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Area farmers collecting donations to help Nebraska flood victims

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By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

As Nebraska residents continue to recover from the devastating flooding, area residents are collecting donations in an effort to lend a hand.

Adam Brobst, a farmer and rancher in north-central Kansas, is leading an effort to collect and deliver donations to central Nebraska.

As of Tuesday evening, Brobst said he had a load of hay and a second and possibly third trailer full of donations ready to deliver to the Lincoln, Neb., area. Brobst said they will deliver they items to Davey, Neb., and then from there the items will then be packed back onto trucks and delivered to the region that needs them.

Brobst said he decided to put together the effort because many Nebraska farmers and ranchers lent a hand just a couple of years ago when many Kansans were in need during a string of wildfires.

“It thought it was our duty, and we needed to return the favor,” Brobst said. “because I know a lot of hay from Nebraska came down for the Kansas wildfires and Oklahoma wildfires.”

Brobst said anyone wanting to donate items in the Phillipsburg area can drop their items off at the Farmers & Ranchers Outlet in Phillipsburg. He will also pick up items at the co-op in Stockton and Midland Marketing in Plainville if anyone wants to leave donated items at either location.

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They are currently collecting items to leave Phillipsburg at 8 a.m. Thursday and are planning a second trip to take a another round of supplies to the region next week.

Officials in Nebraska said they are currently in need of bottled water, non-perishable food, hygiene products and bedding, among other items. Farmers and ranchers are also in need of calf milk replacer, vet supplies, electric fence supplies and feed.

“They are going to send all the ag supplies to the west out of Davey, more toward central Nebraska where the majority of the ag stuff is affected and then north toward Columbus will go the household stuff,” Brobst said.

Brobst said he has friends in Nebraska who have been affected already by the flooding and others down river that could be affected in the coming days as floodwaters continue to move down river but said this disaster is going to hurt the agricultural industry across the board.

“There is a big area that’s been affected and its going to hurt the ag economy this year because you are talking billons of dollars of loss,” Brobst said.

Brobst said anyone wanting to make a donation can get in contact with him at 785-302-0621.

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