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After receiving his degree, Hughes joined his family's wheat-farming operation in southwestern Nebraska. As of 2011, they farmed about 11,000 acres (4,500 ha). [2] [3] From 1993 to 1999, Hughes served on the Nebraska Ethanol Board, a state agency created to promote development of the ethanol industry. From 2006 to 2014, he served on the ...
Orville Alvin Vogel, one of William and Emelia Vogel's four children, was born in Pilger, Stanton County, Nebraska. He graduated from high school in 1925 and from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with bachelor's and master's degrees in 1929 and 1931, respectively. He married Bertha Berkman in 1931 and began his career as a wheat breeder at ...
James Douglas Pillen (born December 31, 1955) [1] [2] [3] is an American politician, veterinarian and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor of Nebraska since 2023. [4] A member of the Republican Party, Pillen served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents from 2013 to 2023.
He focused on agribusiness in FFA, working at a local grain elevator and also competing in parliamentary procedure, meats judging, welding, and public speaking. He credits this public speaking experience and other skills taught in FFA as having prepared him for his later military service and time as a state legislator.
A Nebraska lawmaker implored the Legislature's Executive Board on Thursday to hold a colleague accountable for invoking her name in a graphic reading on the legislative floor, which some say ...
Heineman was born in Falls City, Nebraska, the son of Irene (née Larkin) and Jean T. Heineman, a stock manager for J. C. Penney. [1] He lived in a variety of places in eastern Nebraska during his youth, eventually attending high school in Wahoo, Nebraska. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1970.
The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization under the umbrella of the main Ohio Corn & Wheat organization. The Growers Association advocates for public policy on behalf ...
Dan Osborn was born on March 29, 1975. [2] His mother was a seamstress, [3] and his father, Gary, worked for Union Pacific Railroad, loading cargo; [4] after retiring, he also served as a Republican Dodge County Commissioner.