Ricketts says D.C. should operate more like NE

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Senator talks farm bill, regulations, trade to corn growers
 

  • U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts speaks to Hamilton County Corn Growers at a dinner that followed the annual plot tour last Monday. He talked about the chances for a new U.S. farm bill, government regulations and the need to step up international trade efforts.
    U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts speaks to Hamilton County Corn Growers at a dinner that followed the annual plot tour last Monday. He talked about the chances for a new U.S. farm bill, government regulations and the need to step up international trade efforts.

    U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts told an audience in Aurora last week that if there’s one thing he’s learned in his 19 months of serving in the nation’s capital it is that Washington, D.C. doesn’t operate like Nebraska. Far from it! The former governor and now junior senator from the Cornhusker State told the crowd gathered for the Hamilton County Corn Growers Association’s annual seed corn plot to…