[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL 
                              AGRICULTURE

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                           HON. ADRIAN SMITH

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture as they celebrate a Century 
of Ag Education.
  Established in 1913 as the Nebraska Agriculture School, high school 
age students from across the state lived and learned in Curtis, 
Nebraska. By 1968, the school had transitioned to a post-secondary 
agriculture technical school.
  Despite years of uncertainty and state funding cuts, the NCTA has 
emerged as a one of the state's most valued resources, serving not only 
the students and people of Nebraska, but also the nation and the world.
  Today the campus is located on 72-acres, in addition to a 562-acre 
farm which serves as a field laboratory, complete with grain storage 
facilities, cattle production facilities, and a completely diversified 
Maryland and irrigated farming operation.
  The ``ag school at Curtis'' fortifies students with an appreciation 
of Nebraska's agriculture industry and its role in the global economy, 
and imparts on its students the value of the applied of agriculture 
science and technology, entrepreneurship, and rural communities.
  I am proud to honor their dedication to education, innovation, and 
preservation in Nebraska's dynamic agriculture industry.

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