Nebraska Farm Bureau News - October 2010

NebraskaFarm Bureau NewsOCTOBER 20, 2010

VOL. 28 ISSUE 9

Nebraska Farm Bureau Surpasses Membership Goalspages 5

Join Us In Kearney for the 2010 NFBF Annual Conventionpages 8-9

Find Out Who The Friends of Agriculture Are in the Voter’s Guidepages 13-15

A-FAN TV Ads Tell the Story Of Nebraska Livestock Farmerspage 20

Fall Traditions

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Keith Olsen, president (Grant)Steve Nelson, first vice president (Axtell)Rob Robertson, chief administrator/ secretary-treasurer (Lincoln)

BOARD OF DIRECTORSNathan Bartels (Elk Creek) Mark McHargue (Central City)Jason Kvols (Laurel) Kevin Peterson (Osceola)John C. Martin (Pleasanton) Ross Garwood (Amelia)Bruce Stuart (Lexington) Andy DeVries (Ogallala)Sherry Vinton (Whitman) Larry Hudkins (Malcolm)Hilary Maricle (Albion)

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On the CoverSome fall traditions in Nebraska include harvest, picking pumpkins, watching football and growing Indian corn.

Photos by Nebraska Farm Bureau members

MYTHBUSTERSFind out if high fructose corn syrup is safe, if it contributes to obesity and why it isn’t called corn sugar.

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Healthier TimesLearn more about what breast cancer is, its risk fac-tors and what you can do to detect it at any age. Also find out the truth behind some common myths.

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In Every Issue3-4 County News5 Member Benefits6 What’s Cooking?11-12 State News16 Cover Story18 National News27 Want Ads

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The President’s MessageBy Keith Olsen, PresidentNebraska Farm Bureau Federation®

We’ve just completed a very successful mem-bership year for Nebraska Farm Bureau. We’ve topped our American Farm Bureau

quota goal and our own state goal and we’ve qualified for special recognition from the American Farm Bureau, for exceeding AFBF quota by 2.5 percent.

Congratulations are due to many people. But credit, if you will, must also go to the regulatory and social environment in which we live and work today – and certainly to Farm Bureau’s work to resolve important public policy issues.

At our September meeting, your Farm Bureau Board of Directors voted to ask our Congressional delegation to work with their colleagues to halt the Environmen-tal Protection Agency’s non-stop regulatory assault on farmers and ranchers. Our letter has been cited widely – by our federal representatives and in numerous me-dia reports.

EPA: WE’LL SAVE YOU FROM SPILLED MILKIn the past 18 months, EPA has introduced at least

10 new air and water regulations. Farm Bureau ques-tions whether some of these will have any positive impact on the environment – such as the requirement that dairy farmers have a containment plan in case milk – milk! – leaks from a storage tank. But what is certain about the new EPA regulations is that they will create more paperwork and red tape for America’s food producers.

There’s more paperwork coming, too, from the new health care law, and the requirement that business owners – farmers, ranchers and other business owners – must issue an IRS Form 1099 anytime they buy more than $600 worth of goods or services from a vendor in a year. For a farmer hauling grain to market, that’s one fill-up of his semi. One!

IRS: DO OUR JOB FOR USThe aim of this new regulation is to find revenue to

fund the health care law – by requiring business owners to provide the paper trail for the IRS to find unreported income. IRS should be using its own audit powers to find that missing money rather than asking business owners to bear a new reporting burden.

Nebraska Farm Bureau was among the first agri-

cultural organizations to raise awareness of the 1099 reporting requirement and to work for its repeal. Although initial efforts in Congress to end the require-ment failed, we continue to work on other avenues to get rid of it.

Issues such as these – and Farm Bureau’s very visible work to resolve them – are part of the reason for Farm Bureau membership growth this past year. As the regu-lations pile on, people want a partner who will speak for their interests.

FB: MEMBERS MAKE CHANGE HAPPENBut, Farm Bureau members – both new and veteran

members – must also be part of achieving solutions. Consider these new research findings from the Cen-ter for Food Integrity: consumers are twice as likely to believe what the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani-mals (PETA) tell them about farm animal care than they are to believe what they hear from farm organizations. And livestock farmers themselves rate below farm orga-nizations.

Isn’t that incredible – the people who work with food animals every day are perceived as less believable than animal rights organizations that never spent a night with a cow struggling to give birth? Apparently for consum-ers, the closer you are to a profit motive, the farther you are from being trustworthy.

We must work together to change these percep-tions. We must let consumers know we are guided by a moral compass that puts top priority on the care, comfort and well-being of the animals because we know it is the right thing to do. We must engage with consumers, show them what we do, answer their specific questions.

This is a goal none of us can achieve alone. Working together, in and through Farm Bureau, we can do this. Make the most of your Farm Bureau membership – get involved. Speak up, speak out, make change happen.

Issues Spur FB Membership Growth

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COUNTY NEWS

Merrick County Farm Bureau presented its Grassroots Award Sept. 7 at its annual meeting to the Glause Family of Palmer. The award was given to the late Loy Glause and his wife, Norma Jean. They raised corn and registered Angus cattle and had a truck garden and roadside vegetable stand. They ventured into the egg business for several years and also planted a fruit tree orchard. They also grew and marketed cucumbers and experimented with raising peanuts.

The Glause family had one cow that sup-plied enough milk for the entire family; their seven sons shared responsibility for milking the cow by hand twice a day. Four of their sons and one grandson continue to raise and sell registered Angus bulls under their Lazy Black Diamond Ranch name. Their farm and Angus cattle have earned them many awards over the years.

The Glause family consists of 13 children, 40 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and four step great-grandchildren. They have been Farm Bureau members for many years.

Merrick County Farm Bureau Gives Grassroots Award to Glause Family

Cedar County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting Sept. 9 in the Felber Park shelter house in Hartington. Marty Stewart from Dixon County spoke about his experience in the Nebraska LEAD program and showed slides from his LEAD trip to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. He talked about how these countries have made a transition from being under the socialist rule of the U.S.S.R. to a market-based, capitalistic system. He also described visits to agribusinesses, including a John Deere dealership. Nebraska Farm Bureau representatives Jason Kvols, District 3 state board member; Becky Graham, Ag Promotion Committee member; and Malinda Villwok, Young Farm-ers & Ranchers Committee member, gave reports on what is happening in Farm Bureau and encouraged those present to become involved in some way. Stewart is pictured talking with members who attended the Cedar County meeting.

Cedar County Farm Bureau

Members Encouraged to Become Involved in Farm Bureau

Thurston County Farm Bureau has recognized Walter and Violet Albrecht and George H. and Irene Albrecht, all of Thurston, for 62 years of Farm Bureau member-ship. Plaques were presented to them Sept. 15 at Thurston County’s annual meeting and appreciation supper at Twin Creeks Golf Club in Pender. Pictured from left are Keith Olsen, Nebraska Farm Bureau president; George and Irene Albrecht; Joel Lam-plot, Thurston County Farm Bureau president; and Violet and Walter Albrecht.

Thurston County Farm Bureau

Families Recognized for 62 Years of Membership

District 40 legislative candidates Sen. Merton “Cap” Dierks (left) and Ty-son Larson (right) spoke at the Pierce County Farm Bureau Annual Meet-ing Sept. 12 in Pierce. Dierks spoke about the need to restructure Ne-braska’s system of taxing real property and how he continues to work on ways to resume horse slaughter in the U.S. He estimated that more than 100,000 horses need to be put down each year and because they can no longer be slaughtered , they are suffering needlessly. Larson spoke about the need for rural economic development to bring young people back to rural Nebraska. When asked about the problem of funding roads in the state, he suggested expanded gaming, including rebuilding the horse racing industry and using taxes from gaming entities to fund roads.

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COUNTY NEWS4 OCTOBER 20, 2010 Nebraska Farm Bureau News

Sus Peden, an employee at the Sod House Museum in Gothenburg, has been an ambassador for Nebraska Farm Bureau the past two years. She meets more than 20,000 visitors a year, from all 50 states and several foreign countries. Peden has been handing out “I SPY” brochures and Activity Books provided by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Ag Promotion Committee to families as they pass through the state. She said families are elated to get the materials because they are free and fun. Peden answers any questions visitors have and tells them how to look for more agriculture things as they play the “I SPY” game. Ag Promotion Committee member Jo Anderson presented Peden with a thermos and travel mug from Farm Bureau for being such a wonderful spokesperson for agriculture in Dawson County.

Dawson County Farm Bureau

Sod House Museum Employee Honored for Being a Great Ambassador for Farm Bureau

Buffalo County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting Sept. 26 in Kearney. Nebraska Director of Agriculture Greg Ibach (standing, left) and U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith (standing, right) spoke to the 100 farmers who attended about expanding Nebraska’s international trade. Smith also briefed the group on estate taxes.

