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When Adam Knapp's family farm in Ord needed a better way to control crops and keep cattle healthy, he saw an opportunity.

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Adam Knapp has turned Knapp Customs Ops into a successful business, spraying mainly fungicides and insecticides. "The farmer just has to call me and I handle everything else. From all the logistics to carrying the chemical," he said.

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Adam Knapp was crowned winner of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's New Venture competition. The 20-year-old has turned Knapp Customs Ops into a successful business, spraying mainly fungicides and insecticides.

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Photos and video: Nebraskans pick up the pieces day after Howard County tornado

Friends and family help clean up rubble Monday after a tornado hit the Bruning home near St. Libory on Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Friends and family help clean up rubble Monday at the Bruning home near St. Libory.

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A cat walks through the wreckage of the Bruning home near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A cat walks among the wreckage of a home near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Friends and family help clean a nearby field of debris Monday near St. Libory.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Utility workers clean up debris outside St. Libory on Monday.

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A tractor sits upended in a field near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Michaela Bruning wipes her eyes while examining her neighbor's home near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Austen Sis examines the damage to a home near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A tornado that ripped throug Howard County on Sunday destroyed four homes near St. Libory.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Lora Miller carries a box full of children’s books and keepsakes while cleaning up her son's home near St. Libory on Monday. The home was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Friends, family, and volunteers help clean up debris near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Shelby Schwartz, left, embraces her neighbor Michaela Bruning while cleaning up Monday near St. Libory. A tornado hit Bruning’s home in the Denton Circle housing development northeast of town Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Volunteers and helpers clean up debris near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Vehicles sit mangled near St. Libory on Monday.

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Michaela and Bo Bruning look through rubble for valuables and keepsakes on Monday, a day after a tornado hit their home in the Denton Circle housing development northeast of St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A toy horse is seen among the rubble of homes near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Brad Dubas looks at the devastation at a friend's home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

The road sign leading to the Denton Circle housing development northeast of St. Libory sits mangled on the ground Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Friends, family and volunteers help the Miller family clean up debris at their home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Upended center pivots lay in a field near St. Libory on Monday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Whitney Miller searches through the rubble of her home in the Denton Circle housing development near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Whitney Miller searches through the rubble of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Michaela Bruning is embraced by Ryan Marr as they examine the remnants of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A mangled vehicle sits in front of a home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Lora Miller searches through rubble that was once a children’s room at her son's home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after it was struck by a tornado.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Abbie Obermiller, left, and Ryan Marr search through the rubble of a home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through the area.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Michaela Bruning is embraced by Ryan Marr as they examine the remnants of her home near St. Libory on Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Brad Dubas picks up a Husker flag he found in the rubble while searching for belongings with his close friend Michaela Bruning at Bruning's home near St. Libory on Monday. Bruning's home was among those struck by a tornado that ripped through Howard County.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

A tornado near St. Libory destroyed newly built homes Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

New homes near St. Libory lay in rubble Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County on Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Debris from a home near St. Libory lays scattered Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through Howard County on Sunday.

KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Contact the writer at tronen@journalstar.com or 402-473-7391. On X @tronen22

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