesses and organizations. Pictured from left are Joan Kahlandt, Garfield County Farm Bureau president; Sean Miller of Broken Bow, belt buckle winner; and Bessie Dearmont, Garfield County Farm Bureau board member.

Garfield County Farm Bureau

County Sponsors Rodeo Insurance and Belt Buckle

NFBF President Steve Nelson spoke to over 50 attendees at the Antelope County Farm Bureau annual meet-ing Sept. 9, at the L Bar B Steakhouse in Clearwater, Neb. He touched on a myriad of issues that are facing ag producers and encouraged farmers and ranchers to attend the upcoming hearings of the Legislature’s Tax Mod-ernization Committee as they examine possible ways to reform the state’s tax structure.

Antelope County Farm Bureau

NFBF Emphasizes Attending Upcoming Tax Hearings


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Omaha Students and Teachers Celebrate with Rural Families

This story begins with two machine shed lights. When Del Ficke was growing up on a farm outside Pleasant Dale and Kerry Hoffschneider on a farm by York, they had something in common.

“When Del and I met, we discovered we had similar fathers,” Hoffschneider said. “And, we both found out we would each wait from our bedroom windows on the farm for our fathers, the late Kenneth Ficke and my dad, Dean Heine, to come inside at night. Yes, those machine shed lights sym-bolized a lot for us on the farm – hard work, dedication and a commitment to family.”

It’s fitting, years later, that the Ficke Cat-tle Company machine shed, glowing with light under a cool, starry night in Nebraska, was the setting for a very special celebra-tion recently. On Sept. 13, 10 students and nine teachers from the Omaha Bryan High School Urban Ag Academy traveled west of Omaha to meet some of their neighbors who care deeply about them and feeding the world.

“We just decided to make a big deal out of their visit,” Hoffschneider said. “Because these urban students are a big deal. We have to start thinking differently about the future of agriculture and feeding the world. We can’t be status quo and we must work together with our neighbors everywhere. Sometimes, we in agriculture, are our own worst enemy, and we’ve got to stop that or we’re not going to be in business any-more, at least not the way that’s beneficial to building rural communities.”

WEST OF OMAHAThe day began at DuPont Pioneer, where

Darin Doerr – production location manager for their York seed facility – led the tour and exposed students to the diverse careers that exist in the seed business.

“We are producing seed here that is being planted across the globe. We need young people who have a passion for sci-ence and agriculture to come back to places like York County and use their knowledge and education at home,” Doerr said.

Triple S Farms was the next stop where stu-dents were given a peek into the pork industry.

Stuart Spader told the attentive group, “Life doesn’t stop west of Omaha. You are the future. You are so smart and have ac-cess to so many educational resources. Ne-braska is a great place to live, a wonderful place, and we want you back here.”

“We need to remember livestock is a rural development opportunity,” Ficke said. “There are many ways to build commu-nity around the livestock sector if we can be open-minded. We need everyone, the

best and brightest breeders in the industry, crop production in a variety of forms, the arts and information technology. If we aren’t diverse in the rural mindset and landscape, we’ll miss a very creative, healthy future that could be designed out here.”

Students were also able to hear from Ryan Hoffschneider, a partner in Orville Hoffschneider and Sons outside of Waco. Ryan told the group about white corn pro-duction and touched on the cattle feeding business. Mostly, the former FFA member himself said, “Don’t give up and don’t be afraid to call us up again or come visit. We’d really like to have you back out to the farm.”

NO LONGER HUNGRYThe day concluded with the glow of the

machine shed light at Del and Brenda Ficke’s place where 130 Nebraska neighbors came together to hear the Urban Ag Academy’s story and also some inspiration from an-other young rural professional named Garry Clark, who is now serving as director of the Cuming County Development Corporation. Clark, like the students who visited, didn’t grow up on a farm, but grew to have a pas-sion for agriculture and rural development.

“For a portion of my childhood I was homeless. I grew up in Washington, D.C., in public housing. There were many times that school lunch was the only meal I had that day. Those school meals were the sav-ing grace for us,” Clark said. “I cannot com-pare myself exactly with people in other countries who are starving to death. But, I do know how it feels to be hungry. I am so

thankful to have moved to a place where I have learned the importance of agriculture and its part in the circle of all of our lives.”

AGRICULTURE CAREERS“My passion is so big now,” said academy

student Austin Martinez, “I now know there is so much more I could do, more than I had dreamed of before.”

“The ag academy and FFA have given us a community, a family in our school that has changed our school experience for the better,” said academy student Megan Shaw who dreams of a future that would include ranching and animal agriculture.

“I want to be a chemist,” said Bryan FFA president Reyna Quintana, “Ever since I read in a science magazine they could potentially make a square tomato one day, I’ve wanted to help make that happen. I want to help people have more nutritious food in the future.”

“Every time we got back on the bus the students said, ‘This is just so cool.’ They are so excited to go and tell their classmates about this experience,” said Channing Reha the new academy ag instructor who took the reins after Ashton Meints set the stage for the program.

“Your career choice is often your lifestyle choice,” said school counselor Randy Schul-tz, “If you cannot actually see and touch the opportunities out there, you won’t know if you want to pursue them.”

“One of our primary goals in the Urban Agriculture Academy is to expose students to a variety of careers. This event gave us a great opportunity to show our students fu-ture career opportunities,” said Rick Painter who serves as a school guidance counselor and coordinator of the academy program.

“When I look back to my own childhood growing up in a farming community in New Mexico, these experiences shape lives,” said Robert Aranda, Bryan High School principal. “These experiences must have true mean-ing for our students and teachers. This really had meaning for all of us.”

“There is no way in one day we could show these students all of agriculture, but it’s a start,” said Ficke. “We each have a ‘machine shed light’ story that has inspired us along the way. All we’re encouraging our neighbors to do is share what really matters to them with the next generation.”

Neighbors Reaching Out To Neighbors

The machine shed light was shining bright on the future of agriculture at Ficke Cattle Com-pany on Sept. 13. Del and Brenda Ficke’s home was the setting for a celebration honoring the Bryan Urban Ag Academy students and staff as well as a time to reflect on 125 years of the Ficke family farming and cattle operation in the Pleasant Dale, Neb., area.

Triple S Farms shared their passion for pork during a stop on the tour. Stuart and Karen Spader along with Rebekah, Karah, Andrew and baby Bennett Spader were present to answer questions and share opportunities that may exist in the livestock sector.

The Bryan High School Urban Ag Acad-emy is based on national standards from the National Career Academy Coalition.

At Bryan, they believe an academy is a group of students who are cohorted into their classes with the curriculum for the Career and Technology Education cours-es integrated into each class. The Urban Agriculture and Natural Resources Ca-reer Academy (UANRCA) is designed for youth in their sophomore year.

ABOUT URBAN AG CONTINUED

Students are interviewed their fresh-man year and those who are accepted take Introduction to Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Agriculture Eng-lish, Agriculture Geography and Agricul-ture Economics.

Also, in order for all students to par-ticipate in the UANRCA they have in-cluded a Special Education teacher who co-teaches courses.

Each year they will add 60 students into the program starting their sopho-more year, recruiting students during their freshman year to see about their interest into the program. By the school year 2014-2015, there will be approxi-mately 180 students in the academy.

