The Nebraska Corn Board provides funding to several
cooperating organizations and institutions that are working
to expand markets and develop news uses for Nebraska
corn.
 The U.S. Grains Council is a unique partnership of producers,
agribusiness, the public sector and overseas customers.
USGC works to break down trade policy barriers and to
educate buyers about the quality of U.S. corn and value-added
corn products—as well as sorghum and barley. Their
goal is to strengthen U.S. farmers’ profitability
by boosting worldwide demand for grain. USGC operates
offices around the world and conducts innovative
market development programs in more than 80 countries.
 The
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is a nonprofit trade
association working to create new opportunities and develop
existing international markets for U.S. beef, pork, lamb
and veal. In 1979, the Nebraska Corn Board became one
of the first members of the newly formed USMEF. Since
that time, Nebraska corn producers have invested nearly
four million dollars in supporting USMEF efforts.
 The Nebraska Corn Board works with NCGA and other state
checkoff programs on a variety of policy and research
projects. NCGA’s checkoff-funded initiatives have stimulated
significant advancements in ethanol, biotechnology, farm
and rural development, research and market development,
transportation and trade.
 The state’s
largest corn membership organization works to: create
new uses for corn; promote the expansion of the ethanol
market; support the state’s livestock industry;
increase corn exports and domestic demand; improve corn
production and environmental practices; and educate consumers
and promote the benefits of corn products. The Nebraska
Corn Board provides funding to support these efforts.
 The Nebraska
Corn Board has funded several important research projects
at UN-L. In recent years, considerable research has been
conducted on using distillers grains and corn gluten, coproducts
of ethanol production, as a feed ingredient. The Nebraska
Corn Board has also helped fund UN-L research on bio-based
plastics, to develop corn genotypes with lower phosphorous
contents, to study the carbon sequestration potential
of irrigated corn systems and to determine the effects of
plant population and nutrient management on carbon sequestration. |
