Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and several agricultural officials on Tuesday kicked off June Dairy month by releasing details of an Economic Development Study of the state’s dairy industry. Nebraska State Dairy Association Executive Director Kris Bousquet says they evaluated three different cities with the biggest return coming in Grand Island where the dairy industry created just under $2 billion of economic return to the state over the course of one year.

He says Nebraska needs more dairy processors in order to serve all the dairy farmers that are currently operating.

Bousquet says they’re hearing interest every day of dairy producers who want to relocate to Nebraska.

Bousquet says their State Dairy Association partnered with both the Nebraska Soybean Board and the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska in commissioning the study.