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Contact John Hansen Office: 402-476-8815,

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NEFU To Present Carbon Credit Program At

4^th Annual Northwest Nebraska No-Till Field Day

For Immediate Release

July 31, 2007 Contact: Graham Christensen

402-476-8815 Office

402-217-5217 Cell

Alliance, NE – Nebraska Farmers Union (NEFU) Public Affairs Director, Graham Christensen, will be a featured speaker at the 4^th Annual Northwest Nebraska No-Till Field Day. Christensen will be giving a power point presentation informing farmers and ranchers about the financial opportunities available to them through the Carbon Credit Program.

The event will be held at The Watson Brothers Farm on Tuesday August 7^th, 2007 and will run from 8 am to 3 pm. Watson Brothers Farm (1561 County Road 61, Alliance, NE) is located approximately 9 miles north of Alliance, 4 miles east on Jefferson Road (across from Simplot – Berea and by the Zochol Feedlot Sign), then north for ½ mile on CR 61 to the Watson Farm Driveway.

As an aggregator for the Chicago Climate Exchange, Farmers Union helps get farmers enrolled into the program, and considers carbon trading as an innovative way to improve farm income through the use of economically viable and environmentally sound management practices.

There are a variety of ways that farmers can earn income through the carbon credit program. These practices include no-till farming, new grasslands seeding, rangeland management program, methane recovery, and forestry projects. For no-till and grassland programs it is still possible to receive credit for the 2006 and 2007 production years if enrollment is completed by the August 15^th registration deadline. Program details and sign up are available online at: www.nfu.org.

The event will also include guest speakers Ray Ward, President of Ward Laboratories in Lincoln, Scotts Bluff Extension Agent Dean Yonts, a tour of no-till specialist Mark Watson’s Farm, and include lunch.

The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln are sponsoring the event.

Nebraska Farmers Union is a general farm organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life and economic well-being of family farmers and ranchers, and their rural communities.

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