Roadwise States Nebraska Driving lessons The Farm Husbandry Permit Nebraska driving lesson · Graduated Driver Licensing
The Farm Husbandry Permit A 3-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Graduated Driver Licensing
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 9, 10 Nebraska's farm permit lets young people legally help with farm work. It covers two kinds of vehicles, minitrucks and farm husbandry equipment, and it ends at 16.
Know the rule
A Farm Husbandry Permit authorizes the operation of minitrucks and farm husbandry equipment.
Handbook p. 9 ↗ 13 Minimum FHP age if you live on a farm (14 if employed on a farm for compensation)
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Farm husbandry equipment Off-road vehicles designed for agricultural, horticultural or livestock-raising operations, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ A minitruck: Has an engine of 1,500 cc or less Is 67 inches or less wide, with a dry weight of 4,200 pounds or less Travels on four or more tires Has a top speed of approximately 55 mph Has a bed or compartment for hauling and an enclosed passenger cab Has headlights, taillights, turn signals, wipers, a rearview mirror and occupant protection Has a four-speed, five-speed or automatic transmission Handbook p. 9 ↗ FHP testing: Vision, written and drive tests A tractor written test and a tractor (Class O) drive test Driving a minitruck? A Class O written and drive test are required Not driving a minitruck? A "Z - no minitruck" restriction goes on the FHP A county extension course certificate waives the tractor written and drive tests Handbook p. 10 ↗ Put it into practice
Lena is 13, lives on her family's farm, and needs to drive the tractor but not the minitruck. She takes the vision test plus the tractor written and drive tests (or shows a county extension course certificate), and her FHP carries a "Z - no minitruck" restriction.
A useful reminder FHP ages: 13 if you live on a farm, 14 if you work on one for pay. It expires on your 16th birthday.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
What is the minimum age for a Farm Husbandry Permit if the applicant lives on a farm? What is the minimum age for a Farm Husbandry Permit if the applicant is employed on a farm for pay but doesn't live there? 13 14 15 16 Answer: 14
Farm employment for compensation sets the minimum age at 14.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ A Farm Husbandry Permit expires on the holder's: 17th birthday 18th birthday 16th birthday 15th birthday Answer: 16th birthday
The Farm Husbandry Permit expires at age 16.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ A minitruck, as defined for the Farm Husbandry Permit, has a top speed of approximately: 25 miles per hour 35 miles per hour 65 miles per hour 55 miles per hour Answer: 55 miles per hour
A minitruck's top speed is approximately 55 mph.
Handbook p. 9 ↗ A minitruck, as defined by Nebraska law, has a dry weight of: 4,200 pounds or less 1,200 pounds or less 2,000 pounds or less 6,000 pounds or less Answer: 4,200 pounds or less
A minitruck must have a dry weight of 4,200 pounds or less.
Handbook p. 9 ↗ What testing is required for a Farm Husbandry Permit if the applicant will drive a minitruck? Vision test only, no written or drive test Tractor written and drive tests only A county extension course only A Class O written and drive test Answer: A Class O written and drive test
Minitruck drivers under a Farm Husbandry Permit need a Class O written and drive test.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Previous lesson Moving up: POP and Class O Next lesson The School Permit (SCP) More in Graduated Driver Licensing About the source Roadwise’s Nebraska course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 9, 10. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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For current application requirements, fees, appointments, and the format that applies to your age or license type, check Nebraska’s DMV. Roadwise provides study material and does not issue permits or licenses.