Explore these materials designed to help teachers teach and students learn. Supplemental materials are informative across all ages in educational settings.
Informational Cards
Crop Cards
Learn more about ten of Nebraska’s crops with basic facts and illustrations on these cards.
Livestock Cards
Illustrations and facts bring to life the livestock that Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers care for. This set includes five, 8 ½” x 11” featured livestock as well as one vocabulary card.
Posters
Contact us to order hard copies of any of the following posters.
Beef A to Z - Corn A to Z - Pigs A to Z - Soybeans A to Z
A Glimpse of Agriculture Poster
This 18” x 24” poster shares an infographic to give you a quick glimpse of Nebraska agriculture.
My Nebraska Plate Poster
This poster shares with students what makes up a healthy and nutritious meal using the My Plate nutrition guide to divide the five food groups. Each food group shares a story about a Nebraska farmer or rancher who grows or raises that food group.
Readers
Beef Reader
4th Grade
Language Arts – Math – Science – Social Studies
Explore with Cowboy Caiden, a 9-year old Nebraska ranch kid, while he learns about beef cattle and the environment. Pair this resource with the Beef It Up curriculum! Contact foundationforag@nefb.org to order a set of 30 booklets.
Online Learning Games
My American Farm
My American Farm is an educational game platform to engage pre-K through fifth grade learners in the discovery of relevant agricultural issues. Today the free site offers 19 agriculturally themed games and more than 100 free educator resources such as lesson plans, activity sheets, and comics.
Use the library of free games and resources on My American Farm to introduce students to the vital role agriculture plays in their everyday lives. The resources on this site are designed to:
- Reinforce important curriculum concepts in a fun and engaging way (See a list of great resources and standards alignment by clicking on “The Classroom” on www.myamericanfarm.org.
- Introduce students to agriculture and the important role it plays in our everyday lives

Journey 2050
The year 2050 is a key moment in time – the world’s population will be a projected 10 billion. Food production needs are expected to rise by 60-70% and changing agronomic conditions will put pressure on agricultural yields.
Journey 2050 is a FREE agriculture education program, for ages 13 to adult, that challenges participants to answer the question “How will we sustainably feed 9 billion people by the year 2050?”
Are you up for the challenge? Journey 2050 can be completed in 6 hours or pick and choose the topics you want to learn about! Real-farm families will guide you through your journey.
Remember, every decision you make impacts our world’s sustainability – learn to balance social, economic, and environmental factors at a local and global scale.
Farmer 2050
Free Farm Game! Feed the world from the palm of your hand!
Grow crops, raise livestock, craft and sell goods, and engage with local and global partners as you level up. Feeding the world relies on balancing your economic, social, and environmental sustainability so strive to be a leader. Along the way, real farmers from across the world will show you what they are doing on their farms.