Farm & Ranch Manager
Real Estate Salesperson
Owner of Agri Affiliates, Inc.
About Bruce Dodson, AFM
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Mechanized Agriculture and Agricultural Education, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
ADVANCED TRAINING
American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers: Agricultural Management – Professional Standards for the 90’s (M-12), Hutchison, KS; Financial Statements, Kearney, NE; Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (A-12 Part II); Advanced Farm Management (M20), Iowa State University; Report Writing School, Kansas State University; Principles of Professional Farm Management (M10), Indianapolis, IN; Principles of Rural Appraising (A10), Albuquerque, NM; Leadership Training, Washington D.C. Corporation for the Northern Rockies: Conservation Easements & Habitat Enhancement, Sheridan, WY; Center of Holistic Resource Management: Introduction to Holistic Resource Management; Generating Wealth; Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute: Commercial Investment Real Estate Analysis (CI 401); Financial Management for the Closely Held Business; Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc. Real Estate Law (0373); Nebraska Water Law, Lincoln, NE; ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS I, University of Wyoming; ASFMRA Digital Mapping.
EXPERIENCE
1985 – Present: Professional Farm Manager, Agri Affiliates, Inc., North Platte Nebraska office. General responsibilities include management and consulting services for clients on farms and ranches in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Extensive real estate marketing experience including private treaty and auction sales of all types and sizes of agricultural properties. Provides company IT, GPS, and GIS services.
Author of the W.A.T.E.R. Model, an analytical tool to help producers manage irrigation water resources. Development of this model was completed in conjunction with Congressmen Osborne’s office, Nebraska Farm Bureau, four NRDs, and two irrigation districts. Great Plains Health Foundation past board member. Past advisory committee member of the Agribusiness Management curriculum at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Serves on several non-profit boards providing services to the region.
1982 – 1985: Following graduation from UNL, involved with management of farming operations for Dodson Ranch and Farm Company, Maywood, Nebraska. Responsible for planning and implementation of cropping practices. Cropping programs developed for irrigated and dry cropland, including eco-fallow farming systems. Specific responsibilities included crop production, marketing, enterprise cost analysis, and computerized financial record keeping.
LICENSES
Real Estate Salesperson License – Nebraska
PROFESSIONAL
Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Member of the Nebraska Chapter