Buffalo County Farm Bureau

Ibach and Smith Speak at Buffalo County Annual Meeting

Approximately 80 people attended the Morrill County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Sept. 26 in Bridgeport. Morrill County Farm Bureau and several area businesses sponsored the supper. Gov. Dave Heineman (pictured) was the keynote speaker. Other speakers were State Sen. Ken Schilz; Rob Robertson, Nebraska Farm Bureau chief administrator; and Roger Berry, Nebraska Farm Bureau vice president/member services. Heineman talked about how well the state is doing compared to other states on unemployment and finances; about EPA regulations being out of control, about HSUS and animal welfare; and water. Schilz discussed issues for the next legislative session, including taxes, the state’s finances and water issues. Robertson talked about the challenges agriculture faces, including EPA rules and animal care issues. He also spoke about membership in Farm Bureau. Berry spoke briefly about membership and the need for County Farm Bureaus to continue to work on getting more members. He encouraged them to take applications he had brought with him so they could sign new members.

Morrill County Farm Bureau

Annual Meeting Speakers Discuss Legislative Issues and Membership

Agriculture in the Classroom Ag Pen Pals who live in Dawson County were guests of Dawson County Farm Bureau at its annual meeting Sept. 14 in Gothenburg. Keith Olsen, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation president, and his wife Doris attended the meeting; they also are Ag Pen Pals.

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MEMBER BENEFITS

Mission Accomplished: A Great Farm Bureau Membership Year!Nebraska Farm Bureau has just completed a terrific 2010

Membership Year. “Our membership year ends on Sept. 30, but on Sept. 9 we had already achieved our American Farm Bureau quota,” Roger Berry, Farm Bureau vice presi-dent/member services, said Oct. 7.

2010 AFBF Quota for Nebraska was 51,451 member families. However, Nebraska Farm Bureau’s own goal was higher: 52,480 families. That goal was surpassed on Sept. 23 when membership reached 52,759 families – which was also enough to qualify Nebraska for a special American Farm Bureau award. The “Navigator Award” honors state Farm Bureaus who reach membership totals 2.5 percent above their national quota.

Nebraska Farm Bureau’s year-end member number is 53,175 families, up from 51,719 for 2009.

ISSUES DRIVE INTERESTBerry attributed much of the membership growth to

the current climate for agriculture. “We have a lot of issues out there that draw people in. People want to be involved so we’re seeing more and more interest in Farm Bureau.”

The threat posed by the animal rights movement is the number one issue bringing people to Farm Bureau, he em-phasized. “People realize that the lifeblood of the state is at risk and they understand that they need to be part of responding to this challenge. We have a lot to lose here and we have to start speaking out about the good care we give our animals.” This issue also is responsible for higher-than-usual attendance this year at County Farm Bureau annual meetings, he said.

ACTIVE COUNTY FARM BUREAUSCounty Farm Bureaus also have been very active

and visible on local issues that affect members close to home, he said, and several held candidate forums and invited the public. In addition, many County Farm Bu-reaus hosted collection sites this June during the KOLN/KGIN TV “Can Care-a-Van” to benefit local food pan-tries. Others presented the Ak-Sar-Ben Pioneer Farm

Family Award to qualified families at their county fairs this fall.

“Nebraska Farm Bureau sponsored these programs, but it was our County Farm Bureaus that made them visible and successful,” Berry said. “People see Farm Bureau in action and it makes them want to become members.”

While Berry is excited about Farm Bureau’s member-ship success, he says the credit needs to go elsewhere. “Larry Zimmerman, who retired this spring, had already put the groundwork in place when I came on board. Partnering with Channels 10/11 on the Can Care-a-Van, for example, was Larry’s doing, and what a great idea that was!”

NEBRASKA FB EXCEEDS MEMBERSHIP GOAL The AFBF goal for Nebraska was 51,451 members. Our statewide goal was 52,480 members; we reached 53,175. NFBF receives the AFBF Navigator Award for a 2.5% gain in membership 32 County Farm Bureaus reached quota (includes multi-county Farm Bureaus)

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Pumpkin Dip and GingersnapsPumpkin Dip Ingredients1 8-oz. package cream cheese2 cups powdered sugar1 15-oz. can of solid pack pumpkin1 tablespoon ground cinnamon1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate

Pumpkin Dip Directions1. In a medium bowl, blend softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. 2. Gradually mix in the pumpkin. 3. Stir in the spices and orange juice until smooth and well-blended.4. Chill until serving.5. Serve with ginger snaps or apple wedges.

Yield: 4 cups

Gingersnaps Ingredients2 cups sugar1½ cups vegetable oil2 eggs½ cup molasses4 cups all-purpose flour4 teaspoons baking soda1 tablespoon ground ginger2 teaspoons cinnamon1 teaspoon saltAdditional sugar for rolling

Gingersnaps Directions1. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil; mix well.2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.3. Stir in molasses.4. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.5. Chill dough for at least an hour before shaping. Return the dough to the refrigerator while some cookies are baking.6. Shape into ¾ inch balls and roll in sugar.7. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.8. Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes or until cookie springs back when touched lightly.9. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Yield: 8-9 dozen

Cranberry Nut Popcorn Bars recipe from www.popcorn-recipes.net, gingersnaps recipe from Taste of Home magazine and pumpkin dip from www.allrecipes.com. Photos from Lois Linke, wife of Karl Linke, Nebraska Farm Bureau district director of member services for the southeast. Patriotic Snack Mix recipe from JoAnn Neel, granddaughter of Dick Neel, Nebraska Farm Bureau district director of member services for the southwest, photo from Dick Neel.

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

Patriotic Snack MixIngredients 1 cup dried cranberries1 cup dried blueberries1 cup yogurt covered raisins1½ cups honey roasted peanuts1 cup Honey Bunches of Oats Just Bunches! Cereal

Directions1. Mix all ingredients together.

2. Store in an air tight container.

Cranberry Nut Popcorn BarsIngredients6 cups popped popcorn (air-popped is best)3 cups miniature marshmallows1 tablespoon butter or margarine1 cup dried cranberries, chopped1 cup chopped walnuts2 tablespoons grated orange peel (about 1 orange)1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions1. Place popcorn in a large bowl. Set aside.2. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, cook and stir marshmallows and butter until melted.3. Stir in cranberries, walnuts, orange peel, and salt. Mix well.4. Pour over popcorn and toss to coat. This is messy.5. Press into a greased 11 x 7 inch baking pan. Cool.6. Cut into bars with a serrated knife.

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

November – holiday snacks and hors d’oeuvresDecember – soups and breadsJanuary – chocolate, sweet potatoes or heart-healthy foods


Top 10 Snack TrendsThe Food Channel has released its “Top

10 Snack Trends of the Year.” The list is based on research conducted by The Food Channel in conjunction with Culture-Waves®, International Food Futurists and Mintel International. These are the trends:

1. Chip and Dip 2.0. When was the last time you had potato chips and French On-ion dip? When it comes to snacking, we’re seeing new varieties push the old chip-and -dip duo aside. Instead of traditional chips, you may have Popchips. They’re not fried, not baked, they’re popped. Or your chips may be Pretzel Crisps, or may be infused with herbs such as rosemary, or they may even be cheese crisps. And the dip is health-ier, spicier, and often served hot.

2. Small and Sensational. Grazing is the new snacking. We are eating more sub-stantial snacks that are packed with protein, and we are eating them more often. So, for our pick-me-ups, we grab a slider at Steak ’n Shake, or a Big Mac Wrap at McDonald’s.

3. The Drink Shift. This trend is all about the “halo of health” around drinks made with fruit or antioxidants. We have a shift in snack beverages away from colas, away from ener-gy drinks, and more toward teas, lemonades, fruity waters and carbonated fruit drinks.

4. Goin’ Nuts. Nuts and granola. Nuts and fruits. Smoked nuts. There’s been a lot of talk about how good nuts are for you, and our snacking habits are adjusting accordingly.

5. Fruits: The Low Hanging Snack. Fresh. Dried. Freeze-dried. Locally-grown. You name it, and someone is sure to be snacking on it. The trend here is the main-streaming of new types of fruit, and the re-definition of locally grown to mean locally sourced. Fresh fruit is now the number one snack among kids aged 2 to 17.

6. Cruising the Bars. When it comes to snacks, they’ve definitely raised the bar. The granola bar, that is. The fact that it’s an ac-

ceptable emergency meal is mainstream, sure. What’s new is that the bars are offered in a va-riety of flavors and for a variety of purposes.

7. Sweet and Salty. Snacks have usually fallen into two categories: sweet or salty. And until recent years, the only way they mixed was when we ate something sweet, then craved something salty, or vice-versa. What we’re seeing today is that the barrier is re-moved. We dip our pretzels in peanut butter and we eat our fruit with a side of popcorn.

8. Yogurt, Redefined. The new gold standard for yogurt is, of course, the increased health value found with probiotics. Activia has somewhat cornered the branding for this, with yogurt that tastes good and makes you feel good about eating it. New self-serve frozen yogurt shops are popping up everywhere, too. Although not new, yogurt continues to rede-fine itself and is definitely trending up.

9. Bodaciously Bold. The point of snack-ing is to satisfy an urge – it’s not necessarily about hunger. It’s about getting up from your desk, eating on the run, complete portability. So bold flavors are almost becoming mainstream: how else do you explain flavors such as Dor-itos First-, Second- and Third-Degree Burn (Scorchin’ Habanero)? Or an old favorite snack, Chex Mix, with its Spicy Szechuan flavor?

