Nebraska values attract and parallel Japan

Governor Pete Ricketts shares why Japanese investors are largest foreign investors in Nebraska. $4.4 billion in Japan businesses investments employing 9400 people with good paying jobs.

It is impossible to drive across Northern IN without being impressed with the manufacturing base. The Indiana Gov Eric Holcomb just summarized success. "In Indiana we don't believe in lonely victories."  I am impressed.

Delegations from Midwestern states including IL, IN, OH, MI, MN, WI, IA and Nebraska have a total of 181 people joining friends in Japan seeking trade relations.

The business minded approach of these Japanese leaders is quite impressive. Representing Nebraska Trade Delegation in Tokyo this week.

Loos Tales May 22, 2017 A short recap from Range Rights and Resource Symposium this past weekend in Omaha. The real home run came with 2 young men 16 years old from Oklahoma.

Click here to listen  http://www.loostales.com/audio/loostalesmonday.mp3

Rural Route Radio May 22, 2017 Hank Vogler in fine form on this Monday. So why is it no one challenges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to their authority? The only true authority they have is on international migratory animals?

Click here to listen http://ruralrouteradio.com/affiliates/monruralroute.mp3

Loos Trails and Tales May 22, 2017 Marty on Monday the Turd Burglar ask why a $10,000 reward for information on a Yellowstone wolf that was killed but would be no mention if it were a kid or another human being.

Click here to listen http://www.loostales.com/audio/loos4.mp3  (This link replaced Tuesday)

Thanks 

Trent

 

Dear Mr. Loos

After visiting with several producers yesterday, it seems they all have the same need, to reduce government red tape. We need to bombard our legislators with phone calls and emails, the Starbuck fire is a disaster, just like a hurricane, etc. If someone from another state calls and asked what they can do, tell them call your legislators, they need help. We live in the BEST place on earth, in my opinion and it has been continually proven this week. This is a place no one thinks about and the national media needs enlightened. The financial loss these men and women are facing is alarming. Tell your Congress men and women they need to raise the livestock and fence disaster programs limits. These producers can't wait a year for payment, this disaster money needs to be streamlined, NOW. Fences and livestock need replaced. For instance the Livestock indemnity program covers $125,000 per individual that does nothing for someone who lost 700 head of cows. This is literally the worst disaster I have ever seen, and it's in production agriculture. Without assistance many of these producers are in jeopardy of financial failure. Many have loans at the bank and now have minimal, if any, cattle to pay them off. Common sense and flexibility are key here for recovery, and I know those two things usually don't go with the government. Government has no business in fencing restrictions, the farmers and ranchers know what works here, they ARE the experts. Pray for rain, pray for producers at this stressful time, and God bless rural America. If you haven't shed a tear this week, come volunteer, if you can keep a dry eye, you're a better man than me.

Aaron Sawyers

Comanche County Ag Agent, Kansas

For Immediate Release Contact: Talia Goes 402.719.2181 tgoes@necattlemen.org March 8, 2017

