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The Nebraska Corn Board elected its leadership team during its August board meeting in York. From left to right: Jay Reiners (chairman), Brandon Hunnicutt (vice chairman), Andy Groskopf (secretary/treasurer) and David Bruntz (past chairman). The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) elected four farmers to serve leadership roles at its recent board meeting on Aug. 19. The leadership roles [...]

John Krohn is the new District 7 Director serving the Nebraska Corn Board. Krohn is a fifth-generation farmer from Albion. Gov. Pete Ricketts recently appointed John Krohn as the District 7 Director of the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB), which represents Boyd, Holt, Antelope, Garfield, Wheeler, Boone, Platte, Valley, Greeley and Nance counties. Krohn is a farmer from [...]

Dan Wesely, a farmer from Morse Bluff, was recently elected to serve on the National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Board. This will be Wesely’s first term. This week, farmers from across the country attended the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) biannual Corn Congress held in New Orleans. During this event, Nebraska corn farmers Deb Gangwish and Dan [...]

Motorists visiting this fueling station in Agoura Hills now have access to E85 (an 85% ethanol blend). The Nebraska Corn Board provided funds to support this infrastructure project, as it’s helping build demand in population dense areas. The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) has long provided infrastructure grants to fuel retailers and supported local ethanol expansion within the [...]

E15, frequently sold as Unleaded88, is a blend of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. It contains 5% more ethanol than E10, which is the most common fuel used in the United States. E15 cleaner-burning, is higher in octane – typically 88 – and is less expensive at the pump. The Nebraska Corn Growers Association (NeCGA) and the [...]

Seven college students are participating in Nebraska Corn’s internship program. From left to right: Wesley Wach (from Hayes Center), Danie Brandl (from Humphrey), Chloe Higgins (from Nebraska City), Malina Lindstrom (from Elm Creek), Sophia Svanda (from Nehawka), Patrick Baker (from Maryville, MO) and Payton Schaneman (from Denton). Seven college students are beginning internship programs supported by the [...]

LINCOLN, NEB. - The Nebraska Corn Board will hold its next meeting on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at Divots Conference Center, 4200 W Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, Nebraska. The meeting is open to the public, providing the opportunity for public comment. The Board will conduct regular board business, consider funding requests and set the budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. A copy [...]

Across the U.S., motorists have increased access to higher blends of ethanol at select retailers. As temperatures begin to rise and schools dismiss for the school year, families may soon be hitting the road to enjoy summer vacations. The month of May typically kicks off the summer driving season, and it’s also a time to celebrate Nebraska’s [...]

Corn planting season has begun in Nebraska, and farmers are expected to invest nearly $2.2 billion into this year’s crop. Nebraska corn farmers will plant 9.9 million acres of corn in 2021 according to the latest Prospective Plantings report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). If these planting estimates hold up, Nebraska corn farmers will [...]

Grain bins are an important component of Nebraska’s agricultural landscape. In 2019, for example, 14.65 billion bushels of corn and soybeans were stored in bins in the U.S. Nebraska farmers continue to be good stewards of the land, producing more bushels with less resources. Because of this increased efficiency, on-farm grain storage is on the rise. With [...]