10. Nostalgia’s New Again. Any decent tribute to snacking has to mention the tradi-tional Snack Cake. The Hostess Twinkie, the Ding Dong, the Little Debbie. We didn’t say they were the healthiest for you, but anything that has lasted this long deserves a mention in the snacking hall of fame. And, truth be told, we all snack on some of these from time to time. After all, a snack without a bit of “I-hope-no-one-catches-me” decadence isn’t really worth the trouble! So bite into a memory, but don’t let Mom know you’ve spoiled your dinner.

This information is from www.food channel.com/articles/article/top-ten-snack-trends-2010/


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“I’ve told more people about the networking opportunities the Lead-ership Academy offers. It is the best thing I have done profession-ally and personally in my career in ag-riculture. I learned how to approach agriculture issues in a positive way and tell my story in the process. It also helped me de-fine what my leadership style is and nurture those potentials. I’ve always felt deep down that Nebraska Farm Bureau has some muscle in agricul-ture. I think it is based on the honesty and integrity of the group. They don’t throw big money around, their only desire is to help Nebraska farmers and ranchers prosper.”

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Each year, the Farm Bureau Leadership Academy prepares a group of farmer and rancher members to lead Farm Bureau, ag-riculture and rural Nebraska into the future. Nebraska Farm Bureau has begun accepting applications for the 2011 Leadership Acad-emy.

County Farm Bureaus are asked to iden-tify individuals who are interested in this leadership program now so the nominee can submit an application to the Farm Bu-reau state office by Nov. 1. Fifteen individu-als will be selected to participate. Two will be selected from each of the five Member Services Districts and five will be selected at-large, Roger Berry, vice president/mem-

ber services, said Oct. 11. A selection com-mittee will review applications and partici-pants who are selected will be notified by Dec. 21.

The Academy schedule includes four two-day sessions in Nebraska and a visit to Washington, D.C. Each participant must at-tend at least three in-state sessions to be eligible for the Washington trip. This is the schedule: Jan. 28 & 29 in Kearney, Feb. 25 & 26 in Grand Island, March 18 &19 in Lincoln and August 19&20 in La Vista. Dates for the Washington,D.C. trip are Sept. 18-21.

For more information, contact Berry at [email protected] or at 800/742-4016, ext. 4406.

Nebraska Farm Bureau Calling for Leadership Academy Nominations

Dr. Joseph Glauber, chief economist with USDA, explained the functions of USDA and discussed current issues facing the agency with 2010 FB Leadership Academy members Craig Kuszak, Howard County Farm Bureau; and BrenDee Reinke, Antelope County, during their trip to Washington, D.C., Sept. 13-16.

Leadership Academy members enjoyed their time in Washington. Pictured back row from left are Steven Stettner, Hall County Farm Bureau; Ryan Sonderup, Nance Coun-ty; Craig Kuszak, Howard County; Mark Staman, Dawes County; Mark Jisa, Antelope County; Andy Groskopf, Scotts Bluff County; and Del Ficke, Seward County. Front row from left are Beth Sonderup, Nance County; Carl Moore, Frontier County; Sandra Schroder Loup County; BrenDee Reinke, Antelope County; Kim Mortensen of Frontier County; and Steve Kyes Merrick County.

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Keynote SpeakerBruce is a third generation logger from Libby, Mont. He helped form and is currently serving as president of Com-munities For A Great Northwest, executive director of Provider Pals and is co-owner of Envi-ronomics. He speaks throughout the U.S. and the world and has testified on re-source issues before Congress. He and his wife Patti Jo have four children, two sons-in-law and three grandchildren.

Jim McCarthySuccession Planning Workshop

Jim is the vice president of advanced estate and business markets for Farm Bureau Financial Services. He is also a member of the Parker Simons & McNeill PLC law firm and his special areas of expertise include estate tax, business succes-sion planning and charitable gifting strategies for a family-owned business, farm or ranch. Jim grew up on a farm in Washington, Iowa, and received his business and finance degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from Creighton University. He lives with his wife, Ann, and daughter, Lauren, in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation®

93rd Annual Convention

December 5-7, 2010

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSUNDAY, DECEMBER 55:00 p.m. YF&R Committee Meeting5:30 p.m. YF&R Mock Discussion Meet5:30 p.m. Credentials Committee Meeting6:00 p.m. Board Dinner & Meeting6:30 p.m. YF&R Dinner

DAY 1 – MONDAY, DECEMBER 68:00 a.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration Trade Show9:00 a.m. President’s Welcome Keynote Address10:30 a.m. Workshop 1 – Succession Planning Workshop 2 – Wind Energy Workshop 3 – TBA YF&R Preliminary12:00 p.m. Lunch APC report, 4-H Awards, KRVN Report, DDMS 1:15 p.m. Convention & Voting Delegate Registration Trade Show Workshop 1 – Succession Planning Workshop 2 – Wind Energy Workshop 3 – TBA YF&R Preliminary3:30 p.m. President’s Annual Address4:00 p.m. General Session4:55 p.m. YF&R Final 4 Announced in General Session5:15 p.m. Caucuses6:00 p.m. Group Dinner7:15 p.m. YF&R Discussion Meet - Finals8:00 p.m. Awards & Recognition Introduction of Board Candidates9:00 p.m. Conversation, Cookies, Ice Cream & Raffle

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As the organizational director for the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska (A-FAN), Willow Holoubek of David City is re-sponsible for ad-ministering the day-to-day operations of the organization. She also serves as a resource for Ne-braska farmers and ranchers looking to expand their livestock operations. A-FAN is a non-profit organization charged with developing educational opportunities and creating awareness about the importance of Nebraska agri-culture. Holoubek spent the last 20-plus years working with her husband Mark and four children on the family’s farm near David City.

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When the sponsor for the live webcast of the Sept. 24-26 Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Livestock Show in Omaha backed out at the last minute, Nebraska Farm Bureau Chief Administra-tor Rob Robertson asked other Midwest state Farm Bureaus to chip in so the web show could go on. Nebraska and seven other state FBs ante-ed up so the folks at home could watch more than 1,000 Midwest 4-H’ers show over 2,500 animals at the annual show.


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More than 130 farmers gathered Sept. 13 in Central City to learn more about letters they received from attorneys for the reorganized VeraSun ethanol plant entity. The meeting was sponsored by Merrick County Farm Bureau and Nebraska State Sen. An-nette Dubas. Participants heard from from local attorneys Andy Baack, Cliff Mesmer and Steve Twiss on bankruptcy law, the VeraSun situation, and defenses farmers could use in response to the letters they received.

DOES HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (HFCS)

CONTRIBUTE TO OBESITY?a. In 2008, the American Medical Associa-

tion said, “After studying current research, the American Medical Association conclud-ed that high fructose syrup does not appear to contribute more to obesity than other caloric sweeteners...” (American Medical Association. June 17, 2008.)

b. Additionally, the American Dietetic As-sociation (ADA) concluded that “No per-suasive evidence supports the claim that high fructose corn syrup is a unique con-tributor to obesity.”

IS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP SAFE?

a. In 1983, the U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) formally listed high fructose corn syrup as safe for use in food and reaffirmed that decision in 1996. (“Di-rect food substances affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe; High Fructose Corn Syrup” – Final Rule, Federal Register, Aug. 23, 1996)

b. “Its safety was never seriously doubted because expert scientific panels in every de-cade since the 1960s drew the same con-clusion: sucrose, fructose, glucose and, lat-terly, HFCS did not pose a significant health risk, with the single exception of promoting dental caries.” – John S. White, Ph.D., calor-ic sweetener expert and president, White Technical Research, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2008

IF CORN SUGAR IS REALLY JUST LIKE CANE OR BEET SUGAR, WHY ARE SO MANY STUDIES

SUGGESTING THAT IT IS NOT?a. Recent studies that have examined

pure fructose have been inappropriately applied to high fructose corn syrup. Not only does high fructose corn syrup always contain glucose – which is missing from pure fructose – but the studies that cause confusion examined artificially high levels of pure fructose not found either in high fructose corn syrup or in any normal diet.

b. “Fructose has become the new trans fat. Consumers are trying to avoid it, es-pecially in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. That’s an unfortunate name because the fructose concentration isn’t high.” - Julie Miller Jones, Ph.Db, professor emeritus, St Catherine University, “Drug Topics” June 29, 2010

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CONSUME HIGH

FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IN MODERATION WHEN IT IS PUT IN EVERYTHING WE EAT?a. “As for HFCS in various refined prod-

ucts, the amount will vary considerably. Those buns you’re scared of likely do not have much more than about 1 gram of HFCS per slice. How many buns will you be munching on today? You’re better off keep-ing an eye on total carbs for the day while predominating your diet with minimally re-fined foods rather than fretting over every

gram of HFCS in the minor amount of re-fined foods you eat.” - Alan Aragon, M.S., nutrition consultant and “Men’s Health” contributing editor, Alan Aragon’s Blog, Jan. 29, 2010

b. “If you’re concerned about the amount of high fructose corn syrup or other sweet-eners in your diet, consider these tips:• Limit processed foods.• Avoid foods that contain added sugar.• Choose fresh fruit rather than fruit juice

or fruit-flavored drinks. Even 100- percent fruit juice has a high concentration of sugar.• Choose fruit canned in its own juices

instead of heavy syrup.• Drink less soda.• Don’t allow sweetened beverages to

replace milk, especially for children.” – Kath-erine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D., nutritionist, Mayo Clinic, MayoClinic.com, Oct. 24, 2008

IF HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IS SIMPLY SUGAR MADE FROM CORN, WHY DON’T YOU

JUST CALL IT CORN SUGAR?a. The Corn Refiners Association has pe-

titioned the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis-tration asking that manufacturers have the option of using “corn sugar” as an alternate name for high fructose corn syrup on prod-uct labels because “corn sugar” more ac-curately describes the composition of the ingredient.

b. “High fructose corn syrup is one of the most misunderstood products in the food supply.” – David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” April 22, 2009

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Nebraska Farm Bureau asked the state’s Congressional delegation in September to work with their colleagues to halt the En-vironmental Protection Agency’s non-stop regulatory assault on the state’s farmers and ranchers and their counterparts na-tionwide.

