The Nebraska Brand Committee was created by the Legislature in 1941 to inspect cattle and investigate missing and/or stolen cattle. It is a self-supporting cash fund agency. Its operating funds come solely from fees collected for brand recordings, brand inspections and registered feedlots and dairies. State Statute Numbers 54-170 through 54-1, 127, 54-1183, 54-1185, 54-2012, 54-2014 and 54-1,415 are the laws that govern the Nebraska Brand Committee.
Alliance Headquarters Office
411 Niobrara Avenue, Alliance, NE 69301
For Brand Recording Questions call (308) 763-2930 Extension 1 or 2 or email Brand.Recording@nebraska.gov
Administrative Staff
Don Arp - Executive Director
Don.Arp@nebraska.gov (308) 760-0015
Tom Hughson - Chief Investigator
thomas.Hughson@nebraska.gov (308) 763-1318
Danna Schwenk - Technology Coordinator
Danna.Schwenk@nebraska.gov (308) 778-6688
Dean Anderson - Business Manager
Dean.Anderson@nebraska.gov (308) 763-2930 x 3
Shelby Shrewsbury - Administrative Clerk
shelby.palmer@nebraska.gov (308) 763-2930 x 5
Brand Recording
Brand Recorder
Mista White
mista.white@nebraska.gov (308) 763-2930 x 1
Brand Recording
Office: (308) 763-2930
Fax: (308) 763-2934
brand.recording@nebraska.gov
Committee Members
Chairperson - Duane Gangwish
Duane Gangwish(402) 750-8150 * duanegangwish.nebrand@gmail.com
(308) 458-2493 * chrisgentry.nebrand@gmail.com
(308) 539-5533 * brendamasek.nebrand@gmail.com
(308) 233-7804 * mariefarr.nebrand@gmail.com
(308) 882-6432 * stevestroup.nebrand@gmail.com
Non-Voting Ex Officio Members
Secretary of State
Robert B. Evnen
P.O. Box 94608
State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-1572
Director, NE Department of Agriculture
Sherry Vinton
P.O. Box 94947
State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2341
