Corn Board to serve up corn-fed beef prior to Cornhusker/Buckeyes football game

What would you rather have…a buckeye or a ribeye?

When it comes down to a buckeye or a ribeye, the Nebraska Corn Board is confident Nebraska Cornhusker fans will chose the ribeye.

They’re so confident, in fact, they’ll be cooking up and handing out samples of some great Nebraska corn-fed steak prior to the Nebraska Cornhuskers/Ohio State Buckeyes football game this Saturday (Oct. 8).

They’ll begin serving on Stadium Drive on the west side of Memorial Stadium around 4 pm.

Just look for the Nebraska Corn Board display trailer and signs asking which you’d rather have…a buckeye or a ribeye.

“I’m guessing everyone will take the ribeye, even the occasional Ohio State Buckeyes fan that shows up in Husker territory. It’s only fair we give them some great tasting ribeye while they’re here. It’ll be the highlight of their trip because for Nebraska fans, that corn-fed steak tastes a lot like victory,” said Alan Tiemann, chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board and a farmer from Seward.

The promotion prior to the Cornhusker game is a component of the Nebraska Corn Board’s “Sustaining Innovation” program that includes sharing information about how Nebraska corn farmers are growing more corn with less fertilizer, less water and less environmental impact.

“We’re sharing the fact that Nebraska corn farmers have cut energy use 37 percent per bushel over the last three decades, and that we’re producing 87 percent more corn per ounce of fertilizer applied thanks to innovative farming practices,” Tiemann said. “We want people to know that 95 percent of America’s corn farms are family owned and operated, and that all farmers are committed to doing a better job every year.”

In addition to all the great things corn farmers are doing, beef producers have also done a great job, getting better and better every year.

For example, according to a study published last year, beef producers are producing 13 percent more beef but with 13 percent fewer animals now versus 30 years ago. For each pound of beef produced in a modern system, farmers and ranchers need 20 percent less feed, 14 percent less water, 10 percent less energy and 30 percent less land.

Those figures fit in perfectly to the Nebraska Corn Board's Sustaining Innovation theme and is something I'm sure board members will share on Saturday.


In addition to funding from the Nebraska corn checkoff, partners in the Cornhusker game day steak promotion include Cargill and Skeeter Barnes.