“Over the last 18 months, EPA has in-troduced massive new air and water regu-lations – including some that have no real environmental impact but merely create a paperwork nightmare for farmers and ranchers,” Farm Bureau President Keith Ol-sen said Sept. 23. “If these regulations are fully implemented, they will have a huge negative effect on Nebraska’s agricultural economy.”

Farmers and ranchers are America’s origi-nal environmentalists because their liveli-hoods depend on high-quality air, water and soil, he said. “However, EPA’s refusal to ac-knowledge this has led to the introduction of many new, unneeded regulations.”

In letters to Nebraska’s U.S. Senators and Representatives, the Farm Bureau Board of Directors cited these examples of the regu-latory assault on agriculture since 2009:• EPA’s “Endangerment Finding” gives it

authority to regulate greenhouse gases un-der the Clean Air Act;

• The revised Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) compliance requirements will require individuals with more than 1,320 gallons of above-ground fuel or milk storage to establish a spill pre-vention plan; • Proposed revisions to coarse particulate

matter (dust) standards, which may trigger restrictions on everything from gravel roads to farm field activities; • Proposed revisions to ozone standards; • New hazardous emission regulations for

stationary irrigation engines; • An unprecedented re-evaluation of

atrazine, despite 4,000 studies establishing its safety; • Action to expand federal authority over

individual states’ management of surface water quality; • New Concentrated Animal Feeding

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requirements that leave open the option of regulating common pesticide applications.

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“The list of new regulations and require-ments is long and extensive. While we un-

derstand the desire and charge of EPA to protect the environment, this collection of EPA actions represents an agency that is, quite frankly, out of control,” Olsen said.


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Farm Bureau Urges: Halt EPA’s Non-Stop Assault on AgricultureSTATE NEWS

EPA is seeking to regulate dust under a proposed change that could include everything from gravel roads to farm field activities.

Lincoln — Nebraska Farm Bureau Presi-dent Keith Olsen and UNL researcher P. Stephen Baenziger will receive Public Service to Agriculture Awards at the Nebraska Agri-business Club’s 44th annual awards banquet Nov. 4 in Lincoln, Lynn Gordon, chair of the club’s Awards Committee, said Oct. 14.

Guest speaker at the banquet will be Ronnie D. Green, University of Nebraska vice president and Harlan vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL.

WHEAT AND CORN GROWEROlsen is a dryland wheat and corn farmer

and certified seed wheat grower and mar-keter in Perkins County. A past president of the Perkins County Farm Bureau, he has served as president of Ne-braska Farm Bureau since 2002.

Olsen also has served since 1997 as a member of the Ameri-can Farm Bureau-Canadian Prai-rie Pools Committee. He is a former Nebraska Farm Bureau first vice president, second vice president and state board mem-ber representing District 7. Olsen also is president of the Nebraska FFA Foundation Board of Directors and has served 30 years as a 4-H leader. He is past president and board member of the Grant Chamber of Commerce, past director of the United Nebraska Bank of Grant and past director of the First National Bank of Ogallala.

A member of the Grant, Neb., Rotary Club, Olsen has served on the Southwest Nebraska Resources and Conservation Dis-trict Board and the Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corporation. He graduated from Perkins County High School and from UNL with a B.S. in agricultural economics. Olsen and his wife, Doris, have three sons: Craig, Jeffrey and Curtis.

SMALL GRAINS BREEDERBaenziger is the primary small grains

breeder for Nebraska and the primary in-structor for introduction to plant breeding courses at UNL. He is responsible for de-veloping wheat varieties which are grown on 70 percent of Nebraska’s wheat acreage; these yield an economic return of more than $45,000,000 annually because of genetic im-provements.

A native of Toronto, Canada, he holds a B.A. degree from Harvard University in biochemical sciences and M.S. and Ph.D. de-grees in plant breeding and genetics from Purdue University. He began his career as a research geneticist for the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture at Beltsville, Md., in 1976. Baenziger served as research manager for Monsanto Agricultural Products Company at St. Louis from 1983 to 1986, when he joined UNL as associate professor in what is now the De-partment of Agronomy and Hor-ticulture. He was named Eugene W. Price Professor in 1993, a position he still holds, and served as interim department head from 1993-1996.

The 2009 Honoree of the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement, Baenziger was named to the board of trustees of the Inter-national Rice Research Institute in 2010, in addition to many other professional assign-ments and awards at UNL as well as at the regional, national and international levels. He and his wife, Karen, live in Lincoln.

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Ralph Scott, manager of the Trenton Ethanol Plant, gives a tour of the facility Oct. 12 to members of the Collegiate Farm Bureau at the Nebraska College of Technical Agricul-ture at Curtis. The students also visited Kugler’s Fertilizer plant in Culbertson and the Valmont plant in McCook.


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Your Guide to Nebraska Farm Bureau's Friends of Agriculture

ELECTION DAY:Tuesday,

Nov. 2, 2010

By Jessica Kolterman, Director of NFBF-PACWhen I joined the Nebraska Farm Bureau staff several years ago, I

was very excited about my new job and the work the organization was undertaking to recruit agriculture-friendly candidates, get those candi-dates elected, and participate in campaigns.

I was so excited, in fact, that when someone asked me what I did for my job, I would promptly and enthusiastically reply, “I’m the director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation PAC!” This was usually met with a wrinkle of the nose or an arched eyebrow. The reality is, for better or for worse, political action committees have a bad rap!

With our October newspaper featuring election information, I thought this might be a good time to share with you the response I generally give to people who have concerns about political action committees.

YOU WANT TO HELPMost civic-minded people, such as you, would probably like to be able

to help all the candidates who support like-minded positions, share your values, and would be a good representative for you in elected office. But it gets hard! $25 here…another $50 there…pretty soon you are running out of money to give. And where do you start and where do you stop?

I have an easy solution for you: give to the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation PAC! Your $5 contribution is combined with many other $5 contributions, and through our “Friend of Agriculture” process, is donated to a variety of candidates who support the positions of the organization. The PAC relies on the input from the County Farm Bureau organizations through the District Evaluation Committees to determine who receives a “Friend of Agriculture” designation, and eventually, a contribution.

LIKE-MINDED GROUPSPACs are merely a group of like-minded individuals who pool their

money to support candidates for elective office who share common ideals and goals with members of the PAC.

I believe Farm Bureau’s PAC plays an important role in furthering our organization’s grassroots policies. Without the support of elected officials at the local, state and federal levels, many laws or regulations beneficial to small businesses and agriculture wouldn’t be in existence today.

Voluntary NFBF-PAC contributions start at $5 on annual Farm Bu-reau membership renewal applications. More can be donated; just add the sum to your membership renewal application, or contact me about making an additional donation at any time. Reach me at [email protected] or 402/421-4433.

The next time you hear something critical of a PAC, you can explain why you support a PAC. And don’t forget to vote on election day!

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Vote For Nebraska Farm Bureau's Friends of Agriculture

District Maps

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Postcards Mailed to Members

Look for this election postcard in the mail reminding you to vote for the Nebraska Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture candidates on Nov. 2.

Bob PharesNU Board of RegentsDistrict 7

Jeff Fortenberry

U.S. CongressDistrict 1

AdrianSmith


LeeTerry


U.S. Congress Friends of Agriculture

NU Board of Regents Friend of Agriculture

Four legislative candidates, 18 incumbent state senators, three Congressional incum-bents, an incumbent University of Nebraska regent and Nebraska’s governor have all been given the “Friend of Agriculture” po-litical designation by NFBF-PAC, Nebraska Farm Bureau’s political action committee,

and endorsed for election in November. “We are very impressed with the level

of awareness demonstrated by these can-didates about the importance of agriculture to Nebraska,” Steve Nelson of Axtell, chair of NFBF-PAC and first vice president of Ne-braska Farm Bureau, said Oct. 18.

The Friend of Agriculture designation is given to selected candidates for public of-fice based on their commitment to and po-sitions on agricultural issues, qualifications and previous experience, communication abilities, and their ability to represent the district, Nelson said.

