Awards

The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition proudly honors Dr. Ronald Bolze for his exemplary
contributions to rangeland management and beef production. Growing up on a
family dairy farm in Pennsylvania, Dr. Bolze’s passion for agriculture led him
to earn a degree in animal science from Penn State and adoctorate in beef cattle
reproductive physiology from Kansas State University.

John Ravenscroft Family Honored with the 2022 Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award

If you want or need to know about effective grazing management of Nebraska Sandhills range, merely make a visit to 3 Bar Cattle Company, owned and operated by John and Cheryl Ravenscroft and family, located approximately 35 miles south of Nenzel, NE.

Jim Choquette Honored with the 2021 Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award

Press Release

If you want or need to know about effective grazing management, merely make a visit to the farm and ranch of Jim Choquette, located south of Upland, NE close to the Republican River. Jim is no stranger to the grazing community in Nebraska.  Twenty- five plus years ago, Jim transitioned his dryland row crop acres to permanent stands of native range. 

Lynn Myers Honored with the 2018 Annual Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award

Press Release

On June 15, 2018, the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition (NGLC), Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska Environmental Trust hosted the 2018 Summer Grazing Tour in the northern Panhandle of Nebraska near Hay Springs. The event brought approximately 130 grazers, ranchers and government agency personnel together to learn more about successful grazing management practices in an area characterized by great diversity including the cool season grasses of the Pine Ridge and the Sandhills warm season native range. Attendees witnessed that proper grazing of forested areas after wildfire, native range, warm and cool season grasses and cover crops provides increased income for farm and ranch businesses, wildlife and bird habitat, vegetation diversity, increased water quality and quantity and improved soil health over time. The evening program featured a celebration of Lynn Myer’s contribution to Nebraska’s grazing community over the years.

Frank L. Bruning Honored with the First Annual NGLC Lifetime Achievement Award

Press Release

On June 13, 2017, the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition (NGLC), Nebraska Extension and the Nebraska Environmental Trust hosted the 2017 Summer Grazing Tour in southcentral Nebraska near the communities of Reynolds, Belvidere and Bruning. The event brought approximately 160 grazers, ranchers and government agency personnel together to learn more about successful grazing practices in an area predominated by row crop production. Attendees witnessed that proper grazing of native range, cool season grasses and cover crops provides increased income for farm and ranch businesses, wildlife and bird habitat, vegetation diversity, increased water quality and quantity and improved soil health over time. The evening program featured a celebration of Frank and Mary Bruning’s contributions to Nebraska’s grazing community over the years.