‘Legacy of Leadership’ photo exhibition set for North Platte

Close up of hands of a woman farmer. Farmer is holding a laptop on wheat field. Smart farming and digital agriculture. (Photo: iStock - Scharfsinn86)

A photography exhibition celebrating 40 years of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Nebraska Women in Agriculture program will be on display through Nov. 20 in North Platte at the West Central Research, Extension and Education Center, 402 W. State Farm Road.

A free lecture by Jessica Groskopf, director of Nebraska Women in Agriculture, will be held at the center at 6 p.m. on Nov. 18. She will speak about the historical role of women, their current challenges and their future involvement in agricultural sciences.

The exhibition, “Legacy of Leadership: Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture,” aims to highlight the vital role of women in Nebraska’s agricultural landscape with a collection of more than 70 portraits captured at the 2024 Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference by renowned photographer John Noltner.