Recruitment begins during freshman classes targeting a reflection of the school demographics and also those students who are not engaged or connected with other school programming.

THEIR DREAM:The Bryan High School Urban Agri-

culture and Natural Resources Acad-emy would like to build a greenhouse to teach students the growing process. Their goal for the greenhouse is to grow produce to give back to the families of Bryan High School, use in our culinary classes and donate to the food bank for the back pack program. Bryan High School has about 1,680 students with 13 portables. The facility was built for 1,200 students.

Additional classroom space would al-low students to take part in a variety of hands-on activities to bring learning to life. Currently the agriculture teacher shares a classroom with other science teachers.

This school year, the agriculture teach-er has four different classrooms to teach in. This makes it virtually impossible to set up and complete experiments in class. This past year, students had to conduct some of the experiments in the teachers plan area due to lack of classroom space.

For more information contact: Rick PainterEmail: [email protected] Phone: 402-212-9863Address & School Phone: Bryan High School 4700 Giles Road Omaha, NE 68157 402-557-3100

About the Bryan Urban Ag Academy Program

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

Creamy Spiced Coleslaw recipe from allrecipes.com with modifications by Lois Linke, Rock County Farm Bureau member. Cheeseburger Meat Loaf and Parmesan Corn on the Cob recipes from Taste of Home’s Quick Cooking Annual Recipes Cookbook.

Peanut Butter Apple Crumble recipe from inspiredbyfamilymag.com. All photos by Linke.

Ingredients1/4 cup butter, melted1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning4 ears corn on the cob1/4 cup waterSalt and pepper

Directions1. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, cheese and Italian seasoning; set aside.2. Place husked ears of corn in a shallow microwave-safe dish. Add water. Cover and microwave on high for 5-10 minutes, turning once (cooking time varies with microwaves and personal preferences).3. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain.4. Brush with butter mixture; sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Yield: 4 servings

Cost/Serving: $0.75

Parmesan Corn on the Cob

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

October – famous fast food/restaurant recipesNovember – crockpot recipesDecember – under 30 minute recipesJanuary – breads

Recipes on a Dime: Meal for a Family of 4 for around $10

Ingredients1/2 cup ketchup, divided1 egg1/4 cup dry bread crumbs1 teaspoon onion powder1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper1 pound lean ground beef2 teaspoons prepared mustard2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles6 slices American cheese

Directions1. In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup ketchup, egg, bread crumbs, onion powder, salt and pepper.2. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.3. On a large piece of waxed paper, pat the beef mixture into a 10”x6” rectangle.4. Spread the remaining ketchup over the meat to within 1/2 inch of the long sides and 1 1/2 inches of the short sides. Top with the mustard and pickles.5. Place 4 cheese slices on top; set remaining cheese aside.6. Roll up loaf, jelly-roll style, starting with a short side and pulling away waxed paper while rolling. Seal seams and ends well.7. Place loaf, seam side down, in a greased 11”x7”x2” baking pan.8. Bake at 350º F for 45 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160º F.9. Cut the reserved cheese slices in half diagonally; place on top of loaf. Return to the oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.10. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

Yield: 4-6 servings

Cost/serving: $0.75 (6 servings)

Cheeseburger Meat Loaf

Ingredients1/2 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon sugar1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper1/4 teaspoon celery seed1/4 teaspoon garlic powder1/4 teaspoon onion powder1 tablespoon cider vinegar1/2 pound shredded cabbage (To shred your own – use 1/4 of a 2-pound head)1/2 grated carrot

Directions1. In a large bowl, mix mayonnaise with everything except the cabbage and carrot.2. Add the cabbage and carrot and toss to coat.3. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Yield: 4 servings

Cost/serving: less than $0.25

Creamy Spiced Coleslaw

Ingredients5 baking apples, peeled and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Crumble Topping1 cup oatmeal2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup peanut butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoon apple juice (or water)

Directions1. In a sealable plastic bag, mix the apples, flour, white and brown sugars and cinnamon. Shake until apples are well coated.2. Pour mixture into a greased 9” x 9” baking dish.3. In a medium sized bowl, place the oats, butter, peanut butter and brown sugar. Using a fork and/or your hands, combine until the mixture appears crumbly.4. Spread the crumbly mixture over the apples.5. Pour apple juice over the crumbs.6. Bake at 350º F for 40 minutes.

Yield: 8 servings

Cost/Serving: $0.57Add a 1/2 cup scoop of ice cream and add $0.25/serving = $0.79

Peanut Butter Apple Crumble

Ways to Stretch the Food Dollar• Buy foods in bulk

• Purchase store brands• Buy seasonal foods

• Grow and preserve your own vegetables• Buy in quantity

• Prepare foods from scratch rather than using boxed/prepared foods


As we get closer to Oct. 1, there is a lot of news and noise around the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the new health plans created under the ACA are not ef-fective until Jan. 1, 2014, the process of pur-chasing can begin on Oct. 1. In order to help our members understand the changes and how it may impact them, we sat down with Steve Kammeyer, director of Health Insur-ance Services for Farm Bureau, and asked him some questions.

Does the ACA impact me?The simple answer is yes. It will affect al-

most everyone in some manner. However, there is really very little impact on those who are 65 and older who have Medicare cover-age and a Medicare Supplement policy. Those covered under group plans through their employer should visit with their employer on what changes are in store. The bulk of changes come from those purchasing individual cover-age and that is what we will discuss today.

What is the importance of the Oct. 1 date?

Oct. 1 is the first date of the Annual Elec-tion Period (AEP). The AEP is a period of time

when you can purchase the new ACA compli-ant policies. The AEP this year runs from Oct. 1 through March 31, 2014. If you enroll between Oct. 1, 2013 and Dec. 15, 2013, you will have a Jan. 1, 2014, effective date. If you enroll later than that, your effective date will be later.

In future years, the AEP is scheduled to run from Oct. 1-Dec. 7, with effective dates of Jan. 1. During this time, the in-surance company must accept your application for coverage and there is no underwriting and no exclusions or denials because of health condition.

Is that the only time I can buy health insurance?

It is not the only time you can buy, but it is the only time you can buy without a qualifying life event. A qualifying life event can make you eligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP). Examples of a qualifying life event include:

• Loss of coverage through your employ-er group or other group plan;

• Moving to a new state;

• Certain changes in your income;• Changes in family size (marriage, di-

vorce, birth of a child).The only two enrollment options to buy

individual health insurance are during the AEP or during an SEP which occurs because of a qualifying life event.

What options do I have?If you have purchased a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ne-

braska (BCBSNE) policy through your Farm Bu-reau agent, you will have some options to con-sider. You have received or will soon be receiving a renewal package from BCBSNE. In that mailing

you learned that you can no longer keep your current plan design and must move to a new ACA compliant plan. BCBSNE has mapped you into one of the new plans and that plan is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2014. You have a few options at this point:

• You can check the box indicating that you want to move to the plan you were

mapped into, and you will be moved to that new plan on Jan. 1, 2014.

• You can also select to move to any other plan that BCBSNE offers and those options are all laid out in the communica-tion you received from them. You simply have to mark the box of the plan that you would like to select and return it to BCB-SNE, and you will be moved to that new plan on Jan. 1, 2014.

If you do nothing you will be automatically moved to the mapped plan on Jan. 1, 2014.

