Blackshirt Feeders applies for new conditional use permit at new site

After six months of public hearings and meetings to get a conditional use permit for a 100,000-head feedlot, Blackshirt Feeders is starting the process over.

Throughout the hearings that began in February, the proposed feedlot faced concerns over homes in the area, water usage and the amount of traffic county roads could handle.

Located in Dundy County, Nebraska, but bordering Chase County, Nebraska, people also were concerned about housing the influx of possible feedlot employees, especially in Imperial, Nebraska.

With all the conditions met on its application for a conditional use permit, Blackshirt Feeders was granted the CUP by the Dundy County commissioners on June 6.

Despite having that CUP in hand, Blackshirt Feeders has applied for a new CUP in a new location.

“It is crucial to Blackshirt Feeders that we are good neighbors,” Blackshirt Feeders managing partner Eric Behlke told the Benkelman (Nebraska) Post.

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