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July
3 , 2003 * Volume 10* Number 26
NCGA's
Mission: To Create and Increase Opportunities
for Corn Growers in a Changing World
This is Corn Commentary,
the weekly newsletter for state and national grower leaders of the National
Corn Growers Association (NCGA) available via the U.S. Postal Service.
For complete stories and updated NCGA information, visit www.ncga.com
or the NCGA Leader Resource Center, www.insidencga.com.
IN THIS ISSUE:
- NCGA Calls EU
Labeling Law Too Costly for Corn Growers
- Aylesworth Resigns
from Indiana Corn
- Nebraska Corn,
Grains Council Hosts International Journalists on Biotech Mission
- Aflatoxin Talked
Up at USDA Listening Session
- One Deadline
Remaining to Register for NCGA’s Corn Yield Contest
- Dalton to Use
Communication, Decision-Making Skills in Corn Board Re-Election Efforts
- Dickey to Use
Experience in State Legislature During Corn Board Election
- Watch AgDay "Seeds
of Tomorrow" on July 4th
- LRC Provides
Corn Grower Leaders with Online Access to NCGA information
NCGA
Calls EU Labeling Law Too Costly for Corn Growers
NCGA said Wednesday’s
European Parliament vote for mandatory labeling of biotech crops is
too costly for growers and will further prohibit exportation of biotech
crops to European countries. The new law establishes strict labeling
laws on food derived from biotechnology and stringent traceability regulations.
(More On
This Story)
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| Former
Indiana Corn Growers Association President Mike Aylesworth (left),
seen here in July, 2001, at Corn Congress in Washington, D.C.,
presents the President of the National Coalition for Food and
Agricultural Research Terry Wolf with a cigar, symbolizing the
birth of the Indiana corn checkoff. Aylesworth officially resigned
from his post with Indiana effective July 1. |
Aylesworth
Resigns from Indiana Corn
July 1 was a sad
day for the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the NCGA as
Michael Aylesworth officially resigned from his duties as Indiana chairman
due to hardships brought on by three consecutive years of drought. For
Aylesworth, leaving Indiana Corn was a necessary step. (More
On This Story)
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| Elliot
Jagels (l) and Ayo Akinfe, a journalist from the United Kingdom,
tour NCGA member Mark Jagel's farm during a recent tour of Nebraska
by European journalists hosted by the Nebraska Corn Board and
the U.S. Grains Council. |
Nebraska
Corn, Grains Council Hosts International Journalists on Biotech Mission
Journalists from
four continents took a first-hand look at how Nebraska corn producers,
grain handlers and seed scientists are helping ensure the safety and
beneficial use of biotechnology-based corn. (More
On This Story)
Aflatoxin
Talked Up at USDA Listening Session
Aflatoxin was in
the air Monday, or so to speak, when the Multi-Crop Aflatoxin Working
Group presented comments on aflatoxin elimination at a U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) stakeholder listening session in Denver, Colo.
(More On
This Story)
One
Deadline Remaining to Register for NCGA's Corn Yield Contest
Corn growers, check
your calendars. Only one deadline remains to enter the NCGA’s
2003 National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC). As of July 1 682 entries have
been received, with nearly 3,000 expected before the final Aug. 1 deadline.
(More On
This Story)
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| Cal Dalton |
Dalton
to Use Communication, Decision-Making Skills in Corn Board Re-Election
Efforts
Cal Dalton has served
in many leadership capacities and believes communication skills and
knowledge-based decision-making are his strongest attributes. In his
bid for re-election to the NCGA Corn Board, Dalton said he would like
to help other corn growers to develop economical, political and educational
opportunities for themselves and their farming operations. (More
On This Story)
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| Bob Dickey |
Dickey
to Use Experience in State Legislature During Corn Board Election
If elected to the
NCGA Corn Board, Bob Dickey has said he would serve to the best of his
ability to make a positive difference. His personal expectations of
a board member are the ability to demonstrate leadership skills and
a strong sense of character and integrity. He believes his experience
as a Nebraska State Senator would be helpful for NCGA in Washington,
DC, and state legislative affairs. (More
On This Story)
Watch
AgDay "Seeds of Tomorrow" on July 4th
PLANT yourself in
front of the TV on July 4th, and watch SEEDS OF TOMORROW. (More
On This Story)
LRC
Provides Corn Grower Leaders with Online Access to NCGA information
The NCGA Leader
Resource Center (LRC) is the online resource for state and national
corn grower leaders. The LRC is available to state board members, Corn
Board, national team, committee and working group members, Corn Congress
delegates and state and national staffs. The site is available at http://www.insidencga.com
by subscription only. If you need your username or password reset or
need assistance using the site, please contact membership@ncga.com.
Recent information
added to the site includes:
AGENDAS
July
2003 Meetings in Washington DC:
- Corn Board
- Corn Congress
(PDF)
- Grower Services
(PDF)
- Production
and Stewardship (PDF)
- Agenda,
Public Policy (PDF)
- Research
and Business Development (PDF)
- Biotechnology
Working Group (PDF)
- Ethanol
Committee (PDF)
- Corn Yield
Contest (GSAT/PSAT) (PDF)
- Mycotoxin
Task Force (PDF)
- Trade Task
Force (PDF)
CORN
BOARD
-
NCGA Corn Board Visit to Michigan State University (PDF)
- Corn Board
Conference Call Minutes, May 13, 2003 (PDF)
- Strategic
Plan (Interim Edition) June 2003, for Corn Congress ratification, July
2003 (PDF)
CORNPAC
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New NCGA CornPac Leader Team page now available
MEMBERSHIP
RECRUITING
-
June 03 Membership Report (PDF)
- June 03
State Growth Trends Comparison (PDF)
- June 03,
4 year comparison (PDF)
- June 03
Cumulative Recruiter by Point (PDF)
PUBLICATIONS
NCGA
"Big Rock" Brochures - Updated June 2003:
- Biotechnology
(PDF)
- Ethanol
(PDF)
- New Uses
(PDF)
- Farm Policy
(PDF)
- Trade (PDF)
- Transportation
(PDF)
FARM
AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
-
Payment Limitations Spreadsheet (from KSU in Excel format) - July 2003
RESEARCH
& BUSINESS DEVELOP ACTION TEAM
-
Research Friday Update Volume 3 Number 16 (PDF)
For more information,
please contact the lead staff for your area of interest, Gary Bradley,
NCGA Communications, at 636-733-9004, bradley@ncga.com or Rodger Mansfield,
NCGA Technology, 636-733-9004, mansfield@ncga.com
Of
Special Interest:
To View
the Profiles of All the 2003 NCGA Corn Board Candidates, Click HERE!
NCGA
THIS WEEK
- July
8-9 NCGA President Fred Yoder will attend a meeting of the Agriculture
and Food Biosecurity Planning Committee in Minneapolis.
- July
10 NCGA Director of Development Tom Slunecka will attend a Commodity
Classic Grower Committee Meeting in St. Louis.
- July
11 NCGA staff begins departing for Corn Congress in Washington, D.C.
More calendar information
is available on the NCGA Leader Resource Center, http://www.insidencga.com
© 2003 National
Corn Growers Association
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