Nebraska LEAD program members take part in 10-day study and travel seminar

Nebraska LEAD Program Fellows Nick Fowler of Imperial, Calvin Wineland of Cambridge, Matt Broz of Hayes Center, Jolene Messinger of McCook and Alex Peterson of Haigler traveled to seminars in Kansas City, Washington D. C. and shown here at the Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, as part of the Nebraska LEAD program. Courtesy photo

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA -- Five Nebraska LEAD Program Fellows of Southwest Nebraska have returned home after participating in a ten-day national study/travel seminar conducted by the Nebraska LEAD Program, February 5-14, 2014.

Participants were Nick Fowler of Imperial, Calvin Wineland of Cambridge, Matt Broz of Hayes Center, Jolene Messinger of McCook and Alex Peterson of Haigler,

Dr. Terry Hejny, Director of the Nebraska LEAD Program served as group leader for the study/travel seminar to Kansas City, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.

During the seminar, Nebraska LEAD Fellows met with business, industry and government leaders. Several highlights included visits to the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 in Kansas City and Region 5 in Chicago, the CME Group, American Farm Bureau Federation, the Embassy of the Philippines and the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. Also included in this year's experience was a briefing and factory tour of the John Deere operations in Moline, Illinois.

A major objective of the study/travel seminar is to provide participants with the opportunity to meet leaders who help shape local, state, and national policy in agriculture and related areas and to create first-hand exposure to varied social and economic conditions/issues that exist in the United States. The mission of the Nebraska LEAD program is "to prepare and motivate men and women in agriculture for more effective leadership" and is designed to speed up the leadership process.The Nebraska LEAD Program includes men and women, currently active in production agriculture and agribusiness. The Nebraska LEAD Program is a two-year leadership development program under the direction of the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council and in cooperation with the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Program content, essential to leadership focuses on economics, government, human relations, communications, international trade, sociology, education, the arts, social-cultural understandings as well as agriculture.

For more information, or to request an application for Nebraska LEAD 34, contact the Nebraska LEAD Program, 318 BioChem Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0763 or telephone 402-472-6810.