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Summer 2010

Soybean Business and Giving to the Hungry
     – by Scott Richert, Gresham NE, NSA President

Greetings from Gresham,
Another challenging spring is behind us and as we move through summer we hope for a good harvest and fair prices. Here at your association we have been working on getting the biodiesel tax credit passed in Washington D.C. It has been passed twice now in the House. Hopefully the Senate will have it passed and we will get it conferenced and to the President’s desk for signing by the time you are reading this. Here in the state we are working on a task force on how to fund the water resource cash fund. This fund was supposed to receive the money from the water check off on corn and sorghum. It is to be used on projects to keep Nebraska in compliance with compacts and agreements dealing with water.

Moving forward there is something else I would like you to think about: When you open your refrigerator is there at least one gallon of milk there for your family? Not everyone is that fortunate. Many farmers from around Nebraska and the U.S. are giving the value of one acre of soybeans to the World Soy Foundation’s Acre Challenge (see article, page 19). Forty bushels of soybeans will make 18,000 rations of soy protein or nearly 2,500 gallons of soy milk. As president of NSA and an Acre Challenge Participant I believe our crop makes a real difference in the lives of children through the World Soy Foundation.

As you may already know the Saunders County Soybean growers have already started the efforts in Guatemala. Saunders county soybean farmers have helped purchase a soy processing machine that makes soymilk for foster children. By giving an acre worth of soybeans to this charitable organization you help put much needed soy protein in the mouths of hungry children. I have made a personal contribution to the Acre Challenge as well as challenged our NSA board of directors to do so as well. I challenge you as soybean farmers to consider giving an acre’s worth to the Acre challenge.

Giving is easy, log on to www.worldsoyfoundation.org and click on the Acre Challenge and select the Nebraska form. Join me and many other soybean producers from across the U.S. in helping to make a difference.

Have a safe and productive summer.

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