How do I know what is right for me and determine what I need to do?

There are many different things to con-sider when comparing the plans. The best thing to do is to contact your local Farm Bureau agent. They are trained on the ACA as well as the new plans available. They can help you sort out your options and make the right decision for you and your family.

If you don’t currently work with a Farm Bureau agent, you can locate one by going to fbfs.com and use the agent locator tool. They are standing by ready to help you with all of your insurance needs.


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Tablet App for ‘My American Farm’ Now AvailableWASHINGTON, D.C. — The American

Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has re-leased a tablet app modeled after the popular ag-ricultural game site, “My American Farm.” The app is now available for free download on iTunes and Google Play.

The app features five games from My Ameri-can Farm – In My Barn; My Little Ag Me; Equip-ment Engineer; Farmer’s Market Challenge; and Ag Across America.

App users are rewarded with a virtual sticker af-ter successfully completing each game. Stickers can be dragged and dropped onto a virtual passport, allowing users to track their progress.

New resources have also been developed to provide guidance for using the app in a traditional or non-traditional setting. A formal lesson plan for classroom instruction, as well as tips and tricks for suggested integration in a variety of settings will be available at myamericanfarm.org/games. For addi-tional information, email [email protected].

The My American Farm educational resource is a special project of the Foundation. The site and resources are made possible through the generous support of title sponsor, DuPont Pio-neer. To take advantage of the free My Ameri-can Farm resources, games and activities, visit myamericanfarm.org.

The “My American Farm” app is now available for free download on iTunes and Google Play. The app fea-tures five games from the My American Farm webpage.

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Audrey Smith of Walla Walla, Wash., was selected as the second recipient of the Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Intern-ship Award at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Smith secured a summer internship in the office of Congressman Adrian Smith, who serves the third district of Nebraska.

“I was honored to be selected as the award recipient,” said Smith. “I really got a feel for how government works. Work-ing in D.C. also made me so much more

confident and reassured in my choice to study agriculture and policy. I would love to go back to D.C.”

The Olsen Internship Award enabled Smith to intern in a public policy position in Washington, D.C. Most internships in the nation’s capital are unpaid; the award pro-vided support for living expenses in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.

Smith noted it was shocking to see just how divided the House of Representatives is in terms of party affiliation. It was really hard watching bills being shot down by both sides when they are so desperately needed, like the first farm bill. Just when you think that something will pass, you watch a 15 minute vote take place, and all the votes start adding up and just like that the bill fails following days and days of debating, she said.

“Living and working in D.C. really made me appreciate the all the people that dedi-cate their lives to our country. It was eye opening and a little scary to see all the changes being made to our government ev-eryday that will impact my generation in the future,” said Smith.

“It was also a great way to make long lasting connections. I now have friends all over the country from California, Iowa, Or-

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“I strongly encourage anyone who is think-ing they might want to go to D.C. to apply. If you ask anyone that has lived or visited D.C. it is very expensive and this scholar-ship helped me out tremendously! Not only do you receive a monetary award, but also emotional support from Nebraska Farm Bu-reau while you are there,” concluded Smith.

Audrey Smith is a senior at UNL studying agriculture economics with public policy fo-cus. While at UNL, Smith served as the co-captain of the University of Nebraska Ro-deo team and secretary for the Collegiate Farm Bureau. She also is the secretary of the Sigma Alpha sorority.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Effective immediately and continuing through April 1, Chevrolet and GMC are offering exclusive-ly to Farm Bureau members an additional $1,000 incentive on the acquisition of any new 2013 or 2014 regular cab, heavy duty (2500/3500 series) truck. This is in addition to the standard $500 Farm Bureau incen-tive, which brings the total Farm Bureau in-centive on Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra HD models to $1,500.

The $1,500 Farm Bureau discount can be added to Chevro-let and GMC retail and Business Choice incen-tives that are available at time of purchase.

“The end of one year and the beginning of the next is when farmers, ranchers and other business owners are managing their taxes,” said American Farm Bureau Federa-tion President Bob Stallman Sept. 13. “The timing of new equipment purchases – in-cluding trucks – can be an important tool in an effective tax management strategy,” he added.

Farm Bureau members are eligible for the added discount if they have been members for at least 60 consecutive days in a state that participates in the FB Member Advantage! program with General Motors. Farm Bureau members in Nebraska are eligible when the 60-day membership requirement is met.

To take advantage of the applicable Farm Bureau discount on these or any other new Chevrolet (except Volt), Buick or GMC vehicles, members log onto fbverify.com/gm and enter their membership number and zip code. If eligible, the information will be verified and a certificate will appear that must be printed and taken to the dealer-ship of choice for presentation to the sales person. There is no limit to the number of certificates that a member may print or use, although certificates do expire after 60 days.

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The 2013-2014 Nebraska FFA state officer team stopped by the Nebraska Farm Bureau state office on Mon., Aug. 5 to learn more about Nebraska Farm Bureau and about is-sues affecting agriculture.

Congratulations to Karl Linke, Southeast Regional Director of Membership, who retired Aug. 1 after 19 years with Nebraska Farm Bureau! Thank you Karl for all you have done and the accomplishments you have helped Farm Bureau reach! Linke, black polo, is pictured with his family, from left son Tim and daughter in law Tami; four grandchildren Jackson, Garrit, Payton and Maya; wife Lois and their daughter Mandy.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau has kicked off a new campaign targeted to helping Farm Bureau members shape the fu-ture of Nebraska’s state tax policy. The “Join the Drive, Help Steer Nebraska Taxes” campaign is in response to ongoing talks about broader tax reform initiated in the 2013 legislative session by the governor. Despite the fact state senators closed the 2013 legislative session with-out making any major reforms, discussions are ongoing through the Legislature’s creation of a Tax Modern-ization Committee which has been charged with identifying possible chang-es for consideration in the 2014 legislative session.

The Tax Modernization Committee has scheduled a series of public hearings to be held across Nebraska in late September through early October to gather input on different ideas related to tax reform, said Jay Rempe, vice president of governmental relations for Nebraska Farm Bureau.

“With the committee actively seeking input from Nebraskans, it is impor-tant they hear from Farm Bureau members about the various ideas that are being discussed. Now is the time to weigh in with the committee on the direction of tax policy,” said Rempe.

The “Join the Drive” campaign was started to help bring awareness about the opportunities to engage at the upcoming hearings, but also to put more resources in the hands of members to help them in providing input to the Legislature.

“It can be difficult for people to get excited when you start talking about taxes, but at the end of the day having sound tax policy is critical to our members whether they are looking at their personal finances or the bottom lines of their businesses,” said Rempe.

Farm Bureau has created a one-stop location on its website at nefb.org to give people interested in the tax reform topic background information, talking points and other resources.

While much of the Legislature’s conversation in 2013 centered around the idea of eliminating state income taxes, Nebraska Farm Bureau is encouraging members to use the “Join the Drive” campaign to

make property tax relief a major part of the Leg-islature’s conversations. From 2002 to 2012 prop-erty tax collections state-wide grew 73 percent.

“Often I hear our mem-bers say that if you make money, you pay income taxes. Property taxes are different. Farmers, ranch-ers and homeowners must pay them regardless of their income for the year. There is no decision making relative to prop-erty taxes,” said Rempe.

