Category: 21st Century Equipment Life
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From Scottsbluff to Kherson: Alex Tkachenko’s Story
On February 24, 2022, Alex Tkachenko awoke to the sound of explosions. As export coordinator at 21st Century Equipment, Alex was visiting family in his hometown of Kherson, Ukraine, during a business trip to the country. Little did he know he would bear witness to the day Russia invaded Ukraine, effectively igniting a war between…
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Owen Palm, 2022 Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement honoree
Owen Palm is the owner and founder 16 Nebraska John Deere dealerships and the former CEO of Western Sugar Cooperative. He served as the co-chair of BluePrint Nebraska, and has been a strong supporter of UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Western Nebraska Community College and various natural resources groups, among other entities.
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How a 3rd generation farm grew into a treasured local winery
The Kauffman family lives on a 3rd generation family farm in Fort Morgan, Colorado. A farm where Dan Kauffman learned to set irrigation tubes at the age of nine, grow corn and alfalfa on the 400 acres and where his love of wine took root.
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How commodity prices and supply chain issues are affecting our industry
I’m sure you will agree that saying the last year and a half has been challenging is an understatement—a nearly year-long, world-wide pandemic followed now by an acute shortage of almost everything.
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21st Century Equipment is Proud to Support Local 4-H Programs
21st Century Equipment is proud to support 4-H County Fair Livestock Programs across the 43 counties in Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming through financial contributions. Donating $66,000 to Regional County Fair Livestock Programs.
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Here for those that work the land
When 21st Century Equipment was founded in 1996, we had one purpose—to make farming easier for our customers by providing value in everything we do.
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Why agriculture is the place to be
As we approach the midpoint of 2021, it’s time to focus on the positives that we, who are involved in production agriculture, all share. I think agriculture is the place to be right now.
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Looking ahead to spring
What a difference a few months make. Who of us last September thought we would see March ’21 corn pushing $5.50/bushel or KC wheat futures over $6.00/bushel? The best part is that these prices are being sustained by both strong export demand as well as tight old crop supplies—a great combination!
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Random Act of Kindness Day becomes “Regular Acts of Kindness” for 21st Century Equipment Employees
21st Century Equipment, LLC, 21st Century Leasing, and 21st Century Water Technologies participated in National Random Acts of Kindness Day by collecting food donations to feed hungry families.
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The year of the *asterisk
Here’s a toast to a prosperous 2021 and good riddance to almost all facets of 2020. What a year this has been–the year that will most certainly go down in history as “the year of the *asterisk”.