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HALL COUNTY WEED CONTROL ROBERT SCHULTZ — SUPERINTENDENT Certified Manager of Invasive Plants 2807 W. 2nd St. Grand Island, NE 68803 Phone: 308.385.5097 Weed Board Hearing May 5, 2026 Good morning. I'm Rob Schultz, Hall County Weed Superintendent. I have been the Superintendent here for almost 28 years. I am just going to give you a little bit of history of the Nebraska Weed Control Association, the Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture, the Hall County Weed Control Office, and how weed boards came into effect. The Nebraska Weed Control Association(NWCA) has been active since its organization on June 30, 1959. At the time the NWCA was organized, there were only weed districts in the state. These districts were originally organized only in those counties that desired to have a weed control district. Here in Hall County, as far as I can find, we did have a weed district and board in the 1940's. Roy Hoffrichter was the manager at that time and Arthur Stoppkotte was the President of the Hall County Noxious Weed District. After considerable hard work, the NWCA was formed into an organization to work toward a definite goal. The intent was to work toward a law that would make weed control compulsory in every county in the state as well as to promote the profession and professionalism of the weed superintendent. In late 1965, the weed law as we now know, was voted into being by the legislature and became active on January 1, 1966. Hall County officially started the Weed Board and Noxious Weed Fund in 1966. Bob Humiston Sr. was the Superintendent at that time and he continued until 1986. Bob Schwartzkopf took over then as Superintendent and was a huge asset in keeping the Nebraska Department of Agriculture with a noxious weed program in 1989. Over the years, a number of changes and amendments have been made to the Noxious Weed Control Act.