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Max Mielke: Agriculture Future of America Prepares Students for Careers in Agriculture
As a 5th generation farm kid, Max Mielke wore Carhartts, not cufflinks. He grew up swathing and bailing hay, driving combines and semi-trucks, and herding cattle on horseback in places that four wheelers just won’t go. When he headed off to college, Max knew that he wanted to prepare for a career in agriculture. He had the knowledge of farming and ranching, but he lacked other skills he would need in an off-the-farm job. That’s when Max discovered Agriculture Future of America (AFA).
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Native Students Propose Projects for the Continued Growth of Indian Ag
Three inspiring students win the 2019 Intertribal Agriculture Council youth essay contest with project proposals focused on fostering continued growth of Indian agriculture.
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The Farm Credit Difference: Kate Lambert's Story
This blog was originally published on Upto
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The Value of Broadband: Increasing the Quality of Healthcare in Rural Communities
Rural broadband means access to telehealth, which critical for rural residents, who often live far from hospitals or clinics and lack access to locally-based specialists. Patients’ ability to communicate with healthcare professionals from home and local doctors’ ability to consult with off-site specialists have the potential to increase both the quality of life for rural residents and the quality of healthcare they receive. These outcomes would help reduce overall costs in thousands of rural communities across the country.
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Top Ten Entrepreneurs Gear up for the 2021 Ag Innovation Challenge
Learn about the inspiring, top ten semifinalists that will compete at the 2021 Ag Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneur of the Year and People's Choice Award.
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Supporting Farmers Markets Across the Country
In this guest blog post, the Farmers Market Coalition, one of Farm Credit's partner organizations, highlights Farm Credit's support of farmers markets.
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Twelve teachers honored with the 2019 National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award
The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Farm Credit partner each year to honor kindergarten through 12th grade teachers from around the country for the innovative ways they use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies, STEM/STEAM and more.
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Becoming a Financial Superhero at the 2021 FFA Horizon Conference
It’s important to Farm Credit that America’s young people learn business skills to carry on America’s agricultural legacy, taking over family businesses and starting their own operations.
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No Barriers and CoBank Unite to Empower Veterans
CoBank joined forces with No Barriers USA, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization, in 2017 to create a program that honors the men and women from rural America who have served in the U.S. military and returned home with various forms of service-related disabilities.
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Living to Serve: CoBank funds FFA students’ service-learning projects
The National FFA Organization believes in the value of community service as a means of addressing local concerns, while also understanding the need for service to be situation-specific and collaborative.