NEWS RELEASE Donating to State Fire Relief Funds LINCOLN, NE (Mar. 8, 2017) - As fires blaze across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado fellow cattlemen and women are battling to save their livelihoods. Fire relief funds have been set up for each area in the wake of the devastating fires. Currently there is a need for fencing supplies, feed, hay and trucking services. If you are able to help please see below, a list of how to donate to each area being affected. Please continue to say a prayer for those being affected.    Kansas Kansas Livestock Association is organizing hay and fencing material donations for delivery to affected areas in Kansas. To make in-kind donations, call KLA at (785) 273-5115. Cash donations can be made through the Kansas Livestock Foundation (KLF), KLA's charitable arm, by going to www.kla.org/donationform.aspx.   Colorado There is an immediate need for hay, feed, fencing supplies, individuals willing to provide trucking, etc. for the farmers and ranchers devastated by yesterday's fires. Donations should be taken to CHS Grainland in Haxtun. A loader and scale are both available, if needed. Contact Rick Unrein 970-520-3565 for more information about dropping off donations. Donations can also be dropped off at Justin Price's farm (11222 CR 7 Sedgwick, CO). For more information, please contact: Kent Kokes 970-580-8108, John Michal 970-522-2330, or Justin Price 970-580-6315.   Oklahoma If you would like to donate to this relief effort, you can do so by mail or online. Make checks payable to Oklahoma Cattlemen's Foundation and put "Fire Relief" in the memo line and send to P.O. Box 82395, Oklahoma City, OK 73148. To donate online, visit www.okcattlemen.org. If you would like to donate hay or trucking services for hay, you can do so by contacting either the Harper County Extension Office at 580-735-2252 or Buffalo Feeders at 580-727-5530 to make arrangements or provide trucking services. Texas Multiple fires in the Texas Panhandle have burned more than 400,000 acres. As part of a coordinated response with multiple state agencies and emergency managers, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is soliciting hay donations. Two supply points have been established to collect donated hay. Each has been listed below. If you have hay that you can donate and transport to either supply point, please contact the location directly prior to transportation. Supply Point 1 202 West Main Lipscomb, TX  Contact: J.R. Spragg Office: 806-862-4601 Supply Point 2 301 Ball Park Drive Pampa, TX Contact: Mike Jeffcoat Office: 806-669-8033 As more information becomes available Nebraska Cattlemen will keep people updated via social and media outlets. We are truly grateful for any efforts put forth by NC members to help our friends during this troubled time. ### The Nebraska Cattlemen association serves as the representative for the state's beef cattle industry and represents professional cattle breeders, ranchers and feeders, as well as county and local cattlemen's associations. Its headquarters are in Lincoln with satellite offices around the state to best serve members.

Loos Trails and Tales Feb 10, 2017 Kimmi Lewis puts teeth in a bill that if passed ends rogue Federal Agents

Kimmi Lewis may be a freshman in the Colorado House of Representatives but she is wasting no time in sponsoring legislation that protects Coloradan's livelihoods. She joins Loos Trails and Tales today on why keeping the rogue federal agents in check is important

Click here to listen

Rural Route Radio Feb 10, 2017 Phil Lyman San Juan County Utah he is County Commission and shares the culture of evil within federal agencies like FBI and BLM

Dr. James Redd, LaVoy Finicum, Steven Shrader and the list goes on that are currently dead. The common denominator is FBI agent Dan Love who is currently under investigation for corruption. Oh wait he is also the key witness in the Bundy trial. Hollywood has never created a better drama than this sad true story from the West.

Please take the time to listen to this 48 minute broadcast about the horrors the federal agencies are bringing down on every day working class citizens of our nation.

Link below.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/trent69050/episodes/2017-02-10T07_07_13-08_00

Reposted from The Free Range Report

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT THREATS, INTIMIDATION, AND BULLYING CONTINUE TO CLAIM INNOCENT LIVES

GARRYOWEN, MT Following a fourth suicide subsequent to bullying and harassment by Bureau of Land Management law enforcement agents, Christopher Kortlander, the Founding Director of the Custer Battlefield Museum in Garryowen, MT, is speaking out.  Kortlander, himself the victim of two unwarranted Bureau of Land Management raids, says the intimidation and threats by teams of heavily-armed BLM law enforcement agents must end.

Link to entire press release

 

Trent Loos – Ricketts fighting for Nebraska farm families

To keep agriculture strong, Nebraska has to become more competitive in the area of property taxes. Anyone living along the Kansas, South Dakota or Wyoming border can tell you how much higher their property taxes are in Nebraska than they are in bordering states.

If we’re going to make progress to address high property taxes, we need structural reform. This plan represents structural reform and is the next key step in addressing high ag land valuations which contributed to our current high property tax situation.

As a businessman, Governor Ricketts understands the importance of growing agriculture in our state. Working together, we can ensure that agriculture continues to grow, so Nebraska can continue to grow.

Nebraska families are suffering because of the high tax rates in our state, and LB338 sends a clear message to current and future generations of Nebraskan’s that out state government understands and working towards a solution.

I urge Nebraskans to write, call, and email their senators. If you want them to pass tax reform this year, you need to step up and take action.

 

Trent Loos

Loup City, NE

TrentLoos@gmail.com