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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday December 11, 2022 ( 2 items )  

Farmers Business Network and Environmental Defense Fund Announce Major Expansion of Regenerative Ag Operating Lines, Incentivizing Farmers to Implement Regenerative Ag Practices
OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 9 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: Farmers Business Network (FBN(R)), the global AgTech platform and farmer-to-farmer network, together with Environmental Defense Fund today announced the Regenerative Agriculture Financing (RAF) program, offered through FBN Finance, LLC, will double in size to $50 million in operating lines for the coming season and anticipates originating up to $1 billion in climate-smart operating lines over the next f  more

Nebraska Farm Bureau Elects New Leadership at 105th Annual Meeting and Convention
KEARNEY, Nebraska, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- Nebraska Farm Bureau issued the following news release: Katie Olson, a member of Holt County Farm Bureau, was elected as the First Vice President of Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) at their Annual Meeting in Kearney, Dec. 6. Olson has been a Farm Bureau member for nearly 20 years. She and her husband James grow corn and soybeans and raise cow/calf pairs near Atkinson. The NEFB First Vice President will work closely with the NEFB President and Board of Directo  more