Nebraska Statutes 2-3808. Department; marketing activities; powers and duties
To achieve the purposes of the Nebraska Agricultural Products Marketing Act, the department may perform the following marketing activities:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 2-3808
- Department: shall mean the Department of Agriculture. See Nebraska Statutes 2-3805
- Marketing: shall include any and all activities intended to directly or indirectly facilitate the sale, exchange, or other distribution of a product or commodity in an economic, efficient, and profitable manner, including research, market development, publicity, promotion, education, product utilization, and comparable activities. See Nebraska Statutes 2-3807
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Coordinating the various marketing programs and policies of each of the state‘s agricultural commodities so that they will complement one another;
(2) Assisting the producers, processors, and distributors of agricultural products and commodities in conducting and administering marketing programs and policies conceived, desired, and formulated by and for such persons;
(3) Conducting activities designed to locate and study trade barriers adversely affecting the marketing of Nebraska agricultural products and conducting activities aimed at eliminating or mitigating any such barriers;
(4) Collecting and disseminating information relevant and beneficial to the economical, efficient, and profitable marketing of agricultural products by the Nebraska producers, processors, and distributors thereof;
(5) Assisting in matching up potential buyers and sellers of agricultural products produced in Nebraska;
(6) Cooperating with other local, state, or national agricultural marketing entities, public or private, in carrying out the act and entering into such contracts as may be necessary;
(7) Adopting and promulgating such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to effectively carry out the intent of the act;
(8) Accepting funds or fees from any source, including federal, state, public, or private, to be used in carrying out the act;
(9) Expending funds for purposes of carrying out the act; and
(10) Conducting any other programs for the development, utilization, and marketing of agricultural products grown or produced in the state.