OUTSIDE OF CODY, NEB. — Wade Andrews’ 21-year-old pickup bucked wildly as he navigated the rutted Cherry County Sandhills where his family has raised cattle since 1888.
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Take a look at the major players in the beef industry and how the beef on your table got from pasture to plate.
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Wade Andrews, right, and his son Parker, check on cattle at the Andrews Ranch in Cody, Nebraska.
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Workers herd cattle for auction at the Valentine Livestock Market in Valentine, Nebraska.
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Ranchers watch cattle be displayed for auction at the Valentine Livestock Market.
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Dillon Lambley calls the auction at the Valentine Livestock Market.
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Display prices are updated for in-person and online bidders at the Valentine Livestock Market.
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Ryken Lambley, 8, counts bidders at the Valentine Livestock Market.
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Cattle graze through fields of grass and sunflowers at the Andrews Ranch.
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Wade Andrews, left, and his son Parker identify different weeds on the Andrews Ranch.
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Cattle cross the Snake River at the Andrews Ranch.
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What does Nebraska sell? The state's biggest exports by value
1 - Beef
Beef Nebraska regularly leads the nation in beef exports. The state's cattle ranchers send more than $1 billion in beef overseas each year.
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2 - Combine harvester-threshers
Combines Exports of combines edged out corn in 2017, with the state sending $431 million worth of combine harvesters overseas that year.
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3 - Corn
Corn It should be no surprise that the Cornhusker state sells a lot of corn. In 2017, Nebraska exported $430 million worth of corn.
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4 - Soybeans
Soybeans Along with corn, soybeans are the state's big crop. Altogether, Nebraska exported about half a billion dollars' worth of soybeans and soybean products in 2017.
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5 - Natural gas
Natural gas Nebraska's natural gas exports fluctuate year to year, but it's consistently among the state's top exports. In 2017, the state exported $211 million worth of gas.
6 - pork
Pork Cattle is king in Nebraska, but producers like this family farm in Osmond, Nebraska, still export more than $350 million of pork products each year.
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7 - Syringes
Syringes They may not seem like a Nebraska product, but the state exports more than $100 million in syringes each year. One reason? Medical technology company Becton Dickinson has multiple plants in Nebraska and employs about 2,500 people in the state.
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4 - nuclear components
Nuclear parts Nebraska's main non-agriculture export is nuclear components, which totaled $920 million in 2019.
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6 - Miscellaneous chemicals
Miscellaneous chemicals Chemicals are among Nebraska's fastest-growing exports. The state sent $372 million worth overseas in 2019, a 403% increase from 2010.
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