Property taxes weigh particularly hard on Ne-braska farmers and ranch-ers who represent roughly 3 percent of the state’s population, but now pay nearly a quarter of the

property taxes collected statewide.“Doing something meaningful on property tax re-

form won’t just help farmers and ranchers, but has the potential to help all of our members,” said Rempe.

Rempe encourages anyone interested in tax re-form discussion to be a part of the “Join the Drive” campaign.

“Tax reform will be one of, if not the major issue, in the upcoming legislative session. Now’s the time to make your voice be heard if you’re one of the many people in the state who have watched your property taxes continue to climb,” Rempe said.

Farmers and ranchers share the large burden of school funding – roughly

$600 million

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The Nebraska Legislature has formed a Tax Modernization Committee to study Nebraska’s tax system.

As part of the study, public hearings will be held across the state to seek

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Nebraska Farm Bureau News SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 B1

What Would Your Life Be Like Without Nebraska Agriculture?Life without agriculture? Nebraska Farm Bureau and the

Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture are hoping to answer that question for students across the state. The two organizations have teamed up to host a video contest for Nebraska classrooms as a part of their goals to promote agriculture literacy.

Agriculture is a staple of Nebraska’s economy account-ing for one in four jobs across our state. But with a grow-ing distance between farmers and ranchers to students, an understanding of the impact of agriculture is becoming a major issue.

“This is where the idea for the Day @ The Farm Contest originated,” said Cathy Day, interim executive director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.

“The Day @ The Farm Contest is designed to educate students about the importance of agriculture in their lives no matter where they live,” said Deanna Karmazin, state director of the Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom

program. “Through the contest, we hope to reach class-rooms who want to learn more about where their food, fuel and clothing comes from.”

Teachers and their classrooms, grades K-12, are invited to submit a video by Nov. 15, answering the question – What would your life be like without Nebraska Agriculture? Three classrooms will be selected as grand prize winners from across the state. Additional rules and contest informa-tion is outlined below.

Winning classrooms will receive an all-expense paid field trip to farms or ranches near their school as well as a surprise lunch party congratulating them as a grand prize winner.

“We are asking all Farm Bureau members to encourage their children’s, grandchildren’s and neighbor’s classrooms to apply for this awesome opportunity! All of the informa-tion on the Day @ The Farm contest can be found online at nefb.org,” said Day.

Additional Ag Day Activities

1. Video and entry forms are due Fri., Nov. 15, 2013. Entry forms and contest information is found on Nebraska Farm Bureau’s website at nefb.org, or may be mailed or emailed by contacting Kassi Williams at [email protected] or 402-421-4730.2. Videos must be less than three (3) minutes in length. 3. Videos may also be submitted online via dropbox.com, via email to [email protected] or by mailing a DVD to: Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation Attn.: Day @ The Farm, Kassi Williams P.O. Box 80299 Lincoln, NE 68501 To submit a video via dropbox.com, a free document sharing program, your video file must be named as follows: TeacherName_SchoolDistrict (Example: MsSmith_SouthernValley). Be sure to share your file with the email address: [email protected]. Three (3) grand prize winners will be selected by a panel of judges. Nebraska Farm Bureau will notify winning classrooms by Dec. 15, 2013. To announce the prize to classrooms, each grand prize winning classroom will earn a lunch party to celebrate their upcoming trip to a farm or ranch.5. Each grand prize winning classroom will receive: i. Surprise lunch victory celebration at their school. ii. Transportation, including insurance, to and from a farm or ranch. 1. In some areas, classrooms may need to visit more than one farm or ranch; transportation will be included for the entire day. iii. Up to a day full of exploring, lessons and fun at a farm or ranch.6. All farm and ranch visits must be completed by the end of the 2013-2014 school year.7. To be eligible entries must be from Nebraska classrooms. Grades K-12 are eligible.8. All students featured in the video must have guardian signed waiver for the use of their image. This is to be handled by the teacher or school. If a classroom has a student who has not completed the image waiver, the school must notify Nebraska Farm Bureau.9. Entry videos, farm visit images and winner announcement images may be used by Nebraska Farm Bureau for promotional activities. 10. Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation has full authority to modify or cancel the contest as needed.

Day @ The Farm Contest Rules

Teacher Name: ______________________________________________________

School District: ______________________________________________________

School Address (street, city, state, zip): ____________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

School Phone Number: ________________________________________________

Teacher Email: _______________________________________________________

Grade Level: _____________________ Class size: _______________________

By submitting the entry, you are agreeing to abide by all contest rules outlined on nefb.org.

ENTRY FORMS AND VIDEOS DUE NOV. 15, 2013.

Videos may be submitted online, via Dropbox (see how below), via email to [email protected] or by mailing a DVD to: Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation Attn.: Day @ The Farm, Kassi Williams P.O. Box 80299 Lincoln, NE 68501

To submit a video via dropbox.com, a free document sharing program, your video file must be named as follows: TeacherName_SchoolDistrict (Example: MsSmith_SouthernValley). Be sure to share your file with the email address [email protected].

Day @ The FarmEntry Form

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Nebraska Farm Bureau will be offering a wide range of activities and promotions for National Ag Week, which will run March 24-28, 2014. All County Farm Bureaus are encouraged to participate in

National Ag Week to promote agriculture literacy across Nebraska.

County Farm Bureau Ag Day KitsKits will include promotional materials and ideas for County Farm Bureaus

to utilize for local outreach. Ag Day Kits will be available at the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention Dec. 8-10, 2013,

for pick-up as well as online at nefb.org/members or from your Regional Director of Membership following convention.

TraylinersNebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture will be helping

to sponsor trayliners for National Ag Week at restaurants across the state that will educate diners on where their food comes from.

NAYC School PresentationsNebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture will be coordinating

presentations by Nebraska Agriculture Youth Council to grade schools throughout the state to educate students on how ingredients from a pizza start out on a farm or ranch. For more information or to request a presentation at your school, contact

Deanna Karmazin at 402-421-4408 or [email protected].

Ag Pen Pal MailingNebraska Agriculture in the Classroom will be mailing A to Z product

posters to all teachers that are a part of the Ag Pen Pal program during National Ag Week. If you are not already signed up to be an Ag Pen Pal, contact Shayna Truax at [email protected] or 402-421-4447 to sign up!

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Nebraska Farm Bureau would like to give a big thank you to the members that took the time to volunteer at the State Fair Beef Pit Aug. 27. Volunteers included Bill Lueck from Ord, Tom Smedra from Mason City, Shane Greckel from Bloomfield, Ben Keep from Scotia, Dennis Keil from Louisville, Dylan Ferris from Central City, Nick Halmes from Plattsmouth, Jim Johnson from Dix, Susan Nelson from Monroe, Willow Holoubek from David City, state board member Don Benner from Central City, and Farm Bureau staff Jay Ferris, Jordan Dux and Whittney Kelley. Again, thank you for helping Nebraska Farm Bureau with a successful day at the Nebraska State Fair!

Nebraska Ag-riculture in the Classroom was on hand during

the Nebraska State Fair to educate stu-dents about

Nebraska Agriculture.

Deanna Karmazin, state

director, edu-cates students

on where their milk comes from above.

