Legislature expands transportation limits for farmers

Aug 10, 2020 at 02:02 PM CST
LB931, sponsored by Sen. Steve Halloran, will allow farmers to transport grain while exceeding previous weight limits by 15% and length limits by 10% to transport grain outside of harvest season. “It gives them a 15% overload cushion if you will, just like they would have during harvest,” Halloran said. According to the legislative bill, seasonally harvested commodities can now be transported while being 15% heavier from the field to market, stockpile and storage or from stockpile to market or factory when failure to do so would result in economic loss.

Aug 10, 2020 at 02:02 PM CST

LB931, sponsored by Sen. Steve Halloran, will allow farmers to transport grain while exceeding previous weight limits by 15% and length limits by 10% to transport grain outside of harvest season. “It gives them a 15% overload cushion if you will, just like they would have during harvest,” Halloran said. According to the legislative bill, seasonally harvested commodities can now be transported while being 15% heavier from the field to market, stockpile and storage or from stockpile to market or factory when failure to do so would result in economic loss.