November 7, 2003 * Volume 10* Number 44

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). For complete stories and updated NCGA information, visit www.ncga.com or the NCGA Leader Resource Center, www.insidencga.com.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• DDGS Trials to Begin at Texas Tech University
• Farmers Are Winners at Commodity Classic
• NCGA Represented at Symposium on Alternative Feeds for Livestock, Poultry
• NCGA Looks to ProExporter Network for Sense of Anticipated Harvest Effects on Ethanol Industry
• NCGA Involved in Efforts to Resolve U.S.-Mexican Sweetener Dispute

DDGS Trials to Begin at Texas Tech University

November 7 marks the beginning of the Distillers Grains Trial at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas under the supervision of Dr. Mike Galyean. Wet distillers grains have been transported from the Abengoa, Bioenergy plant in York, Neb., for this trial. Abengoa Bioenergy supplied the distillers grains to this project, and NCGA has partnered with them on the transportation costs for the project.(More On This Story)

The Passing Zone will entertain at the General Session of Commodity Classic March 2-4, 2004 in Las Vegas.

Farmers Are Winners at Commodity Classic

Corn and soybean farmers who attend Commodity Classic, March 2-4, 2004, in Las Vegas, will leave this year’s event a winner. Growers will hear the most up-to-date industry information and see the newest products that can help enhance their farm efficiency and profitability. (More On This Story)

NCGA Represented at Symposium on Alternative Feeds for Livestock, Poultry

NCGA was represented this week at the Third National Symposium on Alternative Feeds for Livestock and Poultry in Kansas City, MO., where there was a strong focus on byproducts for bio-fuels processing, specifically distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). (More On This Story)

NCGA Looks to ProExporter Network for Sense of Anticipated Harvest Effects on Ethanol Industry

With USDA projecting a 10.2 billion corn crop in its October crop report, NCGA is looking to experts like ProExporter Network (PRX) for an idea of how such a crop would affect the growing ethanol industry in the United States.. (More On This Story)

Greg Guenther, a member of the NCGA Production and Stewardship Action Team, greats an attendee at the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Meeting last week in St. Louis. NCGA growers manned the association’s booth at the meeting, explaining NCGA and its programs.

NCGA Involved in Efforts to Resolve U.S.-Mