Eight B-R students attended the Agriculture Opportunities Conference today at the Nielsen Center in West Point. Here are some of the notes I took from the presentation of Weldon Sleight, Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, Nebraska:
- Bancroft peaked in population in 1910 with 742 people.
- Children are rural Nebraska's greatest export (not a good thing. We want them to return home).
- Invite young people to return home after college. Show them opportunities in the community (agriculture, business, professional)
- 70% of Nebraska farm ground will change hands in the next 20 years.
