The Agriculture Committee advanced bills this session authorizing the cultivation and processing of hemp, expanding legal protections for agricultural producers and allowing for cottage food sales from a private home.
Read moreThe Agriculture Committee considered bills this session that would have expanded industrial hemp research and authorized Nebraskans to sell cottage foods from their homes.
Read moreThe Agriculture Committee considered bills this session clarifying the definition of hybrid seed corn, repealing the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act and supporting industrial hemp research.
Read moreMembers of the Agriculture Committee considered bills on pork production and grain storage regulations this session as well as a proposed amendment to the state constitution guaranteeing the right to farm and ranch.
Read moreMembers of the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee considered a variety of issues this session including commercial pet breeding, competitive livestock marketing
Read moreLivestock producers will operate under new procedures implemented as a result of legislation heard by the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee. Livestock
Read moreLawmakers considered many agricultural issues this session including livestock branding and management, climate change, livestock management and regulatory requirements. North
Read moreThe management of domestic and wild animals, corn and wheat checkoff increases and access to safe and healthful foods topped
Read moreThe Agriculture Committee addressed a number of issues during the 2011 session, including fencing law, a brand inspection surcharge, the
Read moreLicenses for cropdusters, grants for electronic scanners at farmers’ markets, clarifications to division fence statutes and changes to livestock laws
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Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 9 to a bill that seeks to extend employment discrimination protections.
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Lawmakers advanced a bill March 4 that would update the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act to harmonize it with new federal regulations.
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Lawmakers advanced a bill March 3 that would create a checkoff program for Nebraska pulse crop growers.
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Farmers would have expanded transportation options under a bill advanced from general file March 3.
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A task force would create a comprehensive, statewide flood mitigation plan under a proposal heard Feb. 5 by the Natural Resources Committee.
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