Corn-Based Ethanol Is the Clean Fuel for the Future
When you stop at the gas station to top off your tank, how much thought do you put in to choosing the fuel that’s right for your car? For your wallet? For the environment? [...]
Nebraska Corn Leaders Present at Corn Harvest Quality Report Event
The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) had two board members represent Nebraska during the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council’s Corn Harvest Quality Report events, with seminars recently taking place in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea [...]
Impacts to Corn Farming in Nebraska in 2024
Each year, corn farmers in Nebraska and around the world face a multitude of factors that impact the cost of producing corn and the price they receive when selling their crop. Farmers take these challenges [...]
Eastern Nebraska Corn and Soybean Expo Combines Two Key Agricultural Events
Nebraska Extension, in collaboration with the Nebraska Soybean Board and Nebraska Corn Board and their respective associations, are excited to announce the consolidation of the Fremont Corn Expo and the Nebraska Soybean Day and Machinery [...]
Seed to Stores: Tracing Food Production and Buying Local
In a world where we are more connected than ever, there’s a growing movement among consumers to know more about where food comes from. Amid this growing desire for transparency and sustainability, the idea [...]
Corn Board To Meet
The Nebraska Corn Board will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the Hall County Extension Office (3180 W. Highway 34) in Grand Island, Nebraska. The board will conduct regular board business. [...]
How Corn Is Used Domestically and Internationally
Corn grown in Nebraska and other states has important uses in the United States and around the world. Corn is a major force in local and global markets, playing a vital role in countless [...]
Five Surprising Benefits of GMOs
In an ever-growing world with a continuously increasing population, farmers face the immense challenge of meeting the rising demand for food. Even more difficult, they must grow nutritious, tasty food — that sells for [...]
Nebraska Corn Board Seeks Candidates for Vacancies
Notice is hereby given that the terms for three members of the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board (Nebraska Corn Board) will expire June 30, 2024, and Nebraska’s corn checkoff program is seeking [...]
Five Ways Corn Is Used in Nebraska
Nebraska is one of the top corn-producing states in the nation. In 2022, Nebraska corn farmers harvested more than 1.46 BILLION bushels. That’s a lot of corn! What happens to all that corn? How [...]
Why California Is Among the Top Markets for Nebraska Ethanol
Biofuels like ethanol are the future of carbon-reducing, renewable energy solutions for our cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Nowhere is the demand greater for ethanol than in the state of California. The ethanol Californians [...]
Nebraska Corn Statement on Commerce Lowering Duties on Phosphate Fertilizer
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced last week it was lowering duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco from 19.97% to 2.12%. The decision comes after the agency conducted an administrative review of [...]
