The Nebraska legislature has given first-round approval to LB 227, a bill that would expand legal protections offered under the state’s existing “Right to Farm” law.
Laura Field, vice president of legislature affairs with Nebraska Cattlemen, says current law does not offer enough protection to farmers who want to expand their operations.
“If you wanted to add a few head of livestock, or if you were a row crop farmer and wanted to put a hog barn on the corner of one of your pieces of property to bring back a son or daughter, our laws really don’t protect that,” Field says.
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