NCTA applauds FFA leaders and teachers Tuesday, April 12, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Dr. Larry Gossen
We added a large checkmark (and a few gold stars) to our NCTA “bucket list” in the past week for FFA programs.
The 94th annual Nebraska State FFA Convention in Lincoln was a grand event. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, it was quite reinvigorating to again assemble in the Star City.
Sixteen of us from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture attended, amid 6,000 FFA members, chapter advisors, family members and future teachers.
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National awards to 2-year and 4-year ag colleges Friday, April 8, 2022
By NCTA News
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - National champions in recent collegiate agriculture contests ranging from soils and crops to livestock and horses, were from the states of Illinois, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis hosted more than 500 students, plus coaches and instructors at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging Contest, “Discover your Hidden Resources.”
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Ranch horse show in McCook begins Friday Friday, April 8, 2022
By NCTA News
Horse enthusiasts can get a healthy dose of equine action this weekend as riders test the versatility and value of working horseback at a ranch.
The Punchy in Pink Spring Roundup is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in McCook. Events include stock cow work, ranch riding, horse confirmation, and trail course.
The show for open class and college contestants is hosted by the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Ranch Horse Team.
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NACTA students discovered their hidden resource in contests Thursday, April 7, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Dr. Larry Gossen
Nebraskans introduced college students from around the United States to our unique agriculture and natural resources during a national conference last week in North Platte.
We were honored to host the NACTA Judging Contest 2022 “Discover Your Hidden Resource” in west central Nebraska.
In three days, more than 500 students plus coaches and guests represented 42 colleges in contests of ag business, mechanics, crops, livestock, dairy, knowledge bowl, precision ag, horticulture, soils, and equine management.
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High schools boost ag programs Wednesday, March 30, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Dr. Larry Gossen
Nebraska’s classrooms are gaining on agricultural academics, thanks to programs such as FFA, 4-H and now a consortium in Northeast Nebraska.
As the sole post-secondary institution in Nebraska that is 100% agricultural, the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is a key resource for agricultural education.
This week and next, NCTA joins partners in significant events for high school students.
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National agriculture contest to draw 600 to North Platte Tuesday, March 29, 2022
by NCTA News
Students of agriculture will vie for top honors this week in a national contest of 40 two-year and four-year colleges from across the U.S.
The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis is host to nearly 600 students and coaches at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging Contest, “Discover your Hidden Resources.”
Teams travel to conference headquarters in North Platte. Events are held at four locations around the community, with the dairy judging Thursday at the Dawson County Fairgrounds in Lexington.
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National Ag Week Salute Wednesday, March 23, 2022
NCTA Dean’s Message by Dr. Larry Gossen
America observes National Agriculture Week March 20 to 26!
At the Nebraska College of Technical in Curtis, EVERY week is Agriculture Week.
After all, we’ve been known as the Aggies since the regional boarding school was first opened its doors in 1913.
Everywhere one turns on campus and nearby farm and pasture of Aggieland, we emphasize academics through hands-on learning.
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Aggie trap team aims high Tuesday, March 22, 2022
By NCTA News
Emily Miller has been competing as a student athlete recently in three states.
So have her teammates on the Shotgun Sports Team at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Miller, a first-year veterinary technician student and vice president of the Aggie team, calls Norton, Kansas home. Miller has been aiming at sporting clays on ranges in Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas.
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University aid for free tuition to NCTA Monday, March 21, 2022
By NCTA News and University Communications
Nebraska students with family incomes of $65,000 or less will be able to attend the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis tuition-free for 2022-23 under the expanded Nebraska Promise program.
University of Nebraska President Ted Carter last week announced two main changes to Nebraska Promise, which the NU system established in 2020 for its campuses at Curtis, Kearney, Lincoln, and Omaha.
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Elwood native rides for ranching career Wednesday, March 16, 2022
By Mary Crawford, NCTA News
Cauy Bennett had a busy two days in early March, showing two horses at a Collegiate Ranch Horse contest in Colorado.
The livestock industry management major at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis rides with the NCTA Ranch Horse Team.
Six Aggies competed, hauling seven horses in the college horse trailer from Curtis to Fort Collins.
“Two of those seven were my mares I have with me at college,” said Cauy, who with his parents Shannon and Kelly Bennett, ranch near Elwood, Nebraska.
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