Big questions from young agriculturalists

Dixi Wellman
Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025

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Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in YOU! I am humbled, shocked, honored and inspired to live up to being classed on the 2025 Nebraska Cream of the Crop Ag Media Personality and Writer list. THANK YOU!

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The Rusty and Dixi Wellman family is deeply rooted in Nebraska, raising Wagyu cattle, Vizsla hunting dogs and chickens. They also co-run a nonprofit that puts local beef on thousands of school kids’ lunch plates, and love sharing their faith and passion for small towns, agriculture, rural living, small business owners, and servant leadership.