Nebraska is the first state in the country to sign onto the U.S. secretary of agriculture's new pilot program for SNAP restrictions.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is allowing two more states, Indiana and Iowa, to restrict what can be purchased with SNAP benefits, and this time the bans will apply to candy in addition to sodas.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says a multi-agency effort is underway to help improve the nation’s farm labor crisis. “If our farmers can’t have the workforce they need, which many cannot, and don’t have access to.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will travel to Nebraska on Monday for events with Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, and Rep. Adrian Smith, who is also a Republican. Rollins, Pillen and Smith will tour Wholestone Farms,

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday that the department didn’t plan to offer another round of buyouts and acknowledged that the release of a reorganization plan had been delayed by litigation.

U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BROOKE ROLLINS WILL BE IN NEBRASKA TODAY (MONDAY) WITH GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN AND REPRESENTATIVE ADRIAN SMITH. SECRETARY ROLLINS, GOVERNOR PILLEN, AND REPRESENTATIVE SMITH WILL TOUR THE WHOLESTONE FARMS HOG PROCESSING FACILITY IN FREMONT,