The Nebraska Farm Bureau is responding to a call by some anti ag activists opposed to chicken processing calling for a statewide moratorium on all livestock operations. Farm Bureau’s State Government Relations Director Ansley Mick says they and other groups have readied themselves for these types of attacks.

She says the activists calling for the overall livestock moratorium are initially opposed to the Costco Chicken Processing facility in the eastern part of the state. Mick says the activists have a larger agenda however.

Mick says besides having livestock friendly designations in some counties in the state, they also have a livestock siting matrix in place to battle these attacks.

Mick says ag organizations were able to convince the Unicameral this past session to improve Nebraska’s Right to Farm Law by including a two year statute of limitations on things like nuisance complaints. She understands the activists are in the process of circulating a petition calling for the livestock moratorium.