Nebraska Soybean Board News Release

NEBRASKA SOYBEAN BOARD NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Victor Bohuslavsky, Executive Director November 8, 2010 402-432-5720

Two Nebraska Soybean Farmers Appointed to Serve on United Soybean Board

(Lincoln, NE) Two Nebraska soybean farmers will be representing Nebraska on the United Soybean Board (USB). Appointed to the board and returning to fulfill an additional three-year term is USB Director Mike Thede, of Palmer, Nebraska. The newest USB director appointment is Gregg Fujan, of Weston, Nebraska. Both Farm-Leaders will benefit the USB with their wealth of experience and perspective about the soybean industry.

“There are certainly benefits to being on the board”, says Mike Thede, “USB directors give their time, energy and effort to work on behalf of their fellow soybean farmers to invest checkoff dollars in their best interests.” Gregg Fujan recently served as the Chairman of the Nebraska Soybean Board and as the NSB District Three Director for nine years, he looks forward to taking that leadership to the national board.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the appointment of 34 farmer-leaders to the USB and soybean checkoff. All appointees will serve three-year terms beginning immediately and represent the interests of all U.S. soybean farmers.

USB is made up of 68 farmer-directors who oversee the investments of the soybean checkoff on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers. Checkoff funds are invested in the areas of animal utilization, human utilization, industrial utilization, industry relations, market access and supply. As stipulated in the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soybean checkoff.