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Nebraska’s Brady Revels honored with national Farm Bureau award

Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022

Revels award — Brady Revels of Valley, Neb., accepts his excellence award on the national stage at the American Farm Bureau convention in Atlanta.
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Brady Revels of Valley, Nebraska has made history as the first Nebraskan to take home the national Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Excellence in Agriculture award. He was named the winner during the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual convention held in Atlanta Jan. 7-11.

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