AT AG SUMMIT, PILLEN TOUTS NEBRASKA’S BIOECONOMY INITIATIVE AS KEY TO STATE’S FUTURE

KEARNEY. — Nebraska’s leaders believe a new economy is taking shape and it’s putting agriculture in front. Gov. Jim Pillen says the BioEconomy is the economy. State officials say it means “exploring how the state can feed the world and fuel the future while contributing to a cleaner environment.”

Pillen made the Nebraska BioEconomy Initiative a focal point of his Ag and Economic Development Summit in Kearney this month. Julie Bushell leads the initiative.

Pillen and Bushell champion the fact the state already has 24 ethanol plants. Now, they say it’s time to move to the second generation of that type of economic growth. They point to projects under construction like a $750 million fertilizer plant in Gothenburg and a $600 million renewable diesel plant in Hastings.

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