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Nebraska Farm Bureau
OMAHA, NE – Numerous food and agriculture interests have rallied together to offer support and promote Gov. Pete Ricketts’ proclamation of March 20 as “Meat on the Menu Day” in Nebraska. The declaration encourages Nebraskans to purchase and eat beef, pork, chicken, lamb, and other meats, while highlighting the role of meat in a healthy diet. The proclamation supports Nebraska agriculture and consumer choice in response to “MeatOUT” Day, a promotion sponsored by activists working to end animal agriculture and meat consumption. Gov. Ricketts signed the proclamation Monday, March 15 during an event held at Frank Stoysich Meats shop in Omaha.
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FARM FAMILY INVOLVED: Bart and Shana Beattie are the fifth generation on the family farm near Sumner, Neb., and their four children, Mattison (left), Mekenzie, Preston and Bart Jr., represent the sixth generation to work Beattie Family Farms. Monitoring growth diets and spreading out marketing periods helped deal with the challenges.
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series of interviews with Shana Beattie, Beattie Family Farms, Sumner, Neb., who is the new NPPA president.
Farmers are resourceful at solving their own problems, and Beattie Family Farms, Sumner, Neb., went into action when COVID-19 forced the shutdown and slowdowns of pork processing plants last year.
New NPPA president anxious to get back to promoting pork farmprogress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from farmprogress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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NEW LEADERSHIP: Shana Beattie of Sumner, Neb., was elected president of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association at the annual meeting of the board of directors. Shana Beattie was elected NPPA president at the annual meeting of the board of directors.
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Shana Beattie (left) of Sumner, Neb., was elected president of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association at the annual meeting of the board of directors.
The NPPA directors met Jan. 14 at the Holthus Convention Center in York. Joining Beattie on NPPA’s leadership team are President-elect Jared Lierman of Beemer and Vice President Mark Wright of Fremont.