Nebraska Farmers Union

2011

4/22/11: Nebraska Farmers Union Joins 140 Organizations Urging Congress To Support USDA’s Proposed Rules To Help Restore Fairness And Competition To Ag Markets

4/11/11: Nebraska Farmers Union To Sponsor Rural Cooperative Outreach Program For The Panhandle at Western Nebraska Community College

3/28/11: National Farmers Union: Protect Clean Water and Landowners From Pipeline Threats

3/21/11: NEFU Commends U.S. Senators Nelson and Johanns, Representative Fortenberry, and U.S. State Department for Additional Pipeline Environmental Study

2/25/11: NEFU Sends College Students To Minnesota To Learn About Coops

2010

10/21/10/ - Farmers Union: USDA/DOE Biofuels Infrastructure Announcement Is “Exactly What is Needed”

10/13/10 - Nebraska Wind Power 2010 Conference Scheduled For Kearney November 9-10

9/28/10 - NEBFARMPAC Releases 2010 General Election Candidate Endorsements

9/27/10 - NEBFARMPAC Endorses Sen. Cap Dierks in 40^th Legislative District

9/7/10 - Nebraska Farmers Union Will Participate in NFU Legislative Fly-In

9/2/10 - Nebraska Farmers Union Calls On Livestock Producers To Seize The Opportunity to Reform Ag Markets

6/10/10 - NEBFARMPAC Endorses David Heineman for Governor in General Election

5/21/10 - Nebraska Wind Working Group Announces Wind Power 2010 Conference Dates and Location

3/30/10 - NEFU Joins 75 Organizations Urging USDA to Strengthen BSE Protections

3/26/10 - NEFU To Sponsor Rural Cooperative Opportunities Workshop At The Nebraska College Of Technical Agriculture In Curtis

3/26/10 - NEFU To Sponsor Rural Cooperative Opportunities Workshop At Southeast Community College In Beatrice

3/19/10 - NEFU To Sponsor Rural Cooperative Opportunities Workshop In Grand Island

3/18/10 - NEFU Sends 23 Members to National Convention

3/1/10 - NEFU Says Nebraska Farm Income Is Down $17.9 Million From Carbon Sequestration Income Reductions

2/26/10 - NEFU Sponsors College Students Attendance to College Conference on Cooperatives

2009

12/10/09 - Wayne Frost and Don Eret Receive President’s Awards At NEFU State Convention

11/30/09 - NEFU To Hold 96th Annual Convention In Grand Island December 4-5th At Howard Johnson Riverside Inn

10/9/09 - Nebraska Wind Power 2009 Conference Scheduled for Kearney November 9-10

9/10/09 - NEFU Spearheads Petition Efforts For Class IV Combine Manufacturing At Husker Harvest Days

7/14/09 - NEFU Encourages Nebraskans To Tell EPA They Support Raising The Ethanol Blend Rate By July 20 Deadline

6/15/09 - NEFU Criticizes Decision To Shut Down Rural Dealerships

5/29/09 - Farmers Union Encourages Rural Citizens To Take Part In Climate Change Discussions

5/15/09 - NEFU Congratulates Dan McGuire On Receiving Wind Powering America’s “Midwest Regional Wind Advocacy Award”

4/29/09 - NEFU Says Pork Is Safe To Eat

2/23/09 - NEFU Announces Latest No-Till, Alfalfa, New Grasses Deadline For Carbon Credits is March 5

2008

12/19/08 - Rangeland Carbon Credit Bonus Ends January 30, 2009

12/11/08 - Bill Bullard And John And Mardelle Goeller Receive President’s Awards At NEFU State Convention

12/1/08 - Representative Adrian Smith To Attend Nebraska Farmers Union 2008 Convention

11/24/08 - Nebraska Farmers Union To Hold 95th Annual Convention In Grand Island December 5-6th At Howard Johnson Riverside Inn

10/23/08 - Nebraska Wind Power Conference in Kearney November 11th And 12th

10/23/08 - NEBFARMPAC Announces Presidential And Congressional Endorsements

10/23/08 - NEBFARMPAC Endorses Scott Kleeb For United States Senate

10/17/08 - Nebraska Farmers Union's Top Ten Reasons John McCain's Anti-Ethanol Policies Are Bad For America

9/30/08 - NEBFARMPAC Endorses Sen. Barack Obama For President

7/29/08 - NFU Carbon Credit Program Generates $484,486.66 For Nebraska Farmers

7/24/08 - NEFU, Loup Basin RC&D, & NPPD To Hold Meeting Featuring Information On Carbon Credit Program and C-BED Wind Development Model

7/11/08 - National Farmers Union Presents $1,000 Check To Farm Crisis Response Council For Flood Disaster Relief Efforts

7/8/08 - "Project Citizenship" is Nebraska Farmers Union Youth Camp Theme

5/22/08 - NEFU Commends Nelson, Fortenberry & Smith For Votes On "Food, Conservation, & Energy Act of 2008"

4/24/08 - NPPD Joint Press Release Announcing Groundbreaking Of Our Collaborative C-BED Wind Farm Project