“They all exhibited a statewide perspec-tive on issues affecting farmers and ranchers and a desire to work on expanding agricul-ture in an effort to grow our state’s econo-my,” he said.

Please vote for these NFBF-PAC Friends of Agriculture on Nov. 2.

Vote for Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Friends of Agriculture

VOTER GUIDE14 OCTOBER 20, 2010 Nebraska Farm Bureau News

Governor Dave Heineman

State Legislative Candidates District 2 – Dave Pankonin

District 4 – Pete Pirsch

District 6 – John E. Nelson

District 8 – Burke Harr

District 10 – Bob Krist

District 14 – Jim Smith

District 16 – Kent Rogert

District 16 – Lydia Brasch

District 18 – Scott Lautenbaugh

District 22 – Mike Moser

District 24 – Greg Adams

District 28 – Bill Avery

District 30 – Norm Wallman

District 32 – Russ Karpisek

District 34 – Annette Dubas

District 36 – John Wightman

District 38 – Tom Carlson

District 40 – Cap Dierks

District 40 – Tyson Larson

District 42 – Tom Hansen

District 44 – Mark Christensen

District 46 – Danielle Conrad

District 48 – John Harms

U.S. House of Representatives Jeff Fortenberry

Lee Terry

Adrian Smith

NU Board of Regents Bob Phares

NormWallmanDistrict 30

John E.NelsonDistrict 6

GregAdamsDistrict 24

BobKrist

District 10

DaveHeineman

Governor

JohnHarmsDistrict 48

ScottLautenbaugh

District 18

DavePankonin

District 2

BurkeHarr

District 8

KentRogertDistrict 16

AnnetteDubas

District 34

Lydia BraschDistrict 16

RussKarpisekDistrict 32

BillAvery

District 28

JohnWightman

District 36

JimSmith

District 14

TomCarlsonDistrict 38

MikeMoser

District 22

MarkChristensen

District 44

TysonLarsonDistrict 40

Danielle ConradDistrict 46

CapDierks

District 40

PetePirschDistrict 4

TomHansenDistrict 42

Nebraska Legislature Friends of

Agriculture

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Fall Traditions in NebraskaMany families have begun their own unique customs

By Tina HendersonWe all have childhood memories of

things we did growing up. For farmers it’s working long hours with Dad and Grandpa to bring in the crops. For urban families it may be riding in a horse-drawn wagon, sit-ting on hay bales, rumbling through a field in Nebraska and stopping periodically to pick pumpkins and apples during an afternoon of family fun. It’s all about fall traditions.

“For me, harvest is the most enjoyable time because I’ve worked all year for this moment and I reap the rewards of what I’ve sown,” Adams County farmer Ryan Weeks said Oct. 13.

EATING IN THE COMBINE“When I was in high school, we would

take time for lunch and dinner and then drive back to the field to finish the day. But now I’m up and in the combine by 7 or 8 in the morning and I eat lunch and dinner in the combine. I usually don’t call it a day until 9 or 10 at night,” Weeks said. He is a member of Adams County Farm Bureau and farms near Juniata.

Brent Friesen, who lives in Lincoln and is a member of Lancaster County Farm Bureau, has started his own family tradition, bringing

his three children to the family farm near Henderson where he grew up.

“Even though I live and work in Lincoln, I still enjoy taking my family back to the farm. It’s something I want my children to experi-ence,” Friesen said.

TAILGATING IN NEBRASKAHusker tailgating has taken on traditions

of its own. While some head to Lincoln to tailgate in a parking lot in downtown, others listen to football on their local radio station.

“I remember as a kid being in the com-bine and having KRVN cranked up, listening to high school football on Friday nights and the Huskers on Saturday,” Weeks said.

PICK-A-PECK PUMPKINSPumpkin Patches have become a popu-

lar pastime for families in the fall. The Hun-nicutt family, who farm near Giltner, have planted their own pumpkin patch and this year’s harvest was a good one.

Parents Daryl and Jo, son Brandon and his wife Lisa and son Zach and his wife Anna started this new fall tradition. All are mem-bers of Hamilton County Farm Bureau.

“We grow our pumpkins in an area by our grain bins and take care of the patch together as a family,” Anna Hunnicutt said.

“We thought it would be a fun tradition to pass down to the next generation. The kids love the pumpkins. We had all sizes and even had some ornamental gourds for fall decorations,” she said.

Each family has its own unique traditions and many customs become the framework for a lifetime of close conversations.

“Whether you’re starting a new custom or passing down an old one, simple family traditions help make our family stronger,” Anna Hunnicutt said.

We hope you enjoy these fall photos from Nebraska Farm Bureau members en-joying autumn traditions with their families and friends.

Ryan Weeks waits for the grain truck to dump his load of grain as he harvests his corn crop in Adams County. While farmers like Weeks make time during the fall to head to pumpkin patches and apple orchards, harvest is truly his fall tradition.

It’s an an-nual tradition

for Brent and Natalie

Friesen of Lancaster

County Farm Bureau to take their

three children to the fam-

ily farm near Henderson.

The Fries-ens live in

Lincoln, but they make

sure to bring their children

to the farm to experience

harvest with Grandpa.

Pictured are Brent, holding

Kaitlyn, 3; Joshua, 9; and

Jacob, 6.

Husker tailgating is a huge fall tradition for families across Nebraska. Pictured from left are Amy Nicholas, Lancaster County Farm Bureau member; Jeff DeBoer of Lincoln; Craig DeBoer from Kansas, Brian Barcroft, Lancaster County Farm Bureau member; Nancy DeBoer of Witchta, Kan., and Angie DeBoer, Lancaster County Farm Bureau member, and her 7-year-old son, Izek.

Family hunting trips are popular in Nebraska and have been a fall tradition for many years. The Skinner family went to Kimball this year to hunt antelope Oct. 9. Pictured from right are father and sons Art Skinner from McCook; Brady Skinner, Lancaster County Farm Bureau member; and David Skinner, who lives in Florida.

One-year-old Adeline Hunnicutt, daughter of Zach and Anna of Hamilton County Farm Bureau, picks her pumpkin from her family’s very own pumpkin patch!

By Barb Bierman BatieThis story is reproduced with permission

from “Midwest Producer.” Barb and Don Batie are Dawson County Farm Bureau members.

Lexington — Each fall as the Big Red takes the field in Memorial Stadium, our family enthusiastically cheers on our beloved Cornhuskers. While those football players work hard, it is with pride I can say we are true cornhuskers.

Eight years ago, strolling through the Hay-market Farmer’s Market in Lincoln, headed to a Cornhusker game, my husband discov-ered that while the vendors had all types of fresh baked goods and produce, only one carried Indian corn for fall decorating. Sever-al times since our marriage we had planted Indian corn in our garden for use at Hallow-een and Thanksgiving. Looking at the stand, he remarked, “We could do that.”

PLANT FIRST, PLAN LATERSo begins the tale of our hobby gone bad.

Via an Internet search that winter, we located a source of Indian corn seed in Michigan and the next spring we planted about one acre of full-size Indian corn and a variety of miniature popcorn. At that point my husband, Don; daughters, Juliana and Cicely; and I didn’t have a clue what we should do with the corn that our irrigated ground would produce. We had done exactly the opposite of what good business planners advocate and blindly planted our crop before researching market and wholesale options for the end product.

That spring we did a crash course in farmer’s markets and contacted some In-dian corn vendors via the Internet for tips on how to harvest and dry the ears. August came and while we had lined up a stall at the Haymarket, there was more corn in the field than we could ever hope to sell on four Saturdays in September.

Blind luck led us to our first wholesale out-let. It had been a terribly dry summer across the state and producers in the eastern part

of the state suffered terribly. A newspaper article about a farmer’s market operator in Omaha whose own crop hadn’t even set on ears sent Hubby to the phone. We con-tacted the operator and told him we had Indian corn. We had no idea how many ears we had, but he said he’d take whatever we could get to him.

Hubby got busy building some simple dry-ing racks in the shop and I sacrificed half of the garage and turned it over to the now-bustling Indian corn business. The initial investment was minimal. There was the seed, a tent to use at the farmer’s market, a couple of fold-ing tables and display baskets and a few large plastic storage tubs to store the dried ears, and of course the lumber and chicken wire used to manufacture the drying racks.

HAND-HARVESTING REQUIREDBecause the value of Indian corn is in the

husk, it must all be harvested by hand. A short season corn, we started picking in

mid-August, which is good because the peak interest in fall decorating occurs right after Labor Day and runs through the first weekend in October.

Hand harvesting also meant we each need-ed a good set of leather gloves and sturdy jeans. We soon discovered the best time of day to pick the corn was early in the morn-ing. The husks need to be somewhat damp as that makes them easier to pull back. Corn picked late in the afternoon of a day with sin-gle digit humidity has brittle husks that break off easily and those ears get relegated to the “critter corn” pile and can only be sold at a fraction of the value for those with husks.

We picked into gunnysacks and later re-cycled molasses tubs and back at the garage would husk the ears, training the husks back with rubber bands and then placing them on the racks to dry.

In preparation for the farmer’s market, we would sort through the ears, assembling bundles of three ears each for harvest signs, filling one tub with miniature ears and filling another box with what we dubbed “pre-mium ears,” the longest, strongest ears with no signs of bug damage.

