Broadwater rancher Jaslyn Livingston and wife Aubri Squires.
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Jaslyn Livingston shows the amount of marbling in a pair of chuck steaks from a 50% Wagyu beef.
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Broadwater rancher, Jaslyn Livingston and Aubri Squires with their Charolais-Angus cross herd, Jaslyn explained purple tagged cows are 50% Wagyu and they seem to have a skittish temperament.
Born and raised with a ranch and feedlot background in Broadwater, Jaslyn Livingston has always enjoyed working with cattle. After graduating high school, she initially intended to study veterinary science at the University Nebraska-Lincoln.
What does Nebraska sell? The state's biggest exports by value
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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Nuclear parts
Nebraska's main non-agriculture export is nuclear components, which totaled $920 million in 2019.
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Miscellaneous chemicals
Chemicals are among Nebraska's fastest-growing exports. The state sent $372 million worth overseas in 2019, a 403% increase from 2010.
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Nicole Heldt is a reporter with the Star-Herald, covering agriculture. She can be reached at 308-632-9044 or by email at nheldt@starherald.com.
Broadwater rancher, Jaslyn Livingston and Aubri Squires with their Charolais-Angus cross herd, Jaslyn explained purple tagged cows are 50% Wagyu and they seem to have a skittish temperament.
