Eugene and Melba Glock, front, have utilized Servi-Tech for 35 years. Ted Glock,
back left, is on the Servi-Tech board and his son, Marshall, is an intern this summer.
A family affair
By Monica Springer
Communications Specialist
E
ugene Glock has some advice
he’d like to give to the younger
generation of farmers.
“Learn how to learn,” he said.
“I don’t care how smart you are
and how much you want to be
independent. I think you’re wise to
seek help.”
Eugene, 86, and his wife, Melba,
have been customers of Servi-Tech
since 1984. They grow corn and
soybeans and are a no-till operation.
Eugene and Melba have three
children and five grandchildren.
Their son, Ted Glock, is a Servi-Tech
board member and their grandson,
Marshall, is interning with Servi-
Tech this summer.
Ted Glock has some advice of his
own: “Find people that you trust that
give you good advice. That works for
farming and it works for life.”
Servi-Tech has been their source of
advice for 35 years.
The Glock family farm is located
near Rising City, Nebraska. Years ago,
when Eugene was growing up, there
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used to be a lot of farm families in
the area.
These days, the Glocks are one of
the few farm families left.
It’s a way of life that the family is
trying to preserve.
“Agriculture is changing. Rural
America in changing, and not always
for the better,” Ted Glock said. “It’s
sad to see rural America go the way
it’s going. There aren’t very many
farms, and there are even fewer farms
with little kids on them. Small towns
are not as close knit as they were
15 years ago when I was raising my
kids.”