That was one lesson learned the first year. Because Indian corn is not infused with ge-netic resistance to pests, it is a great place for earworms and corn borer to feast. We lost almost half of our ears to insect damage the first time around. Now, as soon as the Indian corn starts tasseling, we spray it about once a week until late July with a specially designed mister to keep the bugs at bay.

OFF TO MARKETGoing to market became a fun family rit-

ual. Friday evening as soon as the girls were out of school we would take off for Lincoln and spend the night at a motel, as we had to be at the market by 7:15 a.m. to get our stall set up by the 8 a.m. market opening.

Meeting and greeting our customers was exciting and an excellent opportunity to

share one-on-one with non-farm people about life on a family farm. One excited buyer noted, “I just love knowing where my corn was born!”

We also got to know and become friends with other vendors. During lulls in traffic, our daughters loved to roam the market on their roller blades, bringing back news of new ven-dors or begging for money for snacks.

In 2005 Juliana joined the Lexington FFA and took over the Indian corn business as her SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience). We named the business Crooked Creek Farm after a dry creek that ran through one of our fields. The records required for the SAE helped us turn our hobby into a more serious business venture.

We expanded our offerings to include strawberry popcorn, broom corn, another later season variety of full-size Indian corn, and two miniature varieties in bright pink and bright blue.

GRADUATION BRINGS CHANGESWith Juliana’s graduation from high school

in 2008 we realized there would need to be some changes. Cicely’s athletic schedule meant most fall Saturdays would be spent at volleyball games. So we decided to cut out – temporarily – the farmer’s markets.

Our wholesale business continued to thrive and so we added another outlet. If you visit Vala’s Pumpkin Patch at Gretna, Neb., the Indian corn offered in their store comes from Crooked Creek Farm.

Three years ago we joined GROW Ne-braska. That membership has provided us valuable business guidance and we now sell Indian corn arrangements and bouquets un-der the Crooked Creek name in the Kear-ney and Grand Island GROW stores.

While this is purely a niche venture and by no means a huge moneymaker for our operation, with the addition of a website this winter we look forward to more Indian corn adventures.


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I’m concerned that animal rights activ-ists often lack a full understanding of American agriculture. The livelihoods of farmers and ranchers depend upon respon-sible stewardship of

natural resources and the health of their animals. They produce the safest food in the world, and misinformation and mis-guided efforts to unsuccessfully regulate agriculture are alarming. I will continue to do all I can to ensure that agricultural policies are based on sound science and common sense.

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns

Recently there has been a push by animal rights activists to control how farmers and ranchers raise their livestock. How do you see this issue and its potential impact on Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers?

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NATIONAL NEWSPassage of Tax Legislation Urgent

Washington, D.C. — The most press-ing issue for America’s farmers and ranchers in Congress is the prompt passage of legisla-tion to provide estate tax relief, keep capital gains tax rates, and extend other impor-tant tax provisions that expired at the end of 2009 or are set to expire at the end of 2010, according to American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman.

“Farm Bureau calls on Congress to act quickly to pass tax legislation when it re-turns after the election in order to avoid the economic damage that will be caused by tax increases and the uncertainty that surrounds the tax code,” Stallman wrote in a letter to members of the House and Senate Oct. 4.

“For farmers and ranchers, passage of es-tate tax relief is the single most important tax issue left unresolved by Congress,” Stall-man wrote.

“Farm Bureau believes there should be an exemption large enough to exclude farms and ranches from estate taxes and (it) should be indexed for inflation and be transferable to a spouse,” Stallman told lawmakers.

“Farm Bureau supports a $5 million ex-emption and top rate of 35 percent,” Stall-man wrote.

In his letter, Stallman said Farm Bureau supports continuation of the 15-percent capital gains tax rate. He emphasized the impact of increased capital gains taxes on farmers and ranchers will be “severe” be-cause the average amount of capital gains they report is about 50 percent higher than the average taxpayer and represents 20 percent of the total adjusted gross income reported by farm households.

“A 5-percent increase in capital gains tax-es is punitive and discourages investment in our industry,” Stallman wrote.

U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson

Nebraska is a leader in commercial livestock production. Given the importance of this in-dustry to the state’s economy, we need to be vigilant of any ef-forts that could have a negative bearing on the livelihoods of farm-

ers and ranchers who raise our livestock. With groups like the Nebraska Farm Bureau spreading the word about the good work of our state’s livestock producers, Nebraska citizens will reject efforts that would have a detrimental impact on our family farms and ranches.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry

District 1

Nebraska farmers and ranchers have been caring for the land and livestock for generations. They un-derstand that stew-ardship of resources and the compassion-ate care of animals are cornerstones of

good agriculture. Most people in the Heartland recognize this and appreci-ate the profound benefits of agriculture in our communities. Nationally, it will be important for responsible ag producers to share the stories of their family opera-tions directly with Americans who are in-creasingly interested in where their food comes from and how it is raised.

U.S. Rep. Lee TerryDistrict 2

The vast majority of farmers treat their ani-mals humanely. Many farms, especially in Ne-braska, are family-owned and -operated and they should be able to use best practices in the pro-duction of their poultry and livestock. Extreme

rules based on rare cases will create an un-due burden and expense on hard-working Nebraska producers and raise prices at the supermarket.

U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith

District 3

Obviously, this is an emotional issue which is often mis-construed by those who would push their anti-meat agen-da on the American public. These folks don’t care if they hurt livestock producers –

they only want to bring our ag industry to its knees. Farmers and ranchers need to be aware these groups will stop at nothing to get their way.

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Cool morning air as the sun rises over the horizon, the deep rum-ble of the diesel engines warming, and the rows of finished crops just crying out to be picked. There’s nothing quite like fall harvest.

Now, don’t get me wrong; we at the nursery don’t get to harvest our entire crop of trees each fall so our farming is a bit different. But we do feel that same rush I am sure many of you get with your harvest when we see fall colors coming onto our trees and we can begin our fall harvest.

FALL TREE PLANTINGFall harvest is a bit different to a nursery. We need our trees

to show good fall color before we can safely harvest them from our fields. This means that our team is hard at work through the fall digging trees, then trying to get them installed for our clients before the ground freezes solid.

It also means that there is still plenty of time to install a new tree, shrub or even perennial in your landscape. We at Camp-bell’s generally tell our clients that you can safely plant perennials until early November; all shrubs and evergreen trees through November; and shade and flowering trees until the ground freezes solid. Of course, some years Mother Nature is kinder and other years a bit mean, so that schedule can vary from year to year based on weather.

Don’t forget that fall is also a great time to make preparations for next year, especially in our landscapes and gardens. Fall landscape cleanups and fall turf care are some wonderful ways to prepare for next year.

As the cool weather of fall arrives and we see our plants go into their dormant sleep for the winter (or our annuals die off), proper cleanup of our landscapes prepares our plants to sleep through win-ter and come back ready to grow in the spring. Removing finished annual plants (Geraniums, Petunias, Impatiens, etc.) and trimming back perennial tops will give our beds a better look for the winter while making it easier for the plants to start growing next spring.

FALL CLEANUPCleaning off tops and removing annuals will also allow easier

access to till in some compost or peat moss and manure to pre-pare the annual beds or your vegetable garden for next spring’s plantings. Go ahead and leave the beds rough after tilling so the winter freeze and thaws can help mix things further.

And if you want winter interest, feel free to leave your pe-rennial grasses standing tall through the winter. Just remember to trim their tops back in the early spring before new growth begins in late April or early May.

You can also accomplish trimming on your shrubs and trees. As the leaves begin to fall, you will have an easier time seeing the “bones” of the plants to make choosing what to trim and what to leave easier. Do remember to not trim any Magnolias or similar very early spring-blooming plants, because they should have their bloom buds in place already for next spring.

Now, as the leaves begin to fall, don’t forget to spend time on your lawn. Proper fertilization this time of year will give your turf what it will need to jump-start its growth next spring, ultimately giving you a better looking and healthier lawn. Fall is also the time for aeration of your turf to reduce compaction, to encourage a vigorous root system and to increase pore space and water/air movement into the soil. It also allows the fertilizations easier ac-

cess into the ground. A good hint is to not worry about the cores left on the turf after aeration. They will break down quickly and offer additional nutrients to the turf.

RAKE THOSE LEAVESAnother good turf care hint is to work

through the fall to rake up fallen leaves every week or two. Short-term, leaves on turf, even under snow, aren’t really a prob-lem. But if they are left to sit under the snow all winter, they can mat down the

grass and leave you with areas to reseed or patch next spring.If Mother Nature doesn’t give us some reasonable moisture

this fall, make sure to water your turf a few times, even as the weather gets cooler, so it is properly hydrated for its winter sleep. Just remember to detach your hoses between waterings to elimi-nate the potential for frozen or cracked pipes in your home.

Bringing in the harvest is a major part of our lives here in Nebraska every fall. So, let’s make the most of a glorious fall this year and celebrate it before that evil beast, Winter, shows up.

