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2 months ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX
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.
3 months ago in Agriculture Photo: WNAX
The Nebraska Cattlemen Association wants state lawmakers to pass a recent measure introduced by Senator Tony Vargas to give new pandemic protections to meat packing workers. They also are in favor of having more smaller processors. Association Executive Vice President Pete McClymont says Vargas’ bill requiring meatpacking companies to provide masks and adequate space for social distancing makes sense.
He says processors have done a good job of putting in steps to protect their workers during the pandemic and is hoping this legislation will add to that.
McClymont says the pandemic brought about the need for processing worker protections as well as for getting more smaller meat processors up and running and he’d like to see State Senators also address that need.
3 months ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX
The Nebraska Cattlemen Association has set their major goals for State Senators for their 2021 legislative session. Association Vice President of Government Affairs Ashley Kohls says there are four primary areas they’re looking at with the first two being modernization of the brand law and broadband access.
She says their other two focus areas includes veterinary drugs and property taxes.
Kohls says because they have a diverse membership, their take on brands is also diverse, so their policy reflects that and they’ll be hoping to get some compromise on that included in brand legislation going forward.
3 months ago in Agriculture tomr Photo: WNAX
At their recent convention, Nebraska Cattlemen Association members hammered out their policy for 2021 and elected a new President to lead the organization. Arlington area rancher Bill Rhea takes over the leadership position from past President Ken Herz. Rhea says two of the major issues they want to make headway on are getting a reduction in property taxes and modernizing the state brand rule.
He says at the national level, they’re continuing to work to find more fair and equitable markets for cattle producers.
Rhea says his Association has members on NCBA’s working task force looking at markets.