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Nebraska Corn Board

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The mission of the Nebraska Corn Board is to develop, carry out and participate in programs of research, education, market development and promotion to enhance profitability (viability) and expand the demand and value of Nebraska corn and value-added corn products.

The Nebraska Corn Board’s record of success includes strong support for the livestock industry, the number one customer for Nebraska corn and corn co-products; leadership in the development of the ethanol industry and the promotion of ethanol usage; identifying and growing export markets for Nebraska corn, both foreign and domestic; and research into new uses for corn, including the successful development of corn-based plastics and corn ethanol co-products like distillers grains.

The nine-member Nebraska Corn Board collects and disburses the funds generated by the 1/2 of a cent per bushel corn checkoff. A six-person staff administrates the various programs. Deciding where and how to invest corn checkoff dollars is a responsibility your Nebraska Corn Board takes very seriously.

The challenge is to manage each corn producer’s checkoff investment to capture the greatest value amidst the ever-changing industry, to continue nurturing the markets we’ve been able to establish, and invest in new possibilities and potential. It’s not an easy task, but the years have proven that the investment has paid dividends.

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Q: What is your reaction to videos like Food Inc. or the restaurant Chipotles Farmed and Dangerous series?

Answered By Nebraska Corn Board - Dec 04, 2014

A: The following selected excerpts are from the post, “Using fear to sell movies (and food)” from the Nebraska Corn Board blog, Nebraska Corn Kernels.   “Food Inc. was contrived by people who believe that the food system in this country is broken. They have a hammer-esqe view of how food gets to the grocery store, so everything to them appears to be a nail that needs pounding. They play loose with the facts and complain that nobody in the food industry would talk.”   “People who spend a lot of time complaining and misrepresenting facts about the modern [...]

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