Lechtenberg among Farm Bureau LEAD scholarship winners

    The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded scholarships to three  2022-24 participants in the Nebraska LEAD program.
     One of those recipients is Jon Lechtenberg of Imperial.
    “These agricultural professionals contribute daily to the good life in Nebraska,” said Megahn Schafer, executive director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation.
    “We are proud to support them as they invest time and energy to become even better equipped to serve their communities through the Nebraska LEAD program.”
    The LEAD program improves leadership skills and abilities of Nebraska’s future agricultural leaders through exposure to diverse topics, issues, concerns, points of view and innovative ideas.
    The winners of the LEAD scholarship are current Farm Bureau members who commit to serving in a leadership role with Farm Bureau upon completion of the program.
     Besides Lechtenberg, the other scholarship winners are Kari Christensen of Arthur and Dylan Haas of St. Edward.
    They are all members of their county Farm Bureau.
    The mission of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation is to engage youth, educators and the general public to promote an understanding of the vital importance of agriculture in the lives of Nebraskans.