Family vs. Corporate Farming
Crystal raises cattle and crops with her family outside Columbus, Nebraska. What is the difference between family farming and corporate farming? Crystal: I think sometimes when people hear the term [...]
In All Kinds of Weather
Matthew Brugger will never forget the day he realized that his family’s line of work is different. It was the morning of his grandfather’s funeral. A morning when it would have been perfectly [...]
New Ideas on Old Dirt
How two brothers are closing the gap between their farm and your table Brugger brothers Joe and Matthew were born to work together – perhaps just like their dad and uncle before them, [...]
Nebraska Grows Popcorn
Popcorn has always been an important part of Norm Krug’s story. His father grew it for 40 years. To Norm, popcorn symbolizes quality time spent with family; gathered around an evening television program, enjoying [...]
Ethanol Investment Creates C-Store Opportunity for Nelson Farm Family
When Taylor Nelson of Jackson, Nebraska, graduated from UNL in 2012, the farm economy was on fire. Rents and land values were increasing at an unprecedented rate and farmers were snapping up every opportunity [...]
Why family farms choose to incorporate
Many people are surprised to learn that 99% of farms in America are family-owned. That statistic flies in the face of those who believe that we’ve “lost” the traditional family farm to large “corporate farming.” [...]
How the farmer’s daughter became a farmer
Sarah Greer has always had farming in her blood. “When I graduated from high school, people asked me what I wanted to do when I got out of college. I said I [...]
