Gathered for the National Ag Week press conference are sugar beet grower Kevin Hall, front left; Jerry Darnell, vice president of agriculture at Western Sugar; Mark McHargue, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau; Megahn Schafer, executive director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation; and in the back Rob Robertson, Nebraska Farm Bureau chief administrator; David Briggs, CEO Westco; Andy DeVries, Nebraska Farm Bureau Northwest Region; Bill Baldwin Scottsbluff Farm Bureau member, Jeff Nichols, vice president of the Scotts Bluff County Farm Bureau and Michael Ann Relka agriculturalist with Western Sugar.
Agriculture connects people. Farms and ranches are everywhere in our state. Agricultural businesses are in towns, cities, and communities across the state. Agriculture provides thousands of jobs. This fuels the economy.
Gathered for the National Ag Week press conference are sugar beet grower Kevin Hall, front left; Jerry Darnell, vice president of agriculture at Western Sugar; Mark McHargue, president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau; Megahn Schafer, executive director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation; and in the back Rob Robertson, Nebraska Farm Bureau chief administrator; David Briggs, CEO Westco; Andy DeVries, Nebraska Farm Bureau Northwest Region; Bill Baldwin Scottsbluff Farm Bureau member, Jeff Nichols, vice president of the Scotts Bluff County Farm Bureau and Michael Ann Relka agriculturalist with Western Sugar.