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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, February 6, 2022
A Spending Frenzy Sorry about the delay! Stupid human error. Can you feel it? Do you sense the impending hurricane of somewhat fettered spending unlike this state has seen before? Ever! Do you have a sense that billions of dollars are about to be divvied up within...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, January 30, 2022
We're Number...17 "Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small...never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill. Methinkst, the Prime Minister, speaketh of State Senator Steve Halloran. Halloran, a...
American Soybean Association asks EPA to lift prohibition of Enlist
The EPA has recently received data clarifying the impact of Enlist on the American Burying Beetle which, should the data demonstrate the beetle will not be impacted as EPA anticipated, it could support a registration amendment lifting county-level prohibitions. The...
Second Annual Cornhole Tournament Winners
Our 2nd Annual Exposition Cornhole Tournament was conducted at the 2022 Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition on January 25, 2022. Our Winners are Peyton Grote and Pat Miller both from Gavilon Fertilizer, Omaha, NE! Way to go guys! Trophies, medals, and $100 prize each!
Congratulations to 2022 Expo Raffle Winners!
This year's 2022 Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition Raffle had 7 great prizes awarded on January 26, 2022 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska. Each paid registrant received a free raffle ticket and could buy additional tickets to...
Association Announces 2021 Industry and CCA Awards
Photo Left to Right: Mark Kimball, Charles Starostka, Jenny Rees, Congressman Don Bacon and Karl Hensley (La Vista, NE) The 64th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition was held January 25-26, 2022 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska. This...
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, January 17, 2021
"Short Session" The Legislature convened Wednesday for their 60-day "short" session. Barriers-O-Plexiglass are gone, and senators actually take meetings in their offices. But for visitor restrictions in the legislative chamber, all's right in our world. Short sessions...
EPA Responds to Association Letter on New Dicamba Rules
On September 24, 2021, Scott Merritt, President of the Nebraska Agri-Business Association, sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing the need to continue the current, multi-year label for Dicamba. On December 28, 2021, an answer from ...
Association Joins Coalition Voicing Concerns Over Possible EPA Registration Changes
A coalition, consisting of nearly 100 state and national agricultural organizations expressed their concerns on the possibility of the EPA making registrations changes to pest control products in a letter sent November 23, 2021. At this late date, registration changes...
Nebraska Agri-Business Association Joins Coalition On Chlorpyrifos
A letter to the Environmental Protection Agency was sent on October 19, 2021 as a formal written objection and request to stay tolerance revocations of Chlorpyrifos. This coalition is comprised of over 75 agriculture-related organizations opposed to this ruling. After...