News Releases
New ethanol flex fuel pumps open in Osmond
Lincoln, Neb., Two new ethanol flex fuel pumps are now available in Osmond at the Osmond Mini Mart located at 202 East Highway 20. The Osmond E85 / flex fuel pump is the 84th in Nebraska to offer the renewable fuel. The location offers unleaded gasoline, E10, E30, and E85 available 24 hours a day. [...]
New Flex Fuel Pumps Open Up in David City
Lincoln, NE-New flex fuel pumps are now open in David City at the RB’s Corner Stop on Highway 15. This is the 83rd retail location with E85/flex fuel pumps that offer ethanol blended fuels such as E85 for flex fuel vehicles. RB’s Corner Stop is offering E10, E20, E30, and E85. There is an ethanol [...]
Corn Board to Meet
LINCOLN, NE – The Nebraska Corn Board will hold its next meeting in Mac’s Creek conference room in Lexington, Nebraska on Thursday, June 20, 2013. The Board will conduct regular board business, consider funding requests and set the budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. The meeting is open to the public. A copy of the agenda [...]
Flex Fuel Vehicles Help Consumers Save Money at the Pump
One in Ten Nebraskans Drives a Flex Fuel Vehicle LINCOLN, NE—Four-dollar gas hits everyone hard. But you may be driving a vehicle that can save you a chunk of change at the pump—and you may not even realize it. “This rapid, unexpected and unexplainable rise in gas prices has taken everyone by surprise,” said Don [...]
Interns chosen for Nebraska Corn Board programs
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) is proud to select and support five college students as interns starting this summer. Four of the five interns will be hosted by national cooperators of NCB: National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) in St. Louis, MO and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) in Washington, D.C. [...]
Nebraska Corn Board iPad Grant Winners Announced
LINCOLN, NEB. — The Nebraska Corn Board recently chose the winners for their iPads for Agriculture Education grant. The Nebraska Corn Board received a $5,000 DuPont Pioneer grant for an iPad for agriculture education project and the board matched these funds for a total of $10,000 to purchase iPads. From January 1 to February 28, [...]
USDA: Nebraska corn farmers investing nearly $3 billion to plant 9.9 million acres
LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska’s corn farmers intend to plant 9.9 million acres of corn this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. It takes about $280 per acre to get the corn crop planted and off to a good start, meaning Nebraska corn farmers plan to invest nearly $2.8 billion this spring. “Farmers make [...]
Nebraska Corn Board Presents Awards of Recognition and Achievement
LINCOLN, NE—The Nebraska Corn Board presented its annual awards to six Nebraskans during its Cooperator and Awards Dinner in Lincoln recently. The agricultural awards pay tribute to outstanding representatives of Nebraska’s grain elevator, livestock, and ethanol industries. Additional recognition goes to a member of the Nebraska media and to recognize overall achievement in agriculture. The [...]
Nebraska Corn Checkoff Investments Create Economic Opportunity for Entire State
LINCOLN, NE—As the nation celebrates National Agriculture Week March 17-23, Nebraska’s 23,000 family corn farmers are preparing to plant what again promises to be the third largest state corn crop in the nation. At the same time, they continue to invest in their future—and in the economic success of the state—through the checkoff program they [...]
Nebraska Corn Board Vacancies
LINCOLN, NE – Notice is hereby given that the terms for three members of the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board will expire June 21, 2013. The members represent Districts 1, 4, and 5. District #1 Counties of Butler, Saunders, Douglas, Sarpy, Seward, Lancaster, Cass, Otoe, Saline, Jefferson, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson [...]
