Nebraska could be one of the first states to make it illegal to use treated seed for ethanol production if byproducts are unsafe for livestock consumption or land application under proposed legislation that advanced Thursday.
Bruce Bostelman, a Republican from Brainard, tells Brownfield his one-of-a-kind bill came about following pesticide contamination at the AltEn Plant near the eastern town of Mead. “I think it’s significant for the state and Saunders County. We need to get the process of ethanol production and treated seed corn to stop,” he said.
