Midwest Cultivators Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Medical cannabis cultivation |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquarters | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
Key people | Nancy Laughlin-Wagner (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Website | [// ] |
Midwest Cultivators Group LLC is a privately held agricultural company based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.[1] The company operates in the medical cannabis cultivation sector and was founded in 2025 following the voter-approved legalization of medical cannabis in Nebraska.[2] Midwest Cultivators Group is among the first entities to be offered a medical cannabis cultivator license by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission under the state’s initial regulatory framework.[3]
History
Nebraska planned to implement a regulated medical cannabis program before Midwest Cultivators Group began in 2025.[1] The company incorporated as a Nebraska-based limited liability company and applied for a license from the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission during the state's first round of cultivator license applications.[2]
In October 2025, the Commission announced that Midwest Cultivators Group had met the minimum scoring criteria and was selected in the first round through the state lottery and merit-based assessment process to be offered a cultivator license.[2] They announced after delays and amid legal and political scrutiny for implementing the voter-approved program.[3]
Operations
Midwest Cultivators Group is focused on growing medical cannabis for the legal medical market with a focus on local regulations and best practices in agriculture.[1]
Emergency rules promulgated by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission allow licensed cultivators to grow a maximum of 1250 flowering cannabis plants at one time, with four cultivators licensed at the same time during the program's initial phase of development.[4]
Leadership
As of 2025, the leadership of Midwest Cultivators Group includes:
- Nancy Laughlin-Wagner, Chief Executive Officer - A registered nurse has over 20 years of executive leadership experience in health care delivery systems. This experience includes hospital operations and managed care.[3]
- Frank Hayes, Chief Financial Officer - A certified public accountant under founder of Hayes & Associates LLC, providing financial oversight and compliance expertise.[5]
- Dave Kanne, Chief Operating Officer - An agricultural and business executive who farms and manages enterprises, with more than 30 years of experience.[5]
Role in Nebraska’s Medical Cannabis Program
In October 2025, Midwest Cultivators Group was awarded one of Nebraska's first medical cannabis cultivator licenses by the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission.[2] The approvals came shortly after the deadline for the voter-approved initiative had expired.[3]
When journalists covered the licensing process, that coverage raised concerns because the state did not operate transparently, because it did not standardize operating procedures, and because it did not get ready to implement Nebraska's medical cannabis program.[6]
Regulatory Context
Initiative 437 was approved by Nebraska voters in the November 2024 election to legalize medical cannabis, provide protections to qualifying patients, and require the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to implement a medical cannabis program.[7]
Personnel changes and legal challenges delayed implementation of the program until 2025 and caused the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to miss an October 1 deadline to begin issuing licenses.[8]
Application and Public Availability
Under Nebraska law, cultivator license applications submitted to the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission are considered public records. The Medical Cannabis Overview page from the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission provides links for downloading cultivator license applications submitted by initial applicants, including the cultivator license application for Midwest Cultivators Group.[9]
Media Coverage
Nebraska media outlets have covered the Nebraska-based Midwest Cultivators Group in the early rollout of Nebraska's medical marijuana program. In a piece from Nebraska Public Media, the group's application score and results from being in the Commission's first round of approval are included after being awarded one of the state's first cultivator licenses.[2]
The Nebraska Examiner has since named the Midwest Cultivators Group in its reporting on the Commission's licensing decisions and the issues of law and policy surrounding medical cannabis in Nebraska.[6]
Additional regional coverage discussed the company alongside other initial license recipients as part of statewide reporting on the Medical Cannabis Commission’s actions, application evaluations, and regulatory timeline.[3]
"In October 2025, industry media reported that the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission approved the state’s first two medical cannabis cultivator license applications under emergency regulations, awarding one to Nancy Laughlin-Wagner on behalf of Midwest Cultivators Group and another to Patrick Thomas. The approvals allow each licensee to cultivate up to 1,250 flowering cannabis plants for medical purposes, and were made under rules signed by the governor that permit up to four licensed cultivators statewide. Two other applications were rejected by the commission during the same review cycle.[10]
Midwest Cultivators Group Application - Nebraska Cannabis Commission
The Midwest Cultivators Group cultivator license application is publicly available as a downloadable PDF on the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission website (application PDF).[11]
Location and Structure
Public business directories list its corporate offices in Omaha, Nebraska, as an agricultural and wholesale raw farm products business with between two and ten employees.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Midwest Cultivators Group LLC". LinkedIn. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Beach, Brian (October 7, 2025). "Medical Cannabis Commission approves initial set of cultivator applications, denies others". Nebraska Public Media. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Nebraska's first medical cannabis cultivators offered licenses as legal threats loom". News From The States. October 7, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ Beach, Brian (September 11, 2025). "Cannabis commission limits number of marijuana plants cultivators can grow in Nebraska". Nebraska Public Media. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Nebraska Issues First Medical Cannabis Cultivator Licenses". Qredible. October 9, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Nebraska's first medical cannabis cultivators offered licenses as legal threats loom". Nebraska Examiner. October 7, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "2024 Nebraska Initiative 437". Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ Beach, Brian (September 30, 2025). "Cannabis Commission will miss Oct. 1 deadline to grant licenses". Nebraska Public Media. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Medical Cannabis Commission – Overview and Public Records". Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Nebraska Regulators Approve State's First Medical Cannabis Cultivators". Ganjapreneur. October 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Midwest Cultivators Group – Cultivator License Application (PDF)" (PDF). Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
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