Give corn checkoff a boost?

KearneyHub
Author: LORI POTTER Hub Staff Writer
Posted: March 24, 2012 at 10:00 am

KEARNEY — St. Paul farmer and Nebraska Corn Board Director Tim Scheer figures the state checkoff he pays on his corn amounts to about 50 cents per acre.

“As a farmer, I can’t add 50 cents per acre to make an appreciable difference,” he said, particularly in the areas of research and development that are required for any industry to remain competitive.

However, combining all checkoff payments made by Nebraska corn growers yields millions of dollars for corn promotion, education, research and market development projects initiated or supported by the Corn Board.

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North Dakota establishes ethanol promotion group

AgWeek
Published April 21 2010

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven, the North Dakota Ethanol Council and ethanol industry leaders today announced the establishment of a new program that will fund the newly-established North Dakota Ethanol Council’s marketing activities by dedicating a share of the industry’s production profits to promotion of ethanol.

Also known as a check-off, the program dedicates three one-hundredths of one cent per gallon of ethanol produced and sold in the state to develop research, education programs, promotion, and market development efforts to help build the state’s ethanol industry. The Council’s projected annual budget is $100,000.

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