Morgan Pelster, Andrea Pelster and Sadie Scarborough from the Wheeler Central FFA Chapter were wearing their “Producer of Livestock” T-shirts while leading their Boer goats to the pens they had just placed fresh bedding and feed in.

Preston Acton of Gage County sheers his lamb in preparation for the show ring in the sheep barn while wearing his “Producer of Livestock” T-shirt.

Walker Behnken wears his “Producer of Livestock” T-shirt with pride. He is leading Mohrview Daylight who is his cousin Colt Wakefield’s 4-H project. Colt received Re-serve Junior Champion with Daylight dur-ing the 4-H/FFA Youth Dairy Cattle Show.

Nebraska State FairAug. 23-Sept. 2, 2013 • Grand Island, Neb.

The Nebraska State Fair is the mecca for 4-H and FFA exhibitors across the state to showcase their hard work throughout the year,

and this year Nebraska Farm Bureau was proud to offer them an extra reward for their efforts. All 4-H and FFA large animal exhibitors

received a T-shirt sponsored by Nebraska Farm Bureau. Recipients were encouraged to “wear and share” their shirts with pride around

the fairgrounds. Below are some of the photos that we received.

Staff and volunteers worked the booth at the Nebraska State Fair visiting with people about Nebraska Farm Bureau and the importance of agriculture in Nebraska.


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Nebraska Farm Bureau welcomed 70 new members to the Farm Bureau family at Husk-er Harvest Days in Grand Island! The booth also gave away more than 5,000 sno cones going through 425 pounds of ice and 13 gallons of sno cone topping. Kameron Buss, Elise Espland, Calie Hiegel and Abigail Staehr enjoy their sno cones and sunglasses on day one of the show.

New Farm Bureau members who joined at Husker Harvest Days received $20 cash back. Husker Harvest Days ran Sept. 10-12 in Grand Island and features the most ex-tensive state-of-the-art information and technology available for agricultural producers. Pictured is new member, Victoria Lipousky, receiving her $20 cash back after joining Nebraska Farm Bureau. Seventy new members took advantage of the deal!

FFA students from Plainview, Neb., proudly showcase their Nebraska Farm Bureau T-shirts around the Husker Harvest Days grounds promoting the work Farm Bureau does for farmers and ranchers across the state. From left, Marie Demerath, Cheyenne Bolling, Taelyr Beery, Melissa Pellatz and Jadin Doerr hold their friend Kailee Rafert.

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96th Annual Convention

Dec. 8-10, 2013

Younes Conference CenterKearney, Neb.

Grounded in the Past ... Focused on the Future

Registration Deadline: Nov. 15, 2013 • After Nov. 15, register at convention desk.

MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT TO ADDRESS BELOW or REGISTER ONLINE at nefb.orgConvention Registration, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, P.O. Box 80299, Lincoln, NE 68501-0299

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NFBF CONVENTION SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSUNDAY, DECEMBER 84:30 p.m. YF&R Committee Meeting5:30 p.m. YF&R Discussion Meet – Round 15:30 p.m. Credentials Committee Meeting6:00 p.m. Board Dinner & Meeting7:00 p.m. YF&R Dinner (off-site)DAY 1 – MONDAY, DECEMBER 98:00 a.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration Trade Show YF&R Discussion Meet – Round 29:00 a.m. President’s Annual Address10:15 a.m. Keynote Address11:30 a.m. Lunch1:00 p.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration Trade Show Workshops 1, 2, 3 YF&R Discussion Meet – Round 32:30 p.m. Workshops 1, 2, 3 YF&R Discussion Meet – Round 34:00 p.m. General Session4:55 p.m. YF&R Discussion Meet Finalists Announced5:00 p.m. SLPC Meeting

DAY 1 – MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 (cont.)5:15 p.m. YF&R Discussion Meet Finals6:30 p.m. NFB Foundation for Agriculture Fundraising Dinner Awards & Recognition, EntertainmentDAY 2 – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 107:00 a.m. Breakfast7:30 a.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration7:45 a.m. Caucuses8:00 a.m. General Session9:00 a.m. YF&R & APC Workshop12:00 p.m. Lunch1:00p.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration General Session (Elections at 1:00 p.m.)1:30 p.m. YF&R & APC Training (Committee Members Only)5:00 p.m. Farm Bureau Reception6:30 p.m. Annual FB Banquet Silver Eagle Award & Entertainment County PhotosWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 117:30 a.m. Board of Directors Breakfast & Meeting

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Inaugural Fundraiser – Dec. 9, 2013$50 per ticket – Younes Conference Center

($30 of this ticket price may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax consultant for more information.)Dinner at 6:30 p.m. • Awards and Entertainment to Follow • Silent & Live Auctions

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northwestThe last good rain we had was almost three weeks ago; we only received an inch and a quarter, so we need more rain. It has been cool and drizzly lately, and it is keeping pastures from deteriorating. Wheat farm-ers need more rain to plant winter wheat. There is no significant subsoil moisture.

southwestRight now we are seeing some dryland corn harvest, and it is coming in at 50 pounds per bushel and dry-land soybeans are in at 54 pounds per bushel. Farmers are looking at harvesting irrigated crops in about two weeks. We need more rain in central Lincoln County and overall the subsoil moisture is still lacking. Pastures aren’t looking good at all. Some calves are being weaned earlier than usual like we had to last year. We just need more rain in our area to make a difference. The rains we have had have been spotty.

north centralCrop conditions look good. Farmers are chopping silage right now. Harvest will most likely start in about a week for dryland crops. We haven’t received any moisture since early August and pastures are drying up, which is pretty typical of the season. There is no subsoil moisture.

south centralWe are about two weeks away from corn harvest, and I think soybean harvest may be in the next week or so. We just got some moisture, but we have been extremely dry in northern Adams County. Pastures look brown and in need of more rain.

centralCrop wise everything looks good. We are harvesting seed corn right now in our area. Seed corn yields are better than expected. Soybean and field corn harvest are at least two weeks away. Moisture is good right now, but we will need more subsoil moisture. However, I think we are sitting better this year than last year regard-ing subsoil moisture.

southeastIn our area the moisture we have received has helped to recharge the soil profile, but there is still concern that it is still dry further down. The rain we are receiving now is not helping to dry down the crop. Now we hope we have some warm dry days to help advance us toward harvest. We are all dryland and expect soybean har-vest to start in a week to week in a half. We might see corn harvest in the next two to three weeks. Cool season grasses are look-ing better since we have had these rains.

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tion (AFBF) expressed disappointment with the district court’s recent ruling upholding the Environmental Protec-tion Agency’s (EPA) total maximum daily load for the Chesapeake Bay. “We believe the ruling is incorrect and has huge implications for farmers and many others in the Bay area and nationwide,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman in a statement. Further, ac-cording to Stallman: “Win or lose in this lawsuit, farmers care deeply about our natural environment and want to do our part to improve water quality. But Congress did not authorize EPA to dictate how farmers, builders, home-owners and towns would share the responsibility of achieving clean wa-ter. That is the states’ job. We believe EPA’s approach wrongly puts federal agency staff in charge of intensely local land use decisions.” AFBF and allies in the case are reviewing the decision and evaluating next steps.

