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A report from a federal commerce bureau says Nebraska logged the worst economic performance in the U.S. in the beginning of 2017.

Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that from January through March this year, Nebraska's economic output declined by 4 percent when compared with the final quarter of 2016, making it the worst of any state. South Dakota ranked second-worst with a 3.8 percent decline, followed by Iowa with a 3.2 percent decline. Of the seven states that saw a decline during the quarter, six of them were in the Midwest or Great Plains.

The bureau is a federal agency at the U.S. Department of Commerce. It measures a state's "real" gross domestic product, which is the market value of goods and services produced in-state.

According to the bureau, Nebraska's decline was largely because of a decline in agriculture. It said the economic category that includes agriculture declined 39.8 percent nationwide during the quarter and subtracted from the growth of 39 states.

The GDP report follows one from the BEA last month that showed Nebraska was the only state to see a decline in personal income. That decline also was largely attributed to declines in the agriculture sector.