The Board of Directors of the Nebraska Cattlemen Association has prioritized their state legislative goals for 2021. Cattlemen Vice President of Government Affairs Ashley (COOLS) Kohls says their goals this year are more diverse than past years when they focused mostly on taxes. She says there are three brand bills they’re looking at including two they’re backing and one they’re opposing.
She says they’re opposing LB 641, Senator Erdman’s bill that would eliminate registered feedlot provisions. Kohls says they want State Senators to pass legislation to increase broadband access and infrastructure.
Kohls says they’re supporting Senator Brandt’s LB 396 which calls for adopting the Nebraska Farm to School Program Act.
Kohls says they’re also backing Lb 252 which would allow producers a 30 day window to refill prescriptions while finding a veterinarian to provide a vet-client patient relationship in the event their prescribing veterinarian is deceased.
