Nick Ward


Nicholas Ward is the President of Ward Laboratories Inc; a service laboratory focused on servicing the agriculture industry located in Kearney. Originally from Manhattan Kansas, Nick received his BS and MS in degrees from Kansas State University. After moving to Nebraska in 2010, he completed his PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2015. 

Nick is active in the Kearney community having served on the Kearney Area Chamber of commerce board of directors from 2019-2022 and Ag committee chair in 2023-2024. He is currently the industry representative on the Nebraska Independent Crop Consults Association board. He volunteers his time helping coach youth sports at the Kearney YMCA. 

Nick and his Wife Brooke Ward live in Kearney where they raise their four girls.