State declares pro-meat day in row with neighbour : vimarsan

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State declares pro-meat day in row with neighbour
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After the state of Colorado issued a proclamation urging citizens to avoid eating meat, neighbouring state Nebraska fired a fierce rebuttal.
Speaking from a butcher shop, Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts, a Republican, said Colorado's action was a "direct attack on our way of life".
He declared 20 March - the same day as Colorado's "MeatOut Day" - to be "Meat on the Menu Day".
Beef is the largest industry in Nebraska, he said.
The state's agriculture industry accounts for one out of every four jobs and ranchers in the state sell $12bn (£8.6bn) in meat products each year, according to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Steve Wellman.

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