Chapter 2 — AGRICULTURE
1,558 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1575 Act, how cited.
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Sections 2-1575 to 2-1585 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1576 Legislative intent.
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The Legislature recognizes and hereby declares that it is the public policy of this state to properly conserve, protect, and utilize the water and related land resources of the state, to better utilize surface waters and available precipitation, to encourage ground water recharge…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1577 Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to be administered by the department. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund such money as is (a) transferred to the fund by the Legislature, (b) paid to the state as fees, deposits, payments, and rep…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1578 Commission; rules and regulations.
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The commission shall adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1579 Fund; grants; conditions; acceptance, how construed.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, expenditures may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund as grants to individual landowners of not to exceed seventy-five percent of the actual cost of eligible projects and practices for soil and water …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1580 Fund; erosion and sediment control payments; conditions.
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Payments may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to owners of private land which is being converted to urban use for the purpose of controlling erosion and sediment loss from construction and development. As a condition for receiving any funds pursuant to t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1581 Fund; payments to reduce consumptive use of water; conditions.
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Payments may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to the owners of private land for the purpose of adopting or implementing practices or measures to reduce the consumptive use of water in river basins in which an interstate agreement, compact, or decree coul…
Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 1, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1583 Fund; land diversion payments; authorized.
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Expenditures may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to individual landowners as land diversion payments for the purpose of encouraging alternate cropping patterns which, when implemented, will assure a longer conservation practice construction period. No s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1584 Department; assistance from local, state, or federal agencies.
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The department may request and utilize assistance in the administration of the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund from natural resources districts, from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1585 Long-term agreements; authorized; conditions.
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If the commission determines that more effective soil and water conservation or water quality protection could be achieved if financial assistance from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund were available for multiyear implementation of comprehensive conservation plans, t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1586 Statement of purpose.
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The Legislature finds that it is a public purpose of the state to properly develop the water and related land resources of the state and that it is in the public interest (1) to provide financial assistance to programs and projects essential to the development, preservation, and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1587 Nebraska Resources Development Fund; created; reserve fund; administration; investment.
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(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Resources Development Fund to be administered by the department. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund, to carry out sections 2-1586 to 2-1595, such money as is (a) appropriated to or transferred into the fund by the Legislature, (b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1588 Fund; allocation; report; projects; costs.
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(1) No money in the Nebraska Resources Development Fund may be reallocated by the commission in accordance with sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 for utilization by the department, by any state office, agency, board, or commission, or by any political subdivision of the state which has t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1589 Fund; allocations, grants, loans; conditions.
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(1) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing the administration of the Nebraska Resources Development Fund. The commission may make an allocation from the fund as a grant to an agency or political subdivision if the commission determines that such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1590 Department; commission; fund; powers.
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In order to develop Nebraska's land and water resources, the department, with the approval of the commission, may acquire interests in water and related land resources projects in the name of the state utilizing the Nebraska Resources Development Fund. Such use of the fund shall …
Repealed. Laws 1984, LB 1106, § 73.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1592 Grant or loan; application; deadline; procedure.
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(1) Any organization qualified to apply for and receive funds from the Nebraska Resources Development Fund may file an application with the department for a grant or loan from such fund. Applications for grants to the department itself shall be filed by the department. Each appli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1593 Program or project; funding; review; approve or reject; procedure.
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Each program or project for which funding is requested, whether such request has as its origin an application or the action of the department itself, shall be reviewed as provided in sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 by the Chief Water Officer prior to the approval of any allocation for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1594 Program or project; costs or acquisition of interest; approval.
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The Chief Water Officer may recommend approval of and the commission may approve grants or loans for program or project costs or acquisition of interests in projects if after investigation and evaluation the Chief Water Officer finds that: (1) The plan does not conflict with any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1595 Application for a grant, loan, or acquisition; agreement; provisions; successor in interest; lien; filing; foreclosure.
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(1) If after review of the recommendation by the Chief Water Officer the commission determines that an application for a grant, loan, acquisition of an interest, or combination thereof pursuant to sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 is satisfactory and qualified to be approved, before the …
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB317, § 470.
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB317, § 470.
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB317, § 470.
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Repealed. Laws 2025, LB317, § 470.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1601 Agricultural extension work authorized.
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In order to aid in diffusing among the people of Nebraska useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics, and rural life and to encourage the application of the same, there may be inaugurated, in each of the several counties of the State of N…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1602 Extension work; scope.
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Cooperative extension work shall consist of the giving of practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics and imparting information on such subjects through field and home demonstrations, 4-H clubs, public meetings, publications, and otherwise. The work shall be carrie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1603 County extension society; formation; petition for appropriation.
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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 2-1601 to 2-1608, there may be created in each county or combination of counties within the State of Nebraska an organization to be created in the following manner: Whenever a number of farm operators of a county or count…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1604 County extension work; funds to aid; referendum; amount.
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If on or before September 1 of any even-numbered year a petition is filed with the county clerk containing the names of twenty percent or more of the farm operators of any county, as determined by the last available federal census, asking the submission to the voters of the quest…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1605 Farm operator, defined; determination of number.
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In sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 the term farm operator shall mean any person who actually manages, and either by his or her own or other's labor, operates a tract of agricultural land of not less than three acres, and whose name appears on the tax rolls of the county as owning prope…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1606 County extension society; annual report; budget.
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The president and secretary of the organization shall on or before January 1 of each year file with the county clerk (1) a report of their work during the preceding year; (2) a sworn itemized statement of expenditures under sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 during the preceding year; and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1607 County extension work; counties may join; joint board; duties.
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(1) Whenever two or more counties which have complied with the provisions of sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 desire to unite for the purpose of continuance, support, and management of extension work, they may do so. The participating county organizations shall form a joint board to dir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1608 Joint county extension organizations; employees; retirement system; organizations; duties.
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Whenever two or more county extension organizations have united as provided in section 2-1607 for the purpose of support and management of extension work, county extension employees jointly employed by the participating extension organizations shall be considered persons employed…
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 633, § 10; Laws 1980, LB 741, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB905, § 69.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1813 Act, how cited.
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Sections 2-1813 to 2-1825 may be cited as the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1814 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act: (1) Department means the Department of Agriculture; (2) Director means the Director of Agriculture; (3) Commercial potato growing area means a geographic area in which potatoes are produced and offered for sale in commercial qua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1815 Seed potatoes; when exempt from act.
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The provisions of sections 2-1813 to 2-1825 shall not include seed potatoes officially designated by law as Nebraska Certified.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1816 Inspection fee; estimate, how obtained; compulsory potato inspection; establishment; termination.
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Any person, for the purpose of obtaining information relative to the cost of potato inspection and grading services for a designated area, may request in writing that an estimate be prepared by the director of the costs of such a service. The director may establish an estimated i…