Nathan Mueller
Nathan and his brother grow corn, soybeans and winter wheat on a small farm in Dodge County. He wears many hats, including independent contract work for Nu Horizon Genetics and the Nebraska Corn Board. Previously he worked for UNL as a cropping systems extension educator and USDA-NRCS as the Nebraska soil health specialist. He has […]
Kevin Fulton
Kevin owns and operates Clear Creek Land & Livestock, a holistically managed organic farming and ranching operation in the Central Loess Hills region near Loup City. He has more than 50 years experience as a land owner practicing regenerative methods. His diverse operation focuses on profitability, soil health, ecosystem management, year round grazing, and value-added […]
Junior Pfanstiel
Junior Pfanstiel farms with his wife Katelyn and their four children near McLean, Nebraska. After exiting the retail ag industry and being fed up with high input prices, he dove head first toward regenerative farming practices. His farm operation consists of 330 acres (50/50 dryland/irrigated), all of which will be fully regenerative, organic certified in […]
Ed Olson
Ed farms approximately 800 acres across Washington, Burt, and Dodge counties. A no-till farmer for more than 25 years, Ed employs cover crops, terraces, filter strips, and grassedwaterways to slow erosion, reduce run-off, and build soil health. An avid sportsman, Ed has alsoinvested in field borders, windbreaks, and pollinator plots to create habitat for local […]
Mark McConnell
Mark McConnell has spent more than 30 years experimenting with practices that improve soil quality and water use efficiency on his southeast Nebraska farm. His long-standing commitment to building a sustainable operation has included terracing, no-till, cover crops, and livestock integration to address erosion, improve soil biology, and create a system that can rely on […]
Matt Bailey
Matt raises corn and soybeans on primarily irrigated acres–both pivot and gravity flow–with his dad and brother. While the family has some farmland outside of the Platte Valley, a fair percentage of their acres are where the water table is high, soils are light and sandy, and nutrient management is key. Matt believes being a […]
Vance McCoy
Vance has farmed dryland and irrigated crop ground for nearly 30 years, focusing on a diversified rotation of corn, soybeans, wheat, and cover crops. In addition to cover crops, he experiments with practices such as no-till, adaptive multi-paddock grazing, relay cropping, intercropping, and composting to build soil health on his operation. As owner of Triple […]
Scott Heinemann
Scott Heinemann is a third-generation farmer in Wayne County, Nebraska, where he grows corn, soybeans, oats, cereal rye, and a variety of cover crops. Passionate about soil health and protecting precious water resources, Scott is always looking for practical ways to improve the land while keeping his operation productive and resilient. Over the years, he […]
Greg Keller
Based near Monroe, Nebraska, Greg Keller manages a 1,000 acre corn and soy operation defined by innovation and soil stewardship. With 26 years of continuous no-till farming and 11 years of cover cropping, Keller has built up his hilly Platte County soils to withstand heavy precipitation events while increasing yields. Greg credits his reduced inputs […]
Tracy Zink
Tracy is a third generation producer in Southwest Nebraska, farming both irrigated and dryland acres of corn, soybeans, sorghum, and wheat. After pursuing a professional career in health and wellness, as well as senior housing, she returned to her roots on the farm, where she remains committed to the health and wellness of soil, water, […]
Clay Govier
Clay Govier is a fifth-generation farmer from the Broken Bow area. His family grows corn, soybeans, cereal rye, yellow peas, and alfalfa, largely on center-pivot irrigated land. Regenerative practices, such as no-till and cover crops, are the foundation of the farm, and the Govier family continually embraces more soil health principles. Clay has a degree […]
Jeff Steffen
Jeff and Jolene Steffen farm 600 acres in northeast Nebraska, approximately 10 miles south of the South Dakota border. Of these acres, 500 are used to produce corn, oats, soybeans, buckwheat, cereal rye, and peas for cash crops, as well as non-GMO soybeans and oats for certified seed. The couple has implemented continuous no-till for […]