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Tumbleweed Tours: Sharing rural Nebraska, one tour bus at a time

June 29, 2012 By admin

Sometimes business opportunity blooms right outside your doorstep, down the local county road and back up the gravel road you’ve driven over a thousand times.  Such is the case with Tumbleweed Tours, a tourism venture in rural southeast Nebraska launched by Victoria Lipovsky and Kelly Kahman, a pair of farm women who aren’t short on […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Cultural Preservation, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Educational Opportunities, Natural and Cultural History, Nebraska, Tourism and Recreation

Bow View Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Family Farm Rooted in Diversity Crofton, Nebraska Nestled in the rolling countryside of northeast Nebraska, farmer Curt Arens along with his wife, Donna, continues earning his livelihood from the family land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1914, sprinkling sunflower seeds, Christmas trees and other diversification into the growing mix. Even though his young […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, Nebraska, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sunflowers, Value added

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