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- 1-26-12 FB View Is a New Long Term Care Provision a Reality?
- 1-31-12 FB Focus Strong Growth of U.S. Agricultural Trade
- 2-2-12 FB View Farmers Need to Join Food Conversation
- 1-24-12 FB Focus Vilsack Outlines USDA Cost-Cutting Measures
This week, Congress is going to take up the Class Act which passed through the Ways and Means Committee last week. This particular bill would repeal a new section of the healthcare reform law that was passed a few years ago.
As global demand for U.S. agricultural products continues to grow, American farmers can expect to see an increasing number of opportunities in China and other Asian markets in 2012
These days farmers and ranchers often hear they need to do a better job of telling their stories to curious and sometimes concerned consumers.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Farm Bureau members that his agency is taking action to maintain services in the face of reduced budgets.
News Releases
- UNL Student from Alliance Receives First Olsen Ag Policy Internship Award
- Farm Bureau to President: Heres Two Federal Regulations That Need Some Common Sense
- Flooding Tops Farm Bureaus List of Top 5 Nebraska Ag Stories
- Hunnicutts of Aurora Appointed to American Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee
Bryce Vaughn of Alliance is the first recipient of the new Keith R. Olsen Agricultural Policy Internship Award at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Nebraska Farm Bureau suggests to President Obama two federal regulations he should examine in his effort to reduce unneeded federal regulations and apply common sense to those that are needed.
Flooding was the top Nebraska agricultural story in 2011, Nebraska Farm Bureau says and lists a total of five. Farm Bureau also predicts the Top 5 Ag Stories of 2012.
Zach and Anna Hunnicutt, members of Hamilton County Farm Bureau, have been named to the American Farm Bureau's Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee.
Nebraska Farm Bureau News
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
Familiar Faces in New Places Lead Nebraska Farm Bureau; AFBF Delegates Approve Flexible, Fiscally Sound Farm Policy; 2012 Photo Contest; 21st Century Fund Protects Your Farming and Ranching Operation; Farm Bureau Predicts the Top 5 Ag Stories for 2012; Internship Program Named for Longtime Farm Bureau President Keith Olsen; AFBF Annual Meeting Photo Page; Nebraska Farm Bureau's Top Legislative Issues for 2012
Making Memories at the Nebraska Farm Bureau Convention; Steve Nelson of Axtell Elected as President of Nebraska Farm Bureau; Hitchcock County Couple Chosen as YF&R Achievement Winner; Nebraska Farm Bureau Delegates Revise Policy on Interbasin Transfers; Nebraska FB Held Reception Honoring Keith & Doris Olsen; Apply Now for Scholarships and Loans from County Farm Bureaus.
Counting Our Blessings This Holiday Season; The President's Message: Looking Back on 44 Years in Farm Bureau; Next Farm Bill: 'Like Nothing We've Seen Before'; 2011 Silver Eagle Award Will Honor Eugene and Caroline Bargman; Younes Conference Center New Location for Annual Meeting; Delegates Will Elect a New President and Three State Board Members; Sign Up for YF&R and Legislative Conferences.
Harvesting a Recipe of Goodness; Nebraska Farm Bureau Reaches 2011 Membership Quota; Nebraska Farm Bureau Convention Schedule, Speaker Bios and Registration Form; Nebraska Farm Bureau Calling for Leadership Academy Nominations; Missouri River Flooding Cost Nebraska Nearly $189 Million