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Friday, June 12, 2020 | www.midwestmessenger.com | Vol. 51 • No. 24

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Looking back...

Humphrey, Nebraska farmer Ben Preister (standing atop the machine) works the 1939 hay harvest with his sons Art, Alvis and Jim, using his brother Ben’s machine. Photo submitted by Ben’s son Richard Preister, Lindsay, Nebraska.

See “Looking back” on Page 6.

Dicamba rulingNebraska and Kansas farmers granted reprieve on using dicamba products following registration removal by the EPA.

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Auctions happening this week!

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TOPICYouth in Ag

Photo courtesy NASA

By Amy HadachekMidwest Messenger

Growing up on a Kansas farm, Kristine Larson Davis vividly remembers appreciating the brilliance of the starlit

night sky. Now, the sky and beyond is her field of dreams and her career.

As a spacesuit engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space

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Spacesuit engineer journeys from farm to NASA

Photo courtesy the Larson family

LEFT: Kristine (Larson) Davis guides a calf during her 4-H days. She grew up on the Larson family farm in Galva, Kansas and especially liked taking care of bucket calves. RIGHT: Kristine Davis, a NASA spacesuit engineer, wears a ground prototype of the new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), to be worn during exploration of the moon in NASA’s Artemis program.

GrainBridge provides hands-on learning for agriculture students

By Jon BurlesonMidwest Messenger Reporter

High school students are using an innovative computer program to gain valuable insight into the business of farming and ranching.

The program, GrainBridge, is provided to schools at no cost due to funding from FCSA and Frontier Farm Credit, said Sydney

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JUNE12 Cement Products, Inc., All Rolling

Stock & Equip., Live & Online, North Platte, Neb. (2 of 3)

13 Cement Products, Inc., Commercial Real Estate Auction, North Platte, Neb. (3 of 3)

13 Cloyd “Thayne” Emrich Estate, Large Estate Auction, Indianola, Neb.

17 BigIron Auctions/Larry & Sharon Hulse Unreserved Online Retirement Auction

18 Bernie Staib Estate, Public Auction, Madison, Neb.

18 Doug Turner & Others Online Auction, Closing Date

18 Land Marketers Realty, York Co. Land Auction, York, Neb.

20 Fred & Betty Miller, No-Reserve Collector Car & Personal Property Auction, David City, Neb.

20 Harold & Chris Isom, Public Auction, Allen, Neb.

20 Jim JR & Kerry Crilly, Public Auction, Norfolk, Neb.

20 Suhr Farms, Retirement Auction, Hooper, Neb.

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