18 hours Ago By Midwest Messenger
Chase County farmer Grant Jones saw immense opportunity in diversification, from cows to row crops to shrimp. Jones was named recipient of the 2024 Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement in Agriculture Award. The award was announced Dec.
10 at the Member Appreciation luncheon during Nebraska Farm Bureau’s 107th Annual Meeting and Convention in Kearney. Jones is a Chase County Farm Bureau member and was selected based on performance in farm or ranch management, setting and achieving goals, overcoming obstacles and service to his community and Farm Bureau. As the fourth generation on his family’s operation, Jones always knew he belonged on the ranch.
After graduating in 2014 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with his bachelor’s degree in animal science, Jones returned home to find his place on the operation. Jones, alongside his parents, owns and operates Chundy Land and Cattle and Chundy Aquaculture. Today, Chundy Land and Cattle encompasses a registered SimAngus seedstock herd, a backgrounding lot, custom grazing, hay and a row crop operation.
Chundy Aquaculture is a direct-to-consumer shrimp farm. Jones serves as the Southwest Region YF&R committee member and is an active Chase County Farm Bureau board member. Jones serves on NEFB’s State Legislative Policy Committee.
Outside of his extensive Farm Bureau involvement, Jones serves on the Nebraska Angus Board and the zoning board in Chase County. Farm Bureau members ages 18 to 35 can apply for the Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement in Agriculture Award. As the Nebraska winner, Jones will receive $500 and an all-expense paid trip to the 2025 American Farm Bureau Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas in January to compete with other state winners at the national level.
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