AUGUST 2020 F10
FARM & RANCH
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
Three elected to Nebraska Soybean Board
Telegraph staff reports The Nebraska Soybean Board hosted elections for Districts 5, 7 and an at-large position in July. Nebraska soybean farmers vote each year to decide who sits on the Soybean Board. Brent Steinhoff of Syracuse was elected to serve District 5 — Cass, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and Richardson counties. This will be Steinhoff’s first term as a member of the soy bean board. Larry Hudkins of Malcolm and Klark Knipe of Auburn were also running. “I am very excited to join the
Soybean Board and work with fellow board members to in- vest checkoff dollars in those projects that bring the greatest re- turn to Nebraska soybean farmers,” Anderson said. “I look forward to helping create demand and market opportunities
Minden was also run- ning. “I am excited to be re-elected to the Nebraska Soybean Board,” Saathoff said. “I am looking forward to helping soybean farmers by working with my fel- low board members to solve problems and
Nebraska Soybean Board and represent District 5,” Steinhoff said in a press release from NSB. “I greatly look forward to work- ing with the other board members and making the best deci- sions for the benefit of Nebraska soybean farmers.”
Brent Steinhoff
Doug Saathoff
Greg Anderson
for Nebraska soybeans.” The elected board members will serve a three-year term beginning Oct. 1 and ending Sept. 30, 2023. The nine-member Nebraska Soybean Board collects and dis- burses the Nebraska share of funds generated by the one-half of one per- cent times the net sales price per bushel of soybeans sold. Nebraska soybean checkoff funds are invested in research, education, domestic and foreign markets, including new uses for soybeans and soybean products.
meet the challenges that are fac- ing Nebraska soybean producers. Investing soybean checkoff dollars wisely and efficiently will be a top priority of mine.” Greg Anderson of Newman Grove was re-elected as the at-large board member. This is Greg Anderson’s third term on the board. Jason Bonsack of Danebrog, Doug Pieper of Beatrice and Jared Sayer of Cambridge were also running. “I am honored to be re-elected to serve another term on the Nebraska
Doug Saathoff of Trumbull has been re-elected in District 7 — Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster counties. This will be Saathoff’s second term. Matthew Favinger of
Delsing, Knobel re-elected as chair, vice chair of Wheat Board
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tivities. He has also served on other boards including Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska FFA Association. Delsing and Knobel will serve in their po- sitions through June 2021. They are respon- sible for representing Nebraska on the U.S. Wheat Associates Board of Directors by voting on important matters to the industry. “Nebraska wheat producers are in good hands with Bob and Mark in leadership po- sitions. They will work to improve both global and domestic markets for wheat,” said Royce Schaneman, execu- tive director for the Nebraska Wheat Board.
Telegraph staff reports LINCOLN — The Nebraska Wheat Board hosted its first quar- ter meeting on Aug. 3 in North Platte. The meeting includ- ed the swearing in of Rick Dunbar as rep- resentative of District 7, updates from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, a strategic planning discussion and the election of this year’s chair and vice chair. Bob Delsing of Hemingford was re- elected as chair of the NWB for the 2020- 21 year. Delsing was re-appointed to the Nebraska Wheat Board in 2019 by Gov. Pete Ricketts. He farms dry- land wheat, corn and cattle on his farm and ranch in Dawes and
Box Butte counties. He is also a member of the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association, the United Methodist Church of Hemingford, the American Legion, the Nebraska Farm Bureau, Nebraska Rural Radio and National Farmers Union. Mark Knobel of Fairbury was re-elect- ed as the vice chair of the NWB for 2020-21. Knobel was re-appoint- ed to the board in 2019 by Ricketts and rep- resents District 6. He raises wheat, soybeans and corn in southeast- ern Nebraska and is a certified seed dealer. Knobel has hosted nu- merous trade teams to his farm and is al- ways engaging in wheat board meetings and ac-
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