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the nation’s marine infrastructure will help America’s farmers and ranchers compete in global markets. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), repairs, construction and upgrades to America’s waterways and marine transportation sys-tem will help ensure the reliability of the na-tion’s most affordable, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable mode of trans-porting agricultural products. Introduced by Reps. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) and Timo-thy Bishop (D-N.Y.), H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, will help modernize the lock and dam infrastructure on the inland waterways system while also making necessary invest-ments in the nation’s shipping ports. “Farm Bureau believes having an efficient and re-liable inland waterway system linked to competitive ports is vital to America’s ability to provide affordable agricultural products domestically and to compete internation-ally,” stated AFBF President Bob Stallman,

in a letter to the four members of Congress. “Given their abil-ity to move large amounts of cargo, the na-tion’s inland waterways are a stra-tegic, eco-nomic and m i l i t a r y resource.” Farm Bureau had hoped that a fix to the EPA’s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation would be included in the legislation; how-ever, fearing a wave of Clean Water Act amendments, the language was left out. We remain focused on working with members of both the House and the Senate to add a legislative fix to the SPCC regulation to legislation yet this year.

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“There are multiple causes of obesity, but in the end it’s pretty simple – calories in are more than calories out,” said Marcia Wal-len, MS, RD, LMNT, registered dietitian with Williamsburg Hy-Vee in Lincoln.

In order to lose one pound, you need to burn or eat 3,500 fewer calories. That’s 500 calories or a sandwich and a glass of milk per day over a week’s time, said Wallen.

Obesity is most prevalent in developed countries with higher income levels. Yet, the average American spends just 10 percent of their income on food, including restaurants and takeout. This remains one of the lowest percentages around the world, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Econom-ic Research Service study.

“Obesity isn’t income related. American’s don’t walk or bike, we drive places. We sit in front of computers, video games and TVs. We look for the nearest parking spot, and we eat more,” said Wallen. “Losing weight is not easy. People need to work on both sides of the equation – eating fewer calories and moving more.”

Grocery stores are larger than ever, stocking different types of food consumers are demanding, the number of farmers mar-kets is at an all time high, restaurants are on every street corner – today American’s

have more options of where and how to source their food than ever.

One of the options includes how their food was raised. The organic market has had a massive increase in sales, growing from $3.4 billion in 1997 to $26.7 billion in 2010, but studies show that eating organic doesn’t equate to healthier eating. Organi-cally-grown food is higher in price, but not due to increased nutrition, but it must be produced through approved methods. These practices are often more expensive to implement, causing organic food to be two or three times more expensive.

“There are no studies that show organic is healthier. Some people are willing to spend more for the method food was grown, but the bottom line is – you can eat healthy and it doesn’t need to cost more – the cost of an apple is less than that of a candy bar,” said Wallen.

Other sections of grocery stores that have increased are the frozen or pre-prepared foods areas, due to demands of convenience.

“Convenience foods are wonderful, but also tend to be higher in fat, calories and so-dium than homemade options. Our lifestyle has changed so that someone isn’t at home cooking, and changing our lifestyle is where it gets complicated,” said Wallen.

Wallen noted there are a few simple things families can do to combat obesity –

1. Watch portion sizes a. People eat 30 percent less on a smaller plate2. Eating slower and taking smaller bites3. Eating at home as a family – this saves

calories and money“There are times it’s ok to indulge in

foods that aren’t as healthy for us, but that is sometimes,” concluded Wallen. “It’s all about moderation and variety.”

A Less Than Flattering Fit – America and Obesity

Consumers have more choices than ever before on where and how to source their food, yet when asked the majority of con-sumers purchasing organic, local, antibiotic free and grass-fed do not fully understand the labels or the production processes be-hind them. Below is a breakdown.

• USDA Certified OrganicThose who raise organically-grown food

must follow a strict set of guidelines out-lined by the USDA which indicates that the food has been produced through ap-proved methods. These practices are often more expensive to implement, causing or-ganic food to be two or three times more expensive.

A common misconception is that organi-cally raised foods do not use pesticides or fertilizers. Organic farmers can choose from certified pesticides and fungicides on their crops. They can also use organic matter (livestock manure) for fertilizer.

Additionally, consumers often believe that organic food is healthier and provides their family greater nutritional value – this is unproven. Organic is no safer or better for you than conventional according to a recent systematic review by Stanford University which examined hundreds of studies.

• Non-GMOFarmers have intentionally changed

the genetic makeup of all the crops they have grown since domestic agriculture began 10,000 years ago. Every fruit, vege-table and grain that is commercially avail-able today has been altered by human hands, including organic and heirloom seeds. In the late 20th century, advances in technology enabled the expansion of the genetic diversity of crops. A major result has been GMO seeds that main-tain or increase the yield of crops while requiring less land and fewer inputs, both of which lessens the impact of agriculture on the environment and reduce costs for farmers.

Before crops from GMO seeds reach the market, they are studied extensively to make sure they are safe for people, animals and the environment. Today’s GMO crops are the most researched and tested agricul-ture products in history.

Biotech crops currently available on the markets are the same composition-ally and nutritionally as non-GMO crops. Testing has shown and FDA review has confirmed that GMOs are nutritionally the same as non-GMO crops. Food from GMOs is digested in the body the same

as non-GMO food. Hundreds of studies have and continue to demonstrate that GMOs do not present any health risk, al-lergies, cancers, infertility, ADHD or any other diseases. In the years that farm-ers have grown GMO seeds, approxi-mately 1994, there has not been a single documented instance of harm to human health from GMOs.

• Grass-fedThere are multiple standards for grass-

fed labels or certifications, but all of cattle and sheep spend the majority of their life eating grass in pastures. The determinate of grass-fed are those cattle or sheep that have been raised on a pasture their entire lives. This takes the animals longer to reach ma-turity and is difficult to do in the majority of North America due to seasons and chang-ing weather conditions causing an increase in price. Grass-fed meat has not been prov-en to be more nutritious or healthy, but all types of meat provide essential nutrients to your body.

• Antibiotic FreeSome consumers are concerned that an-

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been no proven link to antibiotic treatment failure in humans due to antibiotic use in animals.

Healthy animals are the basis of a healthy, humane and safe food system. That is why it is important to prevent and control diseases in farm animals and to treat animals when they are sick. Farmers and ranchers use antibiotics judiciously to keep the risk extremely low of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria that is harmful to people.

Additionally, a common misconcep-tion is that antibiotics used on animals will be present in the meat purchased at the store. All animals treated with antibiot-ics must go through a withdrawal period and meet federal standards for antibiotic residue before the meat enters the food supply.

• LocalThe definition for locally produced food

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founding director, at UNL. Her research focus areas are plant genetics, epigenetics, genomics and organelle biology, and she is an elected fellow in both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ameri-can Society of Plant Biologists.

Dr. Mackenzie will discuss ways the de-bate about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, has obscured people’s ability to understand the true threats to the world’s future agricultural security. She will exam-ine how this process has gone off track, and where misinformation has hijacked the de-bate. There is no cost to attend the lecture.

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BPI, along with two related companies, BPI Technology Inc. and Freezing Machines Inc., filed its defamation suit last month in Union County Circuit Court in South Da-kota. Last week, attorneys for ABC filed a motion to move the case from state court to federal court. A U.S. District Court judge has not ruled on the request for the trans-fer. A lawyer for BPI said the company will oppose the motion to dismiss.

Mythcrusher Video Focuses On ‘Meatless Monday’

Saving the environment by eating less meat has been a motivation for Meatless Monday supporters, but a new Meat Myth-Crusher video challenges those claims. The

video, produced by the American Meat Institute and the American Meat Science Association, features an interview with Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D, Associate Profes-sor and Air Quality Specialist in Coopera-tive Extension at the University of California-Davis, who discredits the belief that cutting meat from your diet one day a week can have a significant envi-ronmental benefit.

Mitloehner cites Environmental Protec-tion Agency data showing that U.S. meat production has a carbon footprint of 3.4 percent, and beef production 1.4 percent. Using that data, if everyone were to cut out beef from their diet one day per week, it would lead to a .2 percent greenhouse gas reduction.

The Meat MythCrusher video series in-cludes more than 25 videos and has ac-cumulated more than 40,000 views on YouTube since its launch in 2011. View the videos at www.meatmythcrushers.com.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has released a new educa-tional game entitled “Load the Lunchbox” that helps young learners connect the food in their lunchboxes to the farmers who produce it.

The engaging new game was designed specifically for the pre-K-K learner, but is fun for the whole family. Learners meet Farmer Luis who takes them on a trip to farms across the nation. At each stop, learn-ers race to swipe the screen and harvest all of the nutritious food on the farm. Once

harvested, learners earn a related item to add to their lunchbox.

Accompanying the game is a new eComic “Teaching Winter Wheat” that allows players to join Benjamin P. Farm-ington as he visits a wheat farm through-out the year to learn about how wheat is planted, grown, harvested, stored and pro-cessed. The new game and resources can be found at myamericanfarm.org/games/load_the_lunchbox/.

In addition to the release of Load the Lunchbox, the Foundation also announced the launch of a new version of the popular game “Ag Spin ‘N Solve.” In this enhanced version, users pick from a variety of agricul-tural categories before spinning the prize wheel and solving a word puzzle. New sub-ject areas and terms have been added to the game to help learners increase their un-derstanding of the science and technology involved in agriculture.

My American Farm is an educational game platform that was launched in 2011 to engage pre-K through fifth grade learners in

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Maybe it is because I can see the end of the year coming, and I know that after all the hard work of the spring and summer, our time is short until Mother Nature sends us another blast of Nebraska winter. September can be so much better than the heat of summer or the cold of winter, and in the green industry the return of September also brings with it being able to stop fighting the heat and being able to enjoy our work outside. And while fall isn’t truly with us until we reach Sept. 22, there is so much we can do in our yards, gardens and landscapes into fall.

Fall is a great time for planting in our land-scapes. While there are many who think the best time to plant in the landscape is in spring, I actually prefer to install new plants in late summer to early fall. The moderation of Mother Nature’s extremes offers us a wonder-ful time to plant, harvest, maintain and encour-age our gardens and landscapes to even better levels. Mother Nature usually offers a bit of rain and nice lingering warmth to give our new plants the perfect chance to settle into place

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While designs, materials and construction methods have improved over the years, you can still rely on Wick to provide a great building at a competitive price.

And Wick maintains the same dedication to helping Nebraska farmers, families and businesses helping Nebraska farmers, families and businesses by providing long-lasting, low-maintenance buildings that stand the test of time.

That’s the Wick way of building. Always has been.And always will be.

Contact Wick Buildings at:800-356-9682 or WickBuildings.com

Wick Helps Build Manyof Nebraska’s Best Farms

Carlson Home & Auto Inc.Propane Sales & Service

513 Broadway,Wausa

Propane for Farm & HomePhoenix BBQ GrillsTire Sales & RepairSmall Motor Repair

York & Luxaire FurnacesYork & Luxaire Air Conditioners

A.O. Smith Water HeatersLB White Units for Hog Houses

402-586-2282 • 800-253-1893


EVENTS & TRAVEL

Directions: South of Norfolk Nebraska on Hwy 81 to the

POPPY’S PUMPKIN PATCHVisit for fall fun including crafts,

zip lines and MUCH more!!!2 zip lines - 700’ and 400’! Available weekends only.

Must have signed waiver available on website or at entrance.

Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pmSept. 14 thru Oct. 31.

www.poppyspumpkinpatch.com (402) 379-0455

Sara Alber, Emily Nelson, Desarae Catlett and Mitchell Poss are the officers for the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) Farm Bureau Club. The students act as the planning and programming committee for the club.

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Tues., Oct. 15, 20136:30 p.m. Meal

RSVP by Oct. 11, 2013308-872-6433 or 308-858-4583

Tumbleweed CaféBroken Bow, NE

Official NoticeDODGE COUNTY FARM BUREAU

ANNUAL MEETINGWed., Oct. 2, 2013

6 p.m. Social, 6:30 p.m. Dinner with meeting to follow

Speaker: Rob Robertson, Chief Administrator

The Office – Hooper, NE

Official NoticeDOUGLAS COUNTY


Tues. Oct. 15, 20136 p.m.

10835 Cottonwood LaneOmaha, NE

Official NoticeKEITH COUNTYFARM BUREAU

ANNUAL MEETINGWed., Oct. 2, 2013

6:30 p.m. MealSpeaker: Jay Rempe, Vice

President/Governmental RelationsOle’s Big Game Bar

Paxton, NE

Official NoticeNANCE COUNTYFARM BUREAU

ANNUAL MEETING

Tues., Oct. 8, 2013Meeting following 6 p.m. Meal

Fullerton Senior CenterFullerton, NE

Official NoticeSCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY


Mon., Oct. 7, 20136:30 p.m.

Gering Civic CenterGering, NE

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FARM EQUIPMENTFOR SALE: 2 drying bins, load-ed; $10,000 Conrad 24’, 6 ring, 6,000bu+; $20,000 GSI 36’, 9 ring, 21,000bu+; both have grain spreaders, 3 down augers, drying floors, vertical unload. Call Cairo, 308-485-4464.

FOR SALE: John Deere 9400 combine w/915 platform, 3083/4178 hrs, $35,000, very good condition. Call Cass, 402-275-3349.

FOR SALE: John Deere 1996 920F, flex head, very good con-dition, low acres, shed kept, recent new wobble box, clean and straight, $6,475. Call Adams, 402-705-0373.

FOR SALE: Mercedes single axle semi truck; 22’ jet grain trailer; DMI markers; 60’ x 8” fedral auger with swing hopper. Call Platte, 402-276-0385, 402-276-0776.

FOR SALE: J.D. deep chisel 5 shank; J.D. 630 wide front 3 point; J.D. 70 gas; ’65 Ford ¾ ton with utility bed, new 6 cyl. Motor; ’57 Chevy truck, cabot chasis; J.D. 700 grind mixer. Call Sherman/Valley, 308-745-5064.

FOR SALE: 12’ Great Plains chisel ‘graham’ plow, $800; Pul-safeeder 340 chemical injector for center pivot, $400; Outback ‘52’ guidance system light bar, $600. Call Seward, 402-534-4301.

FOR SALE: D 19 AC, new paint and decals, three point, $6500; 1977 3.0, 5th wheel camper, AC, $1500; 78’ Chev Pu. 454 bored 40 rebuilt tran; 77’ Dodge 4 door, big block, good tires. Call Washington, 402-426-9706.

