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	Focus-Ag Exports /FB View–Wheat Planting Up March was the biggest export month in history - following on the heels of the first month ag exports ever topped 10-billion dollars. Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Tina Henderson tells us more in the following report. The report runs 1:48. Following the report is the FB View and an interview with Darrell Good, University of Illinois ag economist about winter wheat and how production is up from last year. The FB View runs 2:51. 5/14/2008	[Edit]
	Focus- Slow Planting Start/FB View–NCTA 100-CowCalf growing season is off to a very slow start around the nation and that means some corn farmers will be scrambling to apply nitrogen – usually in the form of anhydrous ammonia. Most of the time this is done prior to planting. But it’s too late to do that this year. Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Tina Henderson tells us more in the following report. The report runs 1:59. Following the report is the FB View and an interview with Weldon Sleight dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis about expanding the 100-Cow Program to non-tradition Students. The FB View runs 3:13. 5/7/2008	[Edit]

NEWS RELEASES

	Ag in the Classroom Teachers of the Year Named Bev Meyer of Hooper and Jane Nyffeler of Lincoln have been named 2008 Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom Teachers of the Year. 5/7/2008	[Edit]
	Cold, Wet Conditions Slow Spring Planting 5/6/2008	[Edit]

NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU NEWS
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	May 2008 Ethanol and High Grain Prices Have Minimal Impact on the Price of Food; All FB Friends of Agriculture Advance to the General Election; 2007 Nebraska AITC Teachers of the Year Selected for National Honors; Recently Passed Farm Bill Package Strikes Key Balance; Convention Keynoter Will Discuss How Society Now Views Animals; Ag Industry Challenges Validity of Pew Commission Report on Animal Ag 5/14/2008	[Edit]
	April 2008 NFBF Designates Friends of Ag in Open Legislative Races; Feed Costs Challenge Livestock Interests; 2008 Legislature Tackles More Ag Issues than Expected; Young Farmers and Ranchers Anticipate Bright Future in Agriculture; New Features, New Format in Two-Day 2008 FB Convention 4/17/2008	[Edit]