Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

LINCOLN, NEB. – The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation selected two recipients for the Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor of the Year award. Casey Carriker from Raymond Central High School and Ashton Bohling from Auburn High School were honored at the Nebraska FFA Convention on Thursday, April 5, in Lincoln. The winning advisors received a plaque and a $1,000 donation to their FFA chapters.

NORTH PLATTE, NEB. – The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation and its Promotion and Education Committee hosted the second annual Agriculture Matters Race on March 17 in North Platte. Racers from across the state came together to celebrate agriculture in Nebraska and the connection to health and fitness.

LINCOLN, NE – The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation has selected two teachers as their Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom 2018 Teachers of the Year. The Teacher of the Year is awarded to two outstanding teachers that incorporate agriculture into their classroom through innovative ideas and lessons.

KEARNEY, NEB. – The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation held its annual Grower’s Gala on Dec. 4 during the 2017 Nebraska Farm Bureau Annual Convention. The evening was filled with dinner, a live auction, and entertainment by local Kearney musicians the 1733 Chorus and the Kearney High School Camerata Orchestra.

LINCOLN, NEB.– In keeping with its mission to support the future of Nebraska agriculture, the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded scholarships to five participants of the Nebraska LEAD program.

LINCOLN, NEB.– The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation is working to keep agricultural educators in Nebraska classrooms by awarding 16 Nebraska agricultural education teachers $14,750 toward their student loans.

JACKSON, NEB. – More than 300 fifth graders from Northeast Nebraska gained firsthand experience on where their food, fiber, and fuel come from by attending the first ever Growing Potential Ag Festival in Jackson, Neb., on August 24.

LINCOLN, NEB.– The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation awarded the Nebraska Rural Radio Foundation Scholarship in Honor of Max & Eric Brown to Sasha Taylor of Ainsworth.