Ricketts presents agriculture plan during Sidney campaign visit

Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Pete Ricketts knows that agriculture is vital to the state's economy as well as its way of life.

"Agriculture is the heart and soul of who we are here in Nebraska," Ricketts said during a campaign stop in Sidney on Monday. "It drives the economy, 25 percent of the people here in Nebraska are employed in agriculture."

For the past few months Ricketts traveled the state on an agriculture and manufacturing tour to determine the biggest issues facing those industries in Nebraska. The result of this trip was a plan for how to grow agriculture and strengthen the...