KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — The director of Nebraska’s Agriculture Department will keep his job in the next state administration.

Gov.-elect Pete Ricketts announced Monday night at the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federal convention in Kearney that he’d retain the services of Greg Ibach (EYE’-bah). Gov. Dave Heineman first appointed Ibach to the post in June 2005.

Ibach also runs a cow/calf and grain operation near Sumner in central Nebraska.