How a bill becomes a law in the Nebraska Legislature Western Nebraska’s cattle country chimed in Tuesday as testifiers clashed at a legislative public hearing over whether “registered feedlots” in ...
House Bill 1213 would have allowed livestock inspection fees to increase from $1 to $1.35 per head. It failed on a 5-2 vote.
Brands provide “a layer of crucial protection” in cattle transactions, said Western Nebraska Bank CEO and former Brand Committee member Mike Kelly of North Platte.