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Omaha World-Herald
Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023 Updated Nov 10, 2023
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What does Nebraska sell? The state's biggest exports by value

1 - Beef

1 - Beef — Beef
Nebraska regularly leads the nation in beef exports. The state's cattle ranchers send more than $1 billion in beef overseas each year.
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2 - Combine harvester-threshers

2 - Combine harvester-threshers — Combines
Exports of combines edged out corn in 2017, with the state sending $431 million worth of combine harvesters overseas that year.
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3 - Corn

3 - Corn — Corn
It should be no surprise that the Cornhusker state sells a lot of corn. In 2017, Nebraska exported $430 million worth of corn.
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4 - Soybeans

4 - Soybeans — Soybeans
Along with corn, soybeans are the state's big crop. Altogether, Nebraska exported about half a billion dollars' worth of soybeans and soybean products in 2017.
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5 - Natural gas

5 - Natural gas — Natural gas
Nebraska's natural gas exports fluctuate year to year, but it's consistently among the state's top exports. In 2017, the state exported $211 million worth of gas.

6 - pork

6 - pork — Pork
Cattle is king in Nebraska, but producers like this family farm in Osmond, Nebraska, still export more than $350 million of pork products each year.
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7 - Syringes

7 - Syringes — Syringes
They may not seem like a Nebraska product, but the state exports more than $100 million in syringes each year. One reason? Medical technology company Becton Dickinson has multiple plants in Nebraska and employs about 2,500 people in the state.
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4 - nuclear components

4 - nuclear components — Nuclear parts
Nebraska's main non-agriculture export is nuclear components, which totaled $920 million in 2019.
CODY WINCHESTER, THE WORLD-HERALD

6 - Miscellaneous chemicals

6 - Miscellaneous chemicals — Miscellaneous chemicals
Chemicals are among Nebraska's fastest-growing exports. The state sent $372 million worth overseas in 2019, a 403% increase from 2010.
BRENDAN SULLIVAN, THE WORLD-HERALD