Andy Campbell is manager of Campbell’s Nurseries Landscape Department. A Lancaster County Farm Bureau Member, Camp-bell’s is a family-owned Nebraska business since 1912. It offers assistance for all landscaping and gardening needs at either of its two Lincoln garden centers or through its landscape design office. www.campbellsnursery.com.

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A-FAN Television Ads Reconnect Nebraskans to Agriculture RootsThe Alliance for the Future of Agriculture

in Nebraska (A-FAN) recently produced television ads and is airing them on TV sta-tions across the state. The ads feature the stories of Nebraska livestock farmers.

“As Nebraska’s population becomes more urban, we wanted to be able to reconnect all Nebraskans with our agriculture roots,” A-FAN Organizational Director Willow Holoubek said Oct 11. “Consumers are be-coming more and more interested in where their food comes from and how it is raised. We wanted to offer them more informa-tion about the responsible farmers who are raising the food for Nebraska families.”

We’re fortunate here in Nebraska be-cause people know that Nebraska’s farmers are responsible stewards of the land and of their livestock, Holoubek said.

TELL FAMILIES’ STORIES“We wanted to use these ads to tell the

stories of Nebraska’s family farmers and

provide an update to consumers on some of the modern technologies Nebraska farm-ers use to safely and responsibly provide food for our dinner tables.”

The ads feature livestock farmers of cat-tle, hogs and eggs. A-FAN also plans short videos on each family’s operation that will be available online at A-FAN’s new website, www.becomeafan.org.

“Our farmers are some of the best in the world at what they do,” Holoubek said. “They use the most modern technology, the most environmentally sound farming practices,and the most advanced methods possible to raise their crops and livestock.

BE PROUD“Nebraska farmers do this day in and day

out, often in the face of extreme weather and hardships, to put food on your family’s dinner table. We’re proud of Nebraska’s strong agriculture tradition and culture and we want to reinforce with all Nebraskans

that they should be proud of Nebraska’s farmers, too,” Holoubek said.

The Alliance for the Future of Agricul-ture in Nebraska is a non-profit organi-zation formed by Nebraska Farm Bureau, Nebraska Cattlemen, Nebraska Corn Growers Association, Nebraska Pork Pro-ducers Association, Nebraska Poultry In-

dustries, and Nebraska Soybean Asso-ciation. These groups understand that livestock production is a critical compo-nent to Nebraska’s future, providing vital-ity and opportunity for rural communities, adding value to Nebraska’s agricultural output and energizing the economy of the entire state.

The Bart and Shana Beat-tie family are pictured on their family’s hog farm near Sumner. The Beatties, who are Dawson County Farm Bureau members, appeared in an A-FAN television com-mercial now being broadcast statewide. Also pictured are the Beattie children: McKen-zie, 10; Preston, 2; Bart Jr., 5; and Mattie, 7.

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WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?Breast cancer is a disease in which ma-

lignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. It is considered a hetero-geneous disease – differing by individual, age group, and even the kinds of cells within the tumors themselves. Obviously no woman wants to receive this diagnosis, but hearing the words “breast cancer” doesn’t always mean an end. It can be the beginning of learning how to fight, getting the facts, and finding hope.

Women in the United States get breast cancer more than any other type of cancer except for skin cancer. It is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in women.

Each year it is estimated that nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. Approximately 1,700 men will also be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year. The evaluation of men with breast masses is similar to that in women, including mammography.

RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER INCLUDE:• Age: Half of all women diagnosed are

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The Myth: Men do not get breast cancer.The Truth: Each year it is estimated that approximately 1,700 men will be diag-nosed with breast cancer and 450 will die. While this number is small, men should also give themselves regular breast self-exams and note any changes to their physicians.

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Few Farms Covered by Extension of EPA Spill Prevention RuleEPA has extended the deadline by one

year for farmers to comply with its Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Rule – but the extension applies only to farms that began operation after Aug. 16, 2002 – meaning 99-plus percent of farmers are required to be in compliance by Nov. 10, 2010.

“Don’t be misled by the term ‘extension.’ It most likely does not apply to your opera-tion,” Craig Head, Farm Bureau state direc-tor of governmental relations and regulatory affairs, said Oct. 13.

Many farmers have been shocked to learn that EPA expects them to have in place a plan to comply with the same spill-prevention and containment regulations as offshore drilling facilities, oil refineries and power generators, Head said.

TRANSITION PERIOD“Historically, EPA hasn’t viewed agri-

culture as a focus of compliance with the SPCC and therefore it hasn’t provided any education to farmers. But we’re in a transi-tion period and EPA is viewing this rule very differently than in the past,” he said.

Above-ground storage of more than 1,320 gallons for diesel and other fuels, and

even milk, is addressed by the SPCC rule if there is any possibility spilled materials could reach navigable waters, as defined by EPA.

Whether or not your on-farm storage is subject to SPCC is very site-specific, Head said. Having secondary containment struc-tures already in place does not exempt you from having an approved containment plan, he emphasized.

An EPA guidance document warns: “You may not take into account manmade fea-tures, such as dikes, equipment or other structures that might prevent, contain, hin-der or restrain the flow of oil” in determin-ing whether you need an SPCC plan.

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACHIn a early October conference call with

EPA officials, state Farm Bureaus learned that EPA plans to do educational outreach about the SPCC rule in the coming year.

“But if you would have a spill of the type regulated under the rule, you would be ex-pected to have had a spill containment and control plan in place as of Nov. 10.” Head said.

“Clearly the deadline is unrealistic, but there you have it,” he said. Nebraska Farm Bureau has presented arguments to EPA about the SPCC rule for years, he said, show-ing that agriculture doesn’t have the same kind of issues as the oil industry and doesn’t present similar risks. “This is a huge expan-sion of government and it shows EPA’s lack of understanding of agriculture and EPA’s one-size-fits-all mentality,” he said.

Some farmers may be able to self-certify their plan, Head said, but a majority will like-ly need the help of a Professional Engineer to develop and certify their plan. That could cost range from $1,500 to $3,000. If you have bulk storage without secondary con-tainment, a plan will most likely require that it be added, at additional cost.

Visit www.nefb.org and click on “SPCC Rule” for links to EPA guidance documents. Call Head at 402/421-4435 if you are seek-ing professional assistance in developing an SPCC plan.

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Box Butte County Student To Attend Symposium

Lincoln — Each year, the greatest agricul-tural experts in the world go to Des Moines, Iowa, to participate in the World Food Prize international symposium and award ceremo-ny, which has become known as the Nobel Prize of food and agriculture. The week of events also includes a Global Youth Institute open to high school students who have com-peted in an essay contest on the topic “Solu-tions for the World’s Smallholders.”

The six Nebraska winners this year are Shannon Cooney, Millard North-Omaha; Rose Medill, Pius X-Lincoln; Yan Zhang, Millard West-Omaha; Deyon Livingston, North Star-Lincoln; Colton Hoferer, North Star-Lincoln; and Alyssa Dye, Alliance. Dye is the daughter of Bart and Kathy a member of Box Butte County Farm Bureau.

At the Global Youth Institute, more than 100 high school students and their teach-ers from 16 states and six countries inter-acted with a diverse group of internationally renowned experts in food, agriculture and international development.


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Retail Food Prices Edge Down in Third QuarterWashington, D.C. — Retail food pric-

es at the supermarket dipped slightly during the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to pre-pare one or more meals was $46.17, down $1.03 or 2 percent compared to the second quarter of 2010. The total average price for the 16 items was down 12 cents compared to one year ago. Of the 16 items surveyed, 10 decreased and six increased in average price compared to the prior quarter.

Sliced deli ham, sirloin tip roast, flour, bread and eggs declined the most in dollar value compared to the second quarter.

Sliced deli ham decreased 58 cents to $4.66 per pound; sirloin tip roast decreased 24 cents to $3.86 per pound; flour dropped 20 cents to $2.15 for a 5-pound bag; bread dropped 15 cents to $1.61 for a 20-ounce loaf; and eggs dropped 12 cents to $1.41 per dozen.

FOOD PRICES STABLE“Overall, retail food prices have been rela-

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quarter of the year shows that pattern is continuing to hold.”

Other items that decreased in price since the second quarter were toasted oat cereal, down 11 cents to $2.84 for a 9-ounce box; shred-ded cheddar cheese, down 7 cents to $4.09 per pound; vegetable oil, down 6 cents to $2.55 for a 32-ounce bottle; bagged salad, down 5 cents to $2.75 for a 1-pound bag; and orange juice, down 3 cents for a half-gallon to $2.97.

Most items showing a decrease in retail price this quarter also showed year-to-year declines. Compared to one year ago, flour fell 13 percent, bread was down 8 percent, vegetable oil dropped 6 percent and orange juice was 5 percent lower.

Six foods increased slightly in price com-pared to the prior quarter: boneless chicken

breasts, up 19 cents to $3.44 per pound; Russet potatoes, up 12 cents to $2.63 for a 5-pound bag; bacon, up 11 cents to $3.64 per pound; whole milk, up 10 cents to $3.16 per gallon; apples, up 4 cents to $1.50 per pound; and ground chuck, up 2 cents to $2.91 per pound.

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The year-to-year direction of the market-basket survey tracks with the federal gov-ernment’s Consumer Price Index (www.bls.

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FARMERS’ SHARE IS 19 PERCENT“In the mid-1970s, farmers received

about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased steadily and is now just 19 percent, according to Agriculture Department statistics,” Anderson said.

Using the “food at home and away from home” percentage across-the-board, the farmer’s share of this quarter’s $46.17 mar-ketbasket would be $8.77.

AFBF, the nation’s largest general farm or-ganization, has been conducting the informal quarterly marketbasket survey of retail food price trends since 1989. The mix of foods in the marketbasket was updated during the first quarter of 2008.

According to USDA, Americans spend just under 10 percent of their disposable annual income on food, the lowest average of any country in the world. A total of 62 shoppers in 33 states participated in the lat-est survey, conducted in August.


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Washington, D.C., – A big drop in both the corn yield and production estimates in October’s crop report caught the industry by surprise, according to John Anderson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation. The report was released Oct. 8 by the Agriculture Department.

“Folks were expecting to see a drop in average yields from last month’s report because of poor late-season weather con-ditions across much of the Corn Belt, but nobody was forecasting this big of a drop in the corn crop,” Anderson said Oct. 8.

USDA forecasts corn production at 12.664 billion bushels, down 3.8 percent from the13.16 billion production forecast last month and lower than last year’s record 13.11 billion bushel crop.

“This is a pretty sizable drop in produc-tion,” Anderson said. “We saw a really big drop in USDA’s forecasted average yield for corn because of adverse weather in the big corn states of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. USDA is forecasting a national average yield of 155.8 bushels per acre, compared to 162.5 bushels per acre in September’s report. A 6.7 bushel drop in yield is pretty significant.”

The smaller-than-expected corn crop and the lowest stocks situation since 1995 prompted USDA to forecast a market-year average cash price of around $5 per bushel – up 60 cents from last month’s price forecast.

“Corn producers will welcome the higher price, but livestock and dairy producers will have to pay more than they expected to for feed,” Anderson said.

FB Offers Exemption Form For Overweight Farm Trucks

Trucks need to carry a “statement of origin and destination” form if they do not have an overweight permit. Nebraska Farm Bureau has an updated form on its website, Craig Head, Nebraska Farm Bu-reau state director of governmental rela-tions and regulatory affairs, said Oct. 6.

“In order to qualify, the law requires the owner or a representative of the owner of the agricultural product to sign a ‘statement of origin and destination.’ The distance from the harvest point to storage or mar-ket must be less than 70 miles and the form must be carried in the truck,” he said. The exemption does not apply to trucks hauling over the federal Interstate system. In 2007 the Nebraska Legislature added single-axle trucks to the list of farm trucks allowed to

exceed the maximum legal weight limit by 15 percent at harvest time.

Producers who need to move agricul-tural products more than 70 miles from harvest point to storage or market will continue to need a seasonal overweight permit. Those who wish to exceed the legal length limits for trucks during harvest also need to obtain a permit.

“Farmers still may have to check with their local government entities for weight permit requirements, especially if the city or county required special permits in the past,” Head said.

To obtain the form, go to www.nefb.org and click on “Harvest Overweight Permit” or contact Sarah Skinner at 402/421-4760 for a copy by U.S. mail or fax.


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Flapjack FundraiserMonday, Jan. 10 • 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.Georgia World Conference Center

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The 14-page survey, conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was sent to 6,500 households in 84 non-metropolitan counties in March and April 2010. Results are based on 2,797 responses.

U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show a consistent trend in recent years: The number of agriculture-dependent counties is dropping nationwide. Against that back-drop, the Rural Poll team was interested in getting rural Nebraskans’ perceptions of how tied they are to agriculture.

WE’RE AN AGRICULTURAL STATE“We have this notion that we live in this

agricultural state and everybody knows it, and we have this historical and emotional at-tachment to agriculture, and that none of us are very far removed from that,” said Randy Cantrell, a rural sociologist with the UNL-based Nebraska Rural Initiative Sept. 3.

It turns out that in Nebraska that percep-tion is fairly accurate.

Fifty-two percent of respondents said they were one generation or less removed from the farm or ranch, and two-thirds are two generations or less removed. The oth-er one-third of respondents said they were three generations or more removed.

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“Over time this obviously will trend away,” Cantrell said. “But for now, it’s quite strong.”

WELL-BEING TIED TO AGFifty-four percent of rural Nebraskans said

their economic well-being is very dependent on the well-being of agriculture; another 24 per-cent said it’s somewhat dependent. Together, that’s 78 percent of respondents who see a link between agriculture’s well-being and theirs.

That link to agriculture is “not just because people can look out their windows and see it’s there, but because of their position in the economy,” Cantrell said.

Rural Nebraskans who live in or near small-er communities feel that tie more strongly. About 62 percent of respondents in or near communities of fewer than 5,000 people said they were very dependent on agriculture, compared to 43 percent of those living in or near communities of 10,000 or more.

About 48 percent of poll respondents said they are currently involved in agriculture.

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The Rural Poll is the largest annual poll of rural Nebraskans’ perceptions on quality of life and policy issues. This year’s response rate was about 43 percent. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percent. Complete results are available online at http://cari.unl.edu/ruralpoll/.

The Nebraska Rural poll, conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, found that when shopping for food, rural Nebraskans rate product quality/freshness, price and nutritional value as the most important attributes. Those qualities were mentioned, respectively, by 94, 91 and 87 percent of respondents.


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FOR SALE: pivot tires and wheels, 14.9x26, $215 each. Call Amherst, 308/826-4020 or 308/233-7524.

FOR SALE: wheel spacers for tractor wheels, 10 bolt, 5” wide. Call Creston, 402/920-3686.

FOR SALE: IHC 756 gas, wide front, 2 point, Westendorf loader, $7,250, Balzer 2250 honey wagon, walking tandem, injection knives, $4,250. Call Bennington, 402/238-2037.

FOR SALE: 2000 Titan 7x20 stock trailer, 10 ply tires, excel-lent condition, $6,500, IH 540 manure spreader, PTO driven, excellent condition, $3,200,

16’ utility trailer, 24” steel sides, $2,400. Call Loup City, 308/745-0249.

FOR SALE: two 8,500 bu. silver shield grain bins with un-load augers, $350 each, located ¼ s. Dixon, Neb. Call Laurel, 402/256-3696.

WANTED: pull type rotary hoe and a dump rake. Call Sar-gent, 308/527-3555.

FOR SALE: C International tractor, $1,500. Call Columbus, 402/564-2493 or 402/276-1036.

VEHICLESFOR SALE: 1985 Chevy ½ ton, 2 wd, 350 auto, 1976 Ford ½ ton supercab, 2 wd, 390 auto, for parts, 1983 Ford ½ ton supercab, 4x4, for parts, no engine. Call Sargent, 308/527-3555.

FOR SALE: 1991 Ford F-150, 2 wheel drive, 4.9 6 cyl-inder, 3-year warranty, 4 spd, Diamond plate tool box and side rails. Call Sidney, 308/254-5467.

FOR SALE: 1984 Lincoln Continental, 4 door, mint con-dition, 48,000 miles, $2,800 or best offer. Call Columbus, 402/564-2493 or 402/276-1036.

FOR SALE: 1958 Edsel Vil-lager 6-passenger station wagon, has E400 V8 engine, 3 speed manual transmission with overdrive, not running but in restorable condition, first $1,000 takes it home. Call Min-den, 308/832-2258.

FOR SALE: 1991 Chevy Sub-urban, half ton, 350 auto, sharp-looking red and silver exterior, red interior, well-cared-for, always stored inside, 226,000 miles but you’d never know it. Call Greeley, 308/391-2422.

FOR SALE: 1967 Jeep pickup, model J2000, 4 wheel drive, fac-tory 327 engine, 3 speed trans-mission, $1,500 or best offer. Call Omaha, 402/455-7471.

FOR SALE: 1999 Ford F350 4x4 Powerstroke diesel dually pickup with flatbed, also have pickup box bed, $9,500 OBO. Call Kearney, 308/440-2811.

MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE: Just in time for Christmas, Tienshan fine china, “Deck the Halls” pattern, in-cludes 16 4-piece place settings plus 8 serving pieces, $499 OBO. Call Hastings, 402/463-2982.

FOR SALE: commercial meat saw, Hobart Mfg Co., model #5216, volts 220, hz 60, rpm 1725. Call North Platte, 308/532-5459 or 308/534-8158.

FOR SALE: GE almond refrig-erator, $200, dishwasher, $100, RCA oak console 30” tv with surround sound, $400, Wurlitzer piano/bench, $350, elegant rolled French braid navy/green sofa set, $450. Call Norfolk, 402/371-7067.

FOR SALE: pedal tractors, new 2000 Farmall 560, $425, new 2002 Farm Progress Cat Challenger, mfwd MT465, $425, NIB In-Step fire truck, $295. Call Minden, Iowa, 712/485-2440.

FOR SALE: Mr Heater, por-table, radiant l.p. heater, 125,000 btu’s, heats up to 3,000 sq. feet, like new, org. cost $199, now $100. Call Waterloo, 402/359-4431.

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