Fellows from the Nebraska Leadership Education/Action Development (LEAD) program, visited the University of Nebraska Medical Center Feb. 27-28. The group was learning more about UNMC’s rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts as part of the LEAD program.
Housed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, LEAD is a statewide agricultural leadership development program designed to increase knowledge and understanding of economics and social changes affecting agriculture and rural areas. It is now in its 33rd year.
Each year, LEAD provides up to 30 of Nebraska's most promising adult men and women agriculturalists an opportunity to participate in an intensive two-year educational program designed to enhance the leadership development essential for the long-term future of farming/ranching and agribusiness in Nebraska and the nation.
Members of the LEAD 2013-2015 class and their hometowns:
Amelia — Wayne Frederick, Frederick Ranch/Childers Farms
Bruning — Brad Heinrichs, Heinrichs Farms/NFB Crop Insurance
Burwell — Chris Bender, Great Western Bank
Cambridge — Calvin Wineland, American Butchers, LLC
Central City — Jon Root, Producer
Clatonia — Barry Young, Agri-King Nutrition, Inc.
Doniphan — Tim Johnson, Farmers National Company
Elgin — Keith Borer, Producer / CVA Coop and Anne Meis, Meis Farms
Fremont — Jeff Moon, Farmers National Company
Geneva — Nate Hughes, Hughes Farms
Grand Island — Justin Jake Tollman, Nutrient Advisors, LLC
Haigler — Alex Peterson, Windmill Ranch, LLC
Hickman — Nathan Dorn, Dorn Farms
Hayes Center — Matt Broz, Zorb Inc.
Imperial — Nick Fowler, Kuenning & Sons, LLC
Jansen — Brooke Engelman, Classic Dairy, Inc.
Kennard — Jason Arp, Arp Cattle and Knee Deep, LLC
Lincoln — Matt Dolch, Syngenta
McCook — Jolene Messinger, Messinger Lands, Inc./JRM FIN Srvcs, LLC,/ SW Feeders, LLC
Mitchell — Michael Ann Relka, Western Sugar Cooperative
Pleasanton — Pete Dixon, Dixon Ag Services, LLP
Randolph — Ryan Brodersen, Brodersen Farms
Roca — Chad McDaniel, McDaniel Ag
Omaha — Kenny Smith, Farm Credit Services of America
Scottsbluff — Jessica Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Seward — Mark Suhr, Suhr & Lichty Insurance Agency Inc.
Sutton — Jess Waddell, D.V.M., The Maschhoffs LLC
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