Kurt Thoene

My farm operation is irrigated corn and soybeans in Cedar County, Nebraska.

I have served two years as associate director and 12 years as director. I also have served on the Advisory Council for Farm Credit Services. As our co-op grows, we need to continue to become more efficient from our growth. Always asking, “How does this benefit the farmer owner/customer and its employees?”

I am confident in my decisions. I pay close attention to issues in our area and make sure voices are heard. The cooperative system has enabled farmers to join together and provide modern facilities, excellent services, a safe place for employees to work and revolvement of equity. Moving forward we must continue sharing the value of the cooperative to the young producers, so it is here to serve generations to come.

CVA has an exciting future as we have brought some strong individual co-ops together to create a new CVA that will serve our region for generations. Modern facilities, great employees, timely equity retirement and industry leading products will ensure CVA’s story is one that its owners will be proud to share.

I’ve been married to my wife Lynn for 27 years. We have four boys: Myles, Tate, Ty and Trev.