Cornhusker Cooperative
In the Summer of 2010, the Huskers launched an innovative program that pairs farmers with the Athletic Department. With agreements between Nebraska Athletics and large grain elevators in Aurora, Dorchester, Edison, Hastings, O’Neill, and York, as well as other small independent elevators in Beatrice, Brainard, Elmwood, and Waverly, elevator managers are authorized to designate portions of a farmer’s grain yield as a donation to Nebraska’s Athletic Department.
Here’s how Cornhusker Cooperative works: A farmer or worker pulls a truck into a local grain elevator where the farmer is already a customer. The elevator manager weighs the truck and defines that day’s per-bushel price of grain. The manager asks what portion of the yield the farmer would like to donate to Athletics. Whoever communicates the decision collects the proper receipts and drives back to the farm.
The elevator manager processes the sale, then communicates it to Nebraska Athletics. Nebraska Athletics credits the farmer with three priority points for every $100 of grain donated this year. (Priority points are used to prioritize road game and post-season tickets). Depending on the levels of bushels donated, Cornhusker Cooperative contributors are eligible for decals, hats, tours or picnics hosted by the Nebraska Athletic Department.
With the first transaction, the farmer becomes a member of the statewide Cornhusker Cooperative. That qualifies the farmer for special considerations in Nebraska Athletics and provides them the satisfaction of helping Nebraska’s storied Walk-On Program, one of the chief benefactors of Cornhusker Cooperative donors.
For more information, contact: Mike Dobbs.
Huskers Athletic Fund is the fundraising arm of the Nebraska Athletic Department. We also handle premium seating for football, volleyball, men’s & women’s basketball, and baseball.
