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Livestock troubles top 2009 Nebraska issues
The struggling livestock industry tops the list of issues facing Nebraska agriculture in 2009. That’s according to the Nebraska Farm Bureau. The organization’s president, Keith Olsen isn’t surprised.
He says Nebraska’s pork producers have operated in the red for 24 out of the last 28 months. He also cites the price squeeze faced by the state’s dairy producers and bovine tuberculosis discovered in a Nebraska beef herd.
“Pork producers hopefully are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel [and] dairy producers are seeing a little increase in the price of milk that they’re receiving,” Olsen told Brownfield Monday, “but they’re still struggling trying to make much money.”
The late harvest and irrigation water issues are numbers two and three on the list of top agriculture issues.
The fourth issue is the continued activist attacks on agriculture and number five is checkoff dollars targeted to help balance the state budget.
Ultimately the legislature agreed and removed any checkoff transfers from the budget package.
I’m sure Ben Nelson can take care of Nebraska AG at the expense of the other states…