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Robert W Furnas and Nebraska Farming Vision
Robert W Furnas, early editor and statesman in Brownville, helped convert Nebraska from the Great American Desert to a farming state. He founded the Nebraska Advertiser in 1856, promoted winter wheat, tree planting, sugar beets, and alfalfa, and authored key agriculture reports shaping Nebraska rainfall data and agricultural policy.
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