Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Kimball County farmer Klent Schnell recently was awarded an America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation of $2,500 and gave it to a local nonprofit organization – the Bushnell Johnson Rural Fire District.

It’s a story that began last summer.

Schnell was in the tractor listening to the radio and heard about the program, which the Bayer Fund sponsors. The program provides farmers the opportunity to support and give back to nonprofit organizations they care about by enrolling for a chance to direct a $2,500 donation to them.

Schnell said he went home that evening and said, “Let’s “...