GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS HELD A CEREMONY WEDNESDAY IN LINCOLN TO PROCLAIM MAY AS BEEF MONTH IN NEBRASKA.
RICKETTS SIGNED A PROCLAMATION AND SAID THAT BEEF IS THE NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE:
BEEF1 OC………. NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY. :16
RICKETTS SAYS NEBRASKA BEEF RANKS HIGH IN SEVERAL NATIONAL CATEGORIES:
BEEF2 OC………IN THE COUNTRY. :19
THE GOVERNOR SAYS NEBRASKA IS ALSO ONE OF THE LEADING STATES IN LIMITING GREENHOUSE GASES IN ITS BEEF PRODUCTION EFFORT:
BEEF3 OC……..50 TIMES BETTER. :23
RICKETTS ALSO INTRODUCED THE GOOD LIFE, GOOD STEAKS BEEF PASSPORT PROGRAM WHERE DINERS CAN EARN REWARDS WHEN THEY EAT STEAK IN SOME NEBRASKA RESTAURANTS.