Nebraska’s long-standing anti-corporate farming law, Initiative 300, was struck down by the courts in 2007. In 2008 the Nebraska Legislature rejected a legislative replacement for the law. As we evaluate the next steps to protect Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers, we need your eyes and ears.

We are collecting examples of agriculture ventures that would have been prohibited under I-300. And for that, we need to Nebraskans to be our eyes and ears on the ground. Can you help us?

If you hear of agricultural land sales or new agricultural ventures that you believe would have been a violation of I-300, please contact Brian Depew at briand@cfra.org, 402.687.2103 x 1015. We will be following up on leads and collecting examples over the next year.

Already one egregious example has surfaced in which a Delaware corporation with unknown investors paid $52 million for a 20,000 acre farm in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Ironically, the farm they purchased was the same farm purchased by Prudential in the early 1980s – a controversial sale then that contributed to the success of I-300 at the ballot box. You can read more about this recent development and the history of I-300 at www.cfra.org/i300.