As the combine gobbled soybean plants in a Buffalo County field north of Amherst on a summer-like October afternoon, beans went into its bin and dry pods, stems and leaves scattered out the back.
Justin, left, and Tanner Taubenheim think the work ethic they learned as farm kids and 4-H cattle exhibitors helped them win wrestling championships at Amherst High School – and now help them be better farmers. Justin drove the combine during soybean harvest in October and Tanner transported harvested soybeans to a nearby Riverdale elevator.
Alec Ibach checks a corn test plot next to an office/warehouse building near Miller that is headquarters for Apache Ag, the Channel seeds and ag inputs business he and partner Nate Hartman started in 2018. Alec also co-manages his family’s farm near Sumner with his dad, Greg Ibach.
Both sons of Nebraska Farm Bureau President Mark McHargue of Central City returned to their rural hometown, but own and manage their own separate farming and construction businesses.
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Overton High School agriculture teacher and FFA adviser Juliana Loudon reviews a plant identification poster used to prepare for FFA land judging contests with students, from left, Sydnie Brown, Jace Jeffries and Parker Walahoski.
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