Crops Team Places First Wednesday, February 28, 2024
February 26, 2024
By NCTA News
The NCTA Crops Judging Team opened their season on a high note by placing first in the 2-year college division. The competition was held on Saturday, February 24, at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, KS.
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California Dreamin' at NACTA Tuesday, April 25, 2023
By NCTA News
Last year, NCTA hosted the North America Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, bringing students from far and wide to our region. This year, it was our turn to venture far away to Modesto Junior College in California to compete and learn at the NACTA Judging Conference.
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Crop judging scholars named Tuesday, October 11, 2022
By NCTA NEWS
Four sophomores attending the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis have received $500 scholarships as team members of the NCTA Crop Judging Team.
The scholarships are sponsored by Ag Valley Co-op, a cooperative which has supported the NCTA Aggies and the agronomy program of Professor Brad Ramsdale for several years.
The students are Gavin Tremblay, Hoxie, Kansas; Codi LaBorde, Milliken, Colorado; Nolan Buss, Stockton, Kansas; and Garrett Thielen, Dorrance, Kansas. Their coach and agronomy professor is Dr. Ramsdale.
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Crops practicum is realistic at Stumpf Wheat Center Tuesday, October 4, 2022
By NCTA NEWS
A college class assignment for growing winter wheat added several doses of reality this fall in test plots near Grant, Nebraska.
Drought conditions and limited supplies of hybrid varieties are a taste of the real world, shared students from the Crops Practicum II course at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Aggie students of Dr. Brad Ramsdale had three main components for their project:
1) Select a hybrid variety of winter wheat (ranking top five choices)
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Agronomy Youth Field Day is July 6 in Curtis Tuesday, June 21, 2022
By NCTA NEWS
Youth can get a new perspective of growing crops out in the field through the eyes of an aerial drone.
The 6th annual Agronomy Youth Field Day will be Wednesday, July 6 at Curtis, sponsored by Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
NCTA Agronomy Professor Brad Ramsdale will join researchers and educators from University of Nebraska Extension for the free, daylong workshop geared toward youth, ages 9 to 18.
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NCTA: Year in Review - Part 2 Tuesday, May 31, 2022
January – May 2022
Dean’s Message by Larry Gossen, Ph.D.
Reflection on the past year for our Aggie campus community and the Class of 2022 brought many memories to the fore. Last week in Part 1, we noted a few highlights for May to December 2021 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
In Part 2, we look at January through May of 2022:
January
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Aggies gain in TAPS contest Friday, April 15, 2022
The old line about a farmer out standing in his (or her) field is no joke for agronomy students at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.
Aggie students of NCTA Agronomy Professor Brad Ramsdale participated in 2020 and 2021 in a University of Nebraska-Lincoln competition called Testing Ag Performance Solutions.
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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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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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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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