Cultivate Your Legacy: Nebraska Department of Ag Programs

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Two Nebraska Department of Agriculture programs, NextGen and Negotiations, are valuable resources for Nebraska producers seeking help as beginning farmers and ranchers, and to solve various operational setbacks, such as ag loan and credit issues, fence repairs, and more.

Cultivate Your Legacy: Nebraska Department of Ag Programs

NextGen, a beginning farmer tax credit program, is offered to producers in the state who rent an agricultural asset to an eligible beginning farmer/rancher. The farm mediation program Negotiations is certified under USDA FSA and grants the Nebraska Department of Agriculture the ability to mediate agricultural issues (debt/neighbor issues/family succession/USDA program adverse decisions) at a low cost.

Learn more about these programs in a new webinar presented by the Nebraska Women in Agriculture program, featuring speakers from the 2024 Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference, with Samantha Smith, program administrator with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.

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