Arden is on the board of the Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation (NCF). The NCF's mission is to advance the future of Nebraska's Beef Industry by investing in research and education programs. In 2011 NCF gave out 19 scholarships of $1000, awarded research grants of 5K and 10K to 3 professors and established a new endowment for a range professor. NCF also supports livestock judging teams from UNL and 3 community colleges. Support for FFA and other needs that fall within our mission statement are made each year. Money for these programs are raised by individuals donating steers to the Retail Value Steer Challenge which places steers in a feedyard until they are ready for harvest. The donated steer and the profit he makes during the feeding program creates the funds. This program will raise about 170K this year. Steer number 49 is my donation for this year, if he places in the top 3 in any one of 3 categories I will win some money back.
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