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LEAD XXVII Fellows complete national study/travel seminarNebraska Thirty Nebraska LEAD XXVII Fellows recently returned from a 10-day National Study/Travel Seminar to Kansas City, Mo.; Washington, D.C.; and Chicago. The travel seminar began with a stop at the Kimmel Orchard in Nebraska City, followed by a stop at Peru State College and the Cooper Nuclear Station in Brownville. The sessions at Peru and Brownville focused on nuclear energy and served as the beginning of the intense study/travel seminar to three major cities in the United States, said Terry Hejny, director of the Nebraska LEAD Program. In Kansas City, the group attended meetings at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Reserve Bank, Bayer Crop Science, UMB Bank, Livestock Management Association and Dairy Farmers of America. The group discussed the future of the greater Kansas City area, regional economics, rural development, non-point source pollution, drinking water standards and other topics. While in Washington, D.C., the group met with representatives of the World Bank, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the American Bankers Association, CropLife America, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Corn Growers Association, the Heritage Foundation and the National Association of Wheat Growers. They also met with Sen. Chuck Hagel and Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, Adrian Smith and Lee Terry during the Nebraska Breakfast which was followed by a tour of the Capitol. The group also had sessions with ACDI/VOCA and the Bureau of Reclamation. Fellows toured the Gettysburg Battlefield and the Mason-Dixon Farm in Gettysburg, Pa. At the Mason-Dixon Farm, they observed a robotic milking parlor in this totally integrated dairy farm where even the waste materials are used for the production of electricity and fertilizer. In Chicago, the group attended meetings at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and had a session with the Environmental Protection Agency with a discussion on pollution in large cities. The group also was briefed at the Greater Chicago Food Depository followed by a stop at John Deere in Moline, Ill. Nebraska LEAD XXVII Fellows are: Wayne Bahler, Lamar; Diane Becker, Madison; Frank Beel, Johnston; Glenn Beller, Lindsay; Lynn Belitz, Fullerton; Andrew Bose, Wayne; Bruce Bostelman, Brainard; Don Bristol, Fairmont; Melissa Dearmont, Rose; John Doerr, Osmond; Alan Estes, Stuart; Doug Ferguson, Blue Springs; Adam Fischer, Valentine; Curtis Friesen, Henderson; Eugene Goering, Platte Center; John Hay, Palmyra; Joel Kuehn, Heartwell; Troy Linn, Overton; Steve Nelson, Schuyler; David Nichols, Chambers; Jecca Ostrander, Gordon; Mike Oswald, Aurora; Kenneth Rahjes, Lexington; Julie Rau-Ruhter, Ainsworth; Todd Reichardt, Aurora; Stephanie Stedman, Burr; Bryan Terrell, Hay Springs; Brandy VanDeWalle, Ohiowa; Ryan Walker, Scottsbluff; and Travis Wenzel, Hyannis. The purpose of LEAD is to prepare and motivate men and women in agriculture for more effective leadership. The National Study/Travel Seminar is a part of leadership development. The Nebraska LEAD Program is under the direction of the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council Inc., a non-profit organization in cooperation with the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and is supported by Nebraska colleges, universities, businesses, industries and individuals throughout the state. The Nebraska LEAD offices are located in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 3/24/08
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