10 Products You Didn’t Know Were Made with Corn
Few crops are as versatile as corn. This humble grain is a key ingredient in many of your favorite foods. It can be found in products like cereal, salad dressings, ice cream and even [...]
Protecting What Matters This Harvest Season – National Farm Safety and Health Week
With combines and grain carts heading to the fields, the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) and the Nebraska Corn Growers Association (NeCGA) are urging farmers, residents, and drivers to take a second for safety this harvest [...]
5 Ways Farmers Protect Water Quality
As farmers grow and raise the food we eat, they also work to keep the natural environment as untouched as possible. One of the most important ways they do this is by protecting local rivers, [...]
New Leadership for the Nebraska Corn Board
Gov. Pete Ricketts recently appointed Dan Nerud as the District 1 Director of the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB), which represents Butler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, [...]
How Cover Crops Improve Corn Harvest
People unfamiliar with farming might assume that fertilizer is the only way to improve the growth and overall health of crops like corn. While fertilizer can be a useful tool, farmers are resourceful and often [...]
Schaneman joins Nebraska Corn Board as Director of Market Development
The Nebraska Corn Board is pleased to announce the hiring of Payton Schaneman for the position of Director of Market Development. In this role, Schaneman will work on behalf of the state’s corn farmers to [...]
Nebraska Corn Joins Call-To-Action to Protect Atrazine
The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) and the Nebraska Corn Growers Association (NeCGA) are urging farmers to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On June 30, the EPA announced an upcoming revision of atrazine’s [...]
Nebraska Corn Board to Meet in August
The Nebraska Corn Board will hold its next meeting Tuesday, August 9 at Younes Conference Center located at 416 W Talmadge Rd., Kearney, NE. The Board will conduct regular board business. The meeting is [...]
How Ethanol Keeps Gas Prices Down
Everyone with a car, lawn mower, motorcycle or other gasoline-powered machinery is feeling the pressure at the pump. Gas prices have remained high for several weeks (or months) now and they don’t seem to [...]
How Farmers Keep Soil Healthy
As more people become engaged with where their food comes from and who is growing it, a central question comes into focus: Are we doing the best we can with the resources we have? [...]
Nebraska Corn Board Welcomes Two New Staff Members
The Nebraska Corn Board is pleased to announce the hiring of Jill Parrent as the Director of Communications and Rachael Whitehair as the Director of Innovation & Stewardship. In the role of Director of [...]
Nebraska Corn Board to Meet
The Nebraska Corn Board will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 – Thursday, June 2, 2022, at the Younes Conference Center, 416 W Talmadge Rd, Kearney, Neb. The meeting is open to [...]