4/18/08 - Nebraska Farmers Union To Sponsor Kleeb/Raimondo Debate

4/2/08 - Record High Carbon Markets Means Bigger Carbon Credit Checks For Farmers And Ranchers

2/18/08 - Nebraska Farmers Union Sends College Students To Minneapolis Conference To Learn About Cooperatives

2007

12/14/07 - NEFU Press Release On Senate Farm Bill

11/19/07 - Nebraska Farmers Union To Hold 94th Annual Convention In Grand Island December 7-8th At Howard Johnson Riverside Inn

10/25/07 - NEFU: Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Is Positive Step

10/15/07 - Nebraska Farmers Harvest New Carbon Credit Opportunities

9/5/07 - Farmers Union Calls For Strong Ag Market Reforms In Senate Farm Bill

8/20/07 - NEFU Board Of Directors Says No To Proposed FSA Closings

7/31/07 - NEFU To Present Carbon Credit Program At NW NE NoTill Field Day

7/11/07 - "Eat Fresh, Buy Local" is Nebraska Farmers Union 2007 Youth Camp Theme

6/28/07 - NEFU and Loup Basin RC&D To Hold Meeting Featuring Information On Carbon Credit Program and C-BED Wind Development Model

6/21/07 - NEFU Supports Legislation To Prevent FSA Office Closures

5/21/07 - Governor Heineman Signing Of LB629 Ushers In A New Era For Wind Energy Development in Nebraska

5/18/07 - NEFU Applauds Governors' Ethanol Coalition Farm Bill Recommendations For Renewable Energy

4/26/07 - NEFU Statement On LB658

4/20/07 - NEFU Says The Will Of Voters Is Not Being Honored.

4/19/07 - NEFU Announces Carbon Credit Program For All Nebraska Counties And New Rangeland Management Program

2/18/07 - Nebraska Farmers Union Call On Legislature To Honor The Will Of The Voters On The Repeal Of 126

1/25/07 - Nebraska Farmers Statement On Judge Laurie Smith Camp Order On I-300 Enforcement

2006

12/15/06 - Nebraska Farmers Convention Highlights: Farmers and Community Owned Renewable Energy

11/28/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union to Hold 93rd CONVENTION in Grand Island December 8-9, at Howard Johnson Riverside Inn

10/25/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union Opposes Initiative 421

10/18/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union Launches New Carbon Credit Program

10/16/06 -Nebraska Farmers Union Says Initiative 423 Will Raise Property Taxes

9/28/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union Continues Defense of I-300 - St. Louis, MO

9/6/06 - NEBFARMPAC Announces Friends of Family Farm Agriculture Endorsements

8/24/06 - Farmers Union Sponsors Farm Bill Listening Session At State Fair

8/15/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union Sponsored Youth Camp at Halsey 4H Camp August 6-9

8/3/06 - Nebraska Farmers Union Board Opposes Spending Lid

5/25/06 - NEFU Calls for More Farmers and Community Ownership of Renewable Energy

4/24/06 - Farmers Union PAC Endorses HEINEMAN

4/24/06 - Farmers Union PAC Make Primary Endorsements

4/6/06 - NEFU Says Support For I-300 Stronger Than Ever

2/2/06 - House Budget Package Bad For Rural America

2005

11/2/05 - "Working Together To Harvest Rural Opportunities" is Theme for Three Nebraska Farmers Union Workshops on Rural Economic Development - (Registration form attached)

10/19/05 - Farmers Union: Senate Committee's Agriculture Cuts Step in Wrong Direction

9/28/05 - Farmers Union Applauds Reauthorization of U.S. Grain Standards Act

9/19/05 - Nebraska Farmers Union Praises Nelson Amendment

9/16/05 - Local Farmers Attend National Farmers Union Washington Fly-in

9/9/05 - Farmers Union to Tell Policymakers of Challenges Facing Rural America - NFU Legislative Fly-in, Washington, D.C.

8/24/05 - Nebraska Farmers Union Says National Farm & Trade Policy Needs Overhaul, Not Fine Tuning

8/23/05 - Farmers Union Youths Donate Proceeds of Coop Store In Support of the Rural Response Hotline

7/30/05 - NEFU Sponsors Youth Camp at Halsey 4H Camp August 7-10

7/14/05 - NEFU Urges Congress to Vote NO on CAFTA

7/7/05 - NEFU President's Statement on National Animal ID System

6/30/05 - NEFU Says CAFTA Digs Economic Hole Deeper

6/28/05 Senate Energy Packages Gives Boost to Farmers

6/23/05 - NEFU Social Security Press Conference

6/21/05 - NEFU BOD Votes to Support Petition Drive in response to passage of LB126

6/6/05 - Thirteen Nebraska Organizations Tell House of Representatives to Keep COOL

6/3/05 - NEFU Praises Governor Heineman's Veto of LB126

4/1/05 LB645 - NOT a April Fool's Day Joke

3/10/05 Farmers Union to Host Washington Fly-In on CAFTA, Budget Cuts, and Canadian Cattle

1/19/05 NEFU BOD Calls on Congress and Legislature to Halt Proposed USDA Final Rule Proposal to Re-Open CANADIAN Border Cattle