
National Corn Growers Association Minnesota Paper Poll Shows Support for E15
Source: corncommentary.com
A very unscientific poll in a Minnesota newspaper is showing some good support for increasing the ethanol blend level in gasoline to 15 percent.

National Corn Growers Association Corn Cob Harvesting
Source: corncommentary.com
During POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day, 16 companies showcased equipment to help farmers make the process of harvesting corn cobs and residue quick, easy and profitable. Project LIBERTY is POET’s planned 25 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg.

National Corn Growers Association Innovative Farmers Find Opportunities in Challenges
Source: ncga.com
Randy farms 5,000 acres outside Janesville, Wisconsin. He is the fifth generation to farm the place, part of which was granted to an ancestor by President James K. Polk in 1848. The framed land grant hangs in the farm office with a receipt for a John Deere plow from 1852.

National Corn Growers Association Farmers Beware: EPA In Hyperdrive
Source: corncommentary.com
The Environmental Protection Agency loves family farmers. Let me count the ways…ethanol, atrazine, carbofuran, water quality issue related to livestock operations…the list goes on. Like a drunken sailor ...

National Corn Growers Association Harvest Delays Lead to Trucking Waivers
Source: corncommentary.com
According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, this year’s corn harvest is proceeding at “the slowest pace since at least the mid-1970’s, when National crop progress tables first appeared in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin.”

National Corn Growers Association Conference Addresses Transportation Issues and Opportunities
Conference Addresses Transportation Issues and Opportunities (11-5-09) | National Corn Growers Assoc
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 5: A National Corn Growers Association sponsorship is helping representatives from various sectors of the agricultural industry explore current trends in ports, ocean freight, rail and other transportation ...

National Corn Growers Association NCGA Commends Senators on Agricultural Offsets Legislation
NCGA Commends Senators on Agricultural Offsets Legislation (11-4-09) | National Corn Growers Associa
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 4: This afternoon, Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), along with four other cosponsors, introduced agricultural offsets legislation in the Senate that shares many similarities ...

National Corn Growers Association NCGA Online Yield Contest Form Available as Deadline Approaches
NCGA Online Yield Contest Form Available as Deadline Approaches (11-04-09) | National Corn Growers A
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 4: The Dec. 1 deadline for completed harvest forms for those growers participating in the 2009 National Corn Yield Contest is fast approaching, and the National Corn Growers Association reminds entrants ...

National Corn Growers Association A Comeuppance for Michael Pollan
Source: corncommentary.com
First, he was caught spreading a good-sounding factoid that turned out to be wrong. He manned up and corrected his mistake, but he should have known better.

National Corn Growers Association Livestock Care Board Sails Through in Ohio
Source: corncommentary.com
Family farmers and ranchers across American should have a little more spring in their step today in the wake of an overwhelming victory for the nation’s critical livestock industry with the passage of State Issue 2 in Ohio. ...

National Corn Growers Association NCGA Testifies on Importance of Atrazine
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 3: The National Corn Growers Association testified today before a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel that was convened in the wake of the EPA’s newly announced comprehensive review of health and ecological risks associated with the commonly used herbicide atrazine.

National Corn Growers Association Guidance to Growers on Crop Insurance Due to Delayed Harvest
Guidance to Growers on Crop Insurance Due to Delayed Harvest (11-3-09) | National Corn Growers Assoc
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 3: With much of the Corn Belt experiencing a delayed harvest due to extremely wet conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has offered guidance on its crop insurance procedures to affected farmers. ...

National Corn Growers Association EPA proceeds with decision to ban carbofuran
Source: ncga.com
Nov. 3: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it will uphold its May 2009 decision to revoke food tolerances for the pesticide carbofuran, commonly known as Furadan. This rule will ban the use of carbofuran on food crops after December 31, 2009. ...

National Corn Growers Association On Matters of Beef, I Defer to the Experts
Source: corncommentary.com
Plaza III, arguably the best steakhouse in Kansas City, now includes in their ad copy that “the beef is corn-fed, custom selected and aged.” While those with an uninformed palate might follow the grass-fed ...

National Corn Growers Association Turkey Lays an Egg
Source: corncommentary.com
The U.S. Grains Council reports that last week, Turkey placed an unexpected ban on imports of biotech crops.Turkey, the 27th largest export market for all U.S. goods, issued a new regulation on Oct. 26, ...
