FOR SALE: New Idea No. 709, hydro uni and cy turbo charged, front wheel assist with several attachments; Bobcat 2012 S650 skid steer loader, 84 inch bucket, like new, 202 hours. Call Holt, 402-482-5289.

FOR SALE: No 9 Hydraulic sickle mower with 9 ft. bar. Call Kimball, 308-235-2507.

FOR SALE: 1 good Firestone Tire, 16.9 R96, 2 star; 2 wheel farm trailer with new 2” floor, 5’ x 10’. Call Madison, 402-841-6391.

FOR SALE: 2008 Honda Foreman ES, 1,450 miles, ga-

rage kept, new maxis bulldog tires, 2nd seat w/ storage, power steering, electric shift, looks like new, front and back racks. Call Hall, 308-745-0249.

FOR SALE: 1956 #440 John Deere Crawler; 2 cylinder De-troit Diesel with loader; 1946 John Deere 15-38 tires for pull-ing; 674 International Tractor, 3 point, wide front, power steer-ing, fenders. Call Platte, 402-276-1036.

FOR SALE: Cattle head gate, $100; wire winder (pto) $50; rail road ties $4; H trac-tor with 3 pt. bush hog, blade, and plow $3,500. Call Pawnee, 402-852-0140 or 402-852-6479.

WANTED: 1946 John Deere B tractor, runable, must be complete. Call Saunders, 402-642-5876.

VEHICLESFOR SALE: 1998 Ford Tau-rus SE, 128,000 miles, nice older car. Call Thayer, 402-365-4564.

FOR SALE: 2009 GMC Yukon SLT, 4WD, white

diamond/titanium, 5.3L Flex Fuel, DVD, Navigation, rear entertainment, sunroof, quad seating, Bose, rearview camera, towing, 20” wheels, chrome+, extras, immacu-late, $32,430. Call Valley, 308-750-6221.

FOR SALE: 2003 F-150 4x4, Pu. 61K miles, $11,000, very good condition. Call Lancaster, 402-610-0534.

WANTED: Willys, two door, aero, ace, wing, eagle automo-bile. Call Hall, 308-381-1769.

MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE: Green recliner lift chair, like new condition, less than 2 years old, $500 or best offer. Please leave a detailed message including your name, phone number and the date and time that you called. Call Dawson, 308-325-2148.

FOR SALE: Coleman tur-quoise gas iron with instruction sheet, pump, in the original box. Call Cheyenne, 308-250-1457.

FOR SALE: Old ten gallon cream cans, $4 each; old fruit jars; books; magazines, $.25-

$.50. Call Lancaster, 402-327-8918.

FOR SALE: Several years of Toy Farmer and Farm Collector magazines, $10 for all. Call Madi-son, 402-640-3028.

FOR SALE: Lighted display units $50 or make an offer for multiple units. Great for small business or home! Glass shelves, hangers, 2 drawers. Pictures at tossanoffer.com or text Pierce, 402-992-2245.

FOR SALE: 13 ft. trampoline frame, springs, and protective cover, missing pad to jump on. Give an offer. Call Lancaster, 402-489-5613.

FOR SALE: 3 piece tub shower surround, sliding door and faucets; alto sax; trombone; clarinet. Call Thayer, 402-365-4564.

FOR SALE: Oak firewood, split and ready to burn, full size pickup load $125, mid size pick-up load $100. Call Washington, 402-533-2123

WANTED: Custom silage and ear corn chopping. Call Cuming, 402-372-6337.

WANT ADS

Free Want Ads for Farm Bureau MembersFarm Bureau members may submit one free Want Ad per month. If there is more than one category mentioned with the Want Ad we will split it into multiple categories, but it must be a combined total of 30 words or less. Ads are used on a space-available basis, subject to approval. Ads exclude real property (permanent structures) such as homes, farms, ranches and businesses. Selling crops or herds of livestock also is excluded. Send typed or printed ads to Want Ads, c/o Kylee Planer, Nebraska Farm Bureau News, P.O. Box 80299, Lincoln, NE 68501 or email [email protected]. If you would like to rerun your ad you must resubmit the ad. Previously submitted ads will not be kept on file. Deadline is the 1st of each month. (No issue in July.) The Want Ad form can be found on our members website (nefb.org/members), login and click on NEWS and then Submit a Want Ad.


9500 SeriesDesigned for the toughest environments and terrain. The most rugged member of the Zimmatic family is built with the industry’s thickest pipeline.

8500 SeriesAn incredible value featuring structural strength and long-lasting reliability. The 8500 matches the competition’s thickest pipeline.

7500 SeriesCost-effectively irrigates fields up to 60 acres, featuring a full 10.5 ft crop clearance. An ideal small field irrigator.

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Zimmatic® by Lindsay offers proven systems and products that are built to be strong, long lasting, durable and easy to use for growers who need highly efficient irrigation choices.

With the Lindsay Advantage, you can mix and match components to build your own unique system. Choose your pivot point, spans, tower structure, driveline, control panel and add-ons for a complete solution that fits your field.

© 2012 Lindsay. All rights reserved. Zimmatic is a registered trademark of the Lindsay Corporation. All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Certain restrictions and conditions apply. See your local Zimmatic by Lindsay dealer for complete details. www.zimmatic.com

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402-336-4437 Vermeer and the Vermeer logo are trademarks of Vermeer Manufacturing Company in the U.S. and/or other countries. © 2012 Vermeer Corporation. All rights reserved.

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SIMPLE. DURABLE. VERSATILE.You asked, we delivered.

An optional square bale kit lets you process large square bales evenly

and consistently.

There are two ways to design a machine. One approach is to strap your customers’ boots on and build something you assume they need. Or, you can let them wear their own boots as they tell you what’s really needed in the field. Before we set out to build the BPX9000, we listened closely to what our customers wanted and needed in a bale processor. They kept asking for the same things: Simplicity, Durability and Versatility. So that’s the bale processor we built.

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WANTED: DAMAGED GRAINWe pay top dollar for damaged grain. We buy grain

in virtually any condition. Trucks and vacs available. Immediate response anywhere.

Call for a quote today

Pruess Elevator, Inc.800-828-6642

Official NoticeSHERIDAN COUNTY


Tues., Oct. 15, 20137:30 p.m.

102 South Post St.Hays Springs, NE

Official NoticeWAYNE COUNTYFARM BUREAU

ANNUAL MEETINGThurs., Oct. 7, 2013

6:30 p.m. MealSpeaker: Jordan Dux, Director of

National AffairsMiss Molly’sWayne, NE

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Loyalty pays.To help members out and to show our appreciation, we’re extending a $500 private offer 1 toward the purchase or lease of nearly any new 2013 Chevrolet vehicle.

From Equinox to Traverse to Malibu and more — a new vehicle can be exactly what a growing family needs to thrive.

1 Offer available through 4/1/14. Available on all 2012 and 2013 Chevrolet vehicles (excluding Volt). This offer is not available with some other offers, including private offers. Only customers who have been active members of an eligible Farm Bureau for a minimum of 60 days will be eligible to receive a certificate. Customers can obtain certificates at www.fbverify.com/gm. Farm Bureau and the FB logo are registered service marks of the American Farm Bureau Federation and are used herein under license by General Motors.

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