Businessman Charles Herbster preparing to run for Nebraska governor in 2022 (Omaha World-Herald)

The first Republican moves to run for governor of Nebraska in 2022. The filing period does not open until December 2021.

Herbster’s website lists him as the chief executive of Carico Farms and Herbster Angus Farms of Falls City; North American Breeders of Berryville, Virginia; Conklin Co. of Kansas City, Missouri, and Shakopee, Minnesota; and Agri-Solutions of Red Oak, Iowa.

Herbster is chairman of President Donald Trump’s agriculture and rural advisory committee.

After ending his previous campaign for governor, Herbster put his support and campaign finances behind then-State Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha. McCoy lost in the 2014 primary to Pete Ricketts.