Join Us in Supporting the Food Bank of Lincoln

Did you know there are more than 50,000 food-insecure individuals in just 16 counties of Nebraska? Food-insecure individuals are defined as those people who don’t know where their next meal will come from and more than 18,000 of them are children.

The mission of the Food Bank of Lincoln is to alleviate hunger in Southeast Nebraska. Out of the 16 counties it serves, Lancaster, Gage, Nemaha, Richardson and Saline or the highest-need counties.

As an outlet to promote the value of agriculture to our community, the Nebraska Agribusiness Club has formed a unique partnership with the Food Bank of Lincoln. Your donations to the Food Bank of Lincoln from now until Ag Week will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000 from the Nebraska Agribusiness Club.

Join the campaign to raise $10,000 for the Food Bank of Lincoln by making a gift online at http://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/NebraskaAg.

For every $1 donated, the Food Bank can provide $5 worth of meals to those in need!

Help us spread the word to our family, friends and co-workers. Corporate donations will also be matched.

Questions? Email or call Sarah Mullen at sarah@neffafoundation.org or 402-472-5224.

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Upcoming meetings

February 3, 2014 
Farmer/Rancher Panel:
Come hear from Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers who will share with us details about their operations and answer questions about how they keep up with all the changes in agriculture today at our February meeting.
Dave Nielsen, Lincoln
Todd Reed, Waverly
Walt Traudt, Clay Center
Geral Schmidt, Jensen
Dan Rice, Firth

March 3, 2014 
B&R Stores & Ag Week
We will take the Nebraska Agribusiness Club on the road to B&R Stores HQ (4554 W St, Lincoln, NE 68503). For a lunch & Learn with Marty Jarvis their Marketing Director to learn about how modern day grocery stores operate, how many products they carry and why that number keeps growing? We will also hear about the clubs plans for National Ag Day/Week (March 25th) at their local Russ’s Market stores.

March 24-29, 2014 – Ag Week

April 7, 2014
Oxbow Animal Health
Come hear from John Miller about the history of his fifth generation farm in Murdock, NE. During this time, hay was the lifeblood from which they grew and nurtured their animals. It was important that every harvest meet the absolute highest standards. Out of that commitment grew the foundation of Oxbow Animal Health. Miller has created an internationally-recognized brand that has become the most trusted name in small animal nutrition, from loyal customers to top veterinarians.

May 5, 2014
Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes a diverse portfolio of animal health medicines and vaccines designed to meet the real-world needs of veterinarians and the livestock farmers and companion animal owners they support.

Mike Morgan the Operational Leader of the Lincoln facility will be our presenter to discuss their change from under the Pfiser umbrella to Zoetis.  What new things they have on tap for their Lincoln Plant.  He will also bring with him Tom Evans, DVM, and Jack Coogan, EHS Director to help with the presentation and answer any detailed questions about their products.

June 2, 2014 (All Day Bus Tour)
8:15 AM Load Bus and Leave for Omaha
9:15 AM Arrive a Rotella’s Bakery Plant 108^th & Harrison
10:30 AM Arrive at Midwest Labs
11:45 AM Arrive at Farm Credit Services Offices for Lunch, Education and Tour
2:00 PM Arrive at Claas Manufacturing to view video and tour of manufacturing facility
3:30 PM Either Tour & Tasting at Lucky Buckey Or Head back to Lincoln

August 7, 2014 
7:05 pm Saltdog’s Game and Social Event

October 6, 2014
Jeff Buttner, Public Relations Coordinator from Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (CNPPID) will be our guest to talk about the integrated water management approach they take to the water projects they manage.

“It is Central’s goal to continue to serve the agricultural-based community in south-central Nebraska by protecting and utilizing in a sustainable and ecologically balanced manner all of the natural resources available to us to provide reliable and reasonably priced surface water irrigation and ground water recharge while producing electric power and preserving and enhancing our quality of life and the natural environment in which we live … It is important that these activities be undertaken with the abiding conviction in, and understanding of, our overriding obligation to be good stewards of the region’s environment and its land and water resources.”
  

November 3, 2014
Nebraska Wineries- James Arthur Vineyards

RSVP for our meetings here!

February 3rd NE ABC meeting RSVP

Please join us for the Nebraska Agribusiness Club Meeting on February 3 at the Lancaster County Extension Education Center.

Come hear from Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers who will share with us details about their operations and answer questions about how they keep up with all the changes in agriculture today at our February meeting. Lunch will start at 11:30 am with the panel starting at 12:15 pm.

Farmers/Ranchers

Dave Nielsen, Lincoln
Todd Reed, Waverly
Walt Traudt, Clay Center
Geral Schmidt, Jensen
Dan Rice, Firth

Become a member! {or renew your current membership}

A new year brings on new changes for the Nebraska Agribusiness Club! This year, we have made our membership form paperless and put together this simple form to fill out and submit.

Even if you’ve been a member for years, or if this is your first time becoming a member, please fill out the form so we have your most recent information.