News & Information
Farm Bureau works hard to keep members up-to-date with their industry and the environment in which it operates. Click any of the links for timely information.
News Releases
- Farm Bureau Asks USDA for Immediate Help for Livestock Farmers
- Farm Bureau Checklist Helps Farmers, Homeowners with Property Valuation Protests
- EPA Wants Report of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Largest Livestock Manure Producers
- Nebraska Farm Bureau Opposes Climate Change Bill
Farm Bureau has identified five ways USDA can provide some immediate help to livestock producers in Nebraska and the U.S.
This news release explains how to protest a Nebraska real property valuation.
Nebraska Farm Bureau opposes EPA's plan to require certain large livestock operations to report greenhouse gas emissions, because manure is less than 1 percent of total GHG
Nebraska Farm Bureau strongly opposes the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), which would cap the amount of carbon-based emissions from certain sectors of the U.S. economy, Keith Olsen, president of Nebraska Farm Bureau said May 21.
Nebraska Farm Bureau News
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
Congressional Spotlight, Terry: Agriculture Important to Urban District; 2009 Legislative Session Successful for Agriculture; Nebraska YF&Rs Can Compete for Achievement, Excellence in Ag and Discussion Meet; Nebraska Agriculture Key to the Success of University's Global Water Institute
Morrill County Farm Bureau Welcomes Livestock Growth; Clean Water Legislation Looks To Regulate Farm Ponds and Ditches; Nebraska Farmers Share Their Experiences via Twitter; Farm Bureau Volunteers to the Rescue; Month in Pictures; Crop Scouts; Nebraska Pork Producers Bracing for Impact from H1N1 Virus Scare; Ag Family Nomination Deadline Is June 15
FB Seeks Rehearing of Pesticide Ruling, Nebraska Prepared for Federal Action; Irrigation Ban on Lower Platte River Lifted, Limits Will Apply; Farm Bureau: Continue State Support for Career Education/Leadership Organizations; Help Educate Rush Limbaugh about HSUS; Antibiotics Vital to Animal Health, Food Protection; Gibson Retires After 28 Years With Nebraska Farm Bureau; Social Media Becoming the Way To Communicate in 2009; State Fair Ag Family of the Day Program Seeks Nominations for 2009 Fair
Direct Farm Payments Impact Family Farms; People In Ag-Economic Development Tour; Nebraska Farm Bureau: Don't Re-Open Farm Bill; Vegetation Management Program Needs To Be Continued; Celebrate National Agriculture Day March 20; Spirit of Optimism Buoys Young Farmers, Ranchers
Nebraska Farm Bureau Radio Programs
- 7-7-09 FB View –Food Safety
- 7-2-09 Farm Bureau Focus – USDA Report
- 6-30-09 FB View – A-FAN
- 6-25-09 Farm Bureau Focus – Cap and Trade
Today Kelli Ludlum with the American Farm Bureau joins the program to talk about Food Safety Reform in Congress where it is at and where it is going.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service has released the acreage report and it’s full of surprises. Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Tina Henderson tells us more in the following report. The report runs 1:28.
Today's interview with Roger Berry, field director for A-FAN the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska will talk about how A-FAN is dealing with the intense scrutiny agriculture is under in the area of Animal Rights.
Congress is considering legislation that would limit the amount of greenhouse gases industries could produce. The government would then create a cap and trade system where companies could buy and sell those so called carbon credits with other industries. Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Tina Henderson tells us more in the following report. The report runs 2:13.