Mary Rittenhouse presents the Bruntz Family Teaching Award to Dr. Brad Ramsdale. (S. Nutter / NCTA News photo)
Ramsdale receives Bruntz Teaching Award Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Aug. 19, 2020

By Mary Crawford, NCTA News

“A faculty member who has made an extraordinary impact on the life of an NCTA student.”

This describes Brad Ramsdale, Ph.D., of Curtis, the 2020 recipient of the Bruntz Family Teaching Award, an esteemed faculty honor at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

Dr. Ramsdale is an associate professor of agronomy and chair of NCTA’s Agronomy and Agricultural Mechanics Division.

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NCTA graduate Quentin Anderson of Pierce (center with horse) and his rodeo teammates, from left, Bryce Tobiassen, Hildreth; Ryan Smith, Ragan; Anderson, Wyatt Colman, O’Neill; Nathan Burnett, Shelton; and Caprice Christianson, Greenbush, Minnesota. Aggie Rodeo is an intercollegiate traveling team.  (Photo by Crawford/NCTA News)
Join an Aggie team Wednesday, June 10, 2020

June 10, 2020

Dean’s Message from Interim Dean Kelly Bruns, Ph.D.

CURTIS, Neb. – Quentin Anderson wanted to rodeo after his high school years so he headed to a college where he could not only gain a degree but continue his love of calf roping and being horseback.

He joined the Aggie Rodeo and Ranch Horse Teams at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis while studying equine industry management and ag business.

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Dr. Brad Ramsdale, right, demonstrates planter adjustments at the campus farm of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. (Photo by Cy Cannon/NCTA News)
Agronomy in action Monday, March 23, 2020

March 23, 2020

By Mary Crawford, NCTA News                                                                            

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Crops judging includes plant identification and practicum tests. NCTA’s team won the 2-year division on Saturday in Curtis. (Ramsdale / NCTA photo)
NCTA wins crops contest Tuesday, March 10, 2020

March 10, 2020

By NCTA News

CURTIS, Neb. – An all-Nebraska team of Aggie students is tops in their field.

The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis won the top crops judging team among their two-year college cohorts Saturday in a Crops Judging Contest hosted at NCTA.

A four-student team of Ethan Aschenbrenner and Tyler Aschenbrenner, brothers from Scottsbluff, Chase Callahan of Farnam, and Amy Lammers of Axtell are sophomores at NCTA.

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First-year veterinary technology students attend radiology lecture by Department Chair Barb Berg on Wednesday at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. (Photo by M. Crawford / NCTA)
NCTA Discovery Day is March 2 in Curtis Thursday, February 20, 2020

Feb. 20, 2020

By Mary Crawford, NCTA News

CURTIS, Neb. – High school students seeking unique learning opportunities as part of their academic portfolio in college are invited to “Discovery Day” on March 2 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

“Our Aggie students and professors always enjoy Discovery Day – a day filled with tours, conversations and fun – as they share their experiences in agriculture and veterinary technology studies at NCTA,” said Jennifer McConville, NCTA associate dean.

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NCTA Crops Judging Team members for the 2020 season are, back row, from left, Jacob Jenkins, Mitchell; Ethan Aschenbrenner, Scottsbluff; Connor Nolan, Lynch; and Tyler Aschenbrenner, Scottsbluff. Front row, Taylor Sayer, Cambridge; Amy Lammers, Axtell; Lilly Calkins, Palmyra; and Chase Callahan, Farnam.  (Ramsdale / NCTA Photo)
Crops team has Oklahoma opener Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Feb. 18, 2020

By Mary Crawford, NCTA News

CURTIS, Neb. – The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Crops Team opened its judging season Saturday by winning second place among two-year colleges in a contest at Oklahoma Panhandle State University at Goodwell.

The team is coached by NCTA Agronomy Professor Brad Ramsdale.

Members of the team, all sophomores, are Ethan Aschenbrenner of Scottsbluff, Chase Callahan of Farnam, Tyler Aschenbrenner of Scottsbluff and Amy Lammers of Axtell.

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Ross Steward harvests corn at the USDA-ARS Limit Irrigation Research Farm near Greeley, Colorado. The native of Littleton credits trips to his grandparents’ farm and his college years, both in Nebraska, for a career path in crop management. (Courtesy photo)
NCTA grad plants seeds to success Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Jan. 22, 2020

By Nicole Wright and Mary Crawford, NCTA News

Ross Steward is applying complementary college degrees in agronomy to on-farm research on irrigated agriculture.

Since graduating in 2016 from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis and three years later from Colorado State University, Steward now oversees a 40-acre research facility in northeastern Colorado.

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Aggie students and Nebraska producers can participate in the 2020 Sorghum Symposium Thursday, Jan. 30 at the NCTA campus. (NCTA photo)
Sorghum symposium is Jan. 30 Tuesday, January 21, 2020

January 21, 2020

Grain sorghum producers are encouraged to attend the 2020 Sorghum Symposium hosted Thursday, January 30 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Nebraska Agriculture Industry Education Center.

The symposium is sponsored by the Nebraska Sorghum Producers Association, with the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board and Nebraska Extension.

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NCTA Student Senate Officers, left to right, Aileen Reynosa, KayLee Rasmussen, Sarah Campbell and Nicole Wright.  (NCTA photo)
Student leaders at NCTA Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Dec. 18, 2019

By NCTA News

Aggies who participate in student clubs and campus organizations have a voice in leadership at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

The NCTA Student Senate is comprised of the representatives of the 20 clubs and teams at the agricultural campus, said KayLee Rasmussen of Burwell, Student Senate president.

“Each of the clubs or teams sends a first-year and second-year student to serve on the senate,” said Rasmussen, an animal science major who is secretary of the Aggies Shotgun Sports Team.

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FFA livestock judging was among district contests at NCTA two days this week. (Nutter/NCTA News photo)
Teams, clubs enhance Aggie academics Thursday, November 14, 2019

Nov. 13, 2019                                                         

NCTA Dean’s Message

By Interim Dean Kelly Bruns, Ph.D.

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