As of Wednesday, 34 of Nebraska’s 93 counties and 95 of its cities are in a declared state of emergency after massive flooding.

More than 2,000 homes and 241 businesses have been damaged of destroyed. Farmers have experienced an estimated $800 million.

Several groups across Kansas are doing their part to help Nebraska farmers and ranchers.

“I think that’s one of the amazing things about our globalized community is you’ve got these small town values of people looking out for one another and you’re able to do it across state lines or across the country,” Anthony Seiler, executive director of the Sedgwick County Farm Bureau said.

The Kansas Farm Bureau gifted a $10,000 donation to Nebraska to use for disaster relief efforts.

Seiler was pleased to see over 400 posts in the “Ag Exchange” section of the Nebraska Farm Bureau website, with people from all over volunteering everything from fencing materials to chicken coops.

Over in Kingman, Jake Renner is remembering the kindness from Nebraska as Kansas battled several large-scale wildfires in recent years.

“We received a lot of help from all over the US, Nebraska included, so I knew this was my part, my small part to give back,” Renner said.

Renner is running a Facebook fundraiser on his page, linked here. Proceeds will benefit the Nebraska Rancher’s Relief Fund.

He’s also spearheading a virtual 5K and 10K run, linked here, that will donate 100 percent of proceeds to the Red Cross of Nebraska and Iowa.

“For me, it was a matter of doing the right thing,” Renner said.

The Marshall County KSU Extension Office is planning to go up to Nebraska to begin rebuilding fences.

The Phillips and Rooks County extension office is conducting a supply drive of the following items: shovels, masks, disinfectants tarps, socks, towels, blankets, bleach, brooms, paper goods, calf milk replacer, calf bottles, antibiotics for livestock, vet supplies feed and hay.

You can drop said items at Cloud County Health Center (front desk), Smith Center’s New Covenant Church (place items inside the trailer), or Kensington’s Lost Creek Supply.