Talking with Keith Heuermann

TALKING WITH KEITH HEUERMANN
TALKING WITH KEITH HEUERMANN

Nebraska agriculture has been part of Keith Heuermann's life since childhood, and he has seen many changes over the years. In these brief videos he talks about some of those changes, as well as the wonder of corn, the droughts of the 1930s, 1950s and 2012, the importance and issues of food for the world, what he'd do if starting out today, and more.





SECTION 1: A LIFETIME OF CORN

Video 1: A lifetime of corn; would do it again (2:06)

Keith Heuermann

corn

SECTION 2: THE BUSINESS OF CORN

Video 2: First interest in corn (1:47)
Video 3: Prairie Valley Hybrid (1:40)
Video 4: New owners (1:59)
Video 5: On to popcorn (6:13)
Video 6: Popcorn national and international (4:01)
Video 7: Comparing the seed corn and popcorn businesses (1:57)

SECTION 3: REMEMBERING THE DROUGHTS OF THE 1930s, 1950s, and 2012

Video 8: Growing up in the 1930s (4:16)
Video 9: The heat (1:00)
Video 10: The grasshoppers (0:51)
Video 11: Tumbleweeds for feed (0:53)
Video 12: Lessons of the 1930s (2:07)
Video 13: Biggest influences (0:45)
Video 14: Drought of the 1950s (1:52)
Video 15: The drought of 2012 (1:55)

drought

About Agriculture

SECTION 4: ABOUT AGRICULTURE

Video 16: Changes in agriculture (2:04)
Video 17: Key issue of agriculture worldwide (1:20)
Video 18: For everyone who eats (1:41)
Video 19: Why the Heuermann Lectures (2:29)

SECTION 5: EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Video 20: Life takes education (0:46)
Video 21: Business values (1:07)
Video 22: Advice to entrepreneurs (0:40)

Education