(Lincoln, NE) There are three district seats on the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) eligible for election this year. Soybean producers in Districts 1, 3 and 6 are invited to run for election to the Nebraska Soybean Board by filing a candidacy petition by the April 15, 2012 deadline. The election of Board Members will be conducted via direct-mail ballots and candidate information will be provided to all producers residing within the district in which an election is to be held.

NSB Board Members receive no salary but are reimbursed for expenses incurred while carrying out Board business and will serve a three-year term that would begin October 1, 2012.
District seats open are:
District 1: Counties of Antelope, Boyd, Cedar, Holt, Knox, Madison and Pierce.
District 3: Counties of Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington.
District 6: Counties of Fillmore, Jefferson, Gage, Saline, Seward and Thayer.
Candidates for the NSB seats must be:
• A Resident of Nebraska
• 21 years of age or older
• Soybean producer in Nebraska for at least five previous years

Prospective candidates must collect the signatures of 50 soybean producers in their district using an official Nebraska Soybean Board Candidacy Petition and return such petition to the Nebraska Soybean Board office on or before April 15, 2012, to be eligible for placement on the ballot. To obtain a candidacy petition, contact Victor Bohuslavsky at the Nebraska Soybean Board by calling 402-432-5720 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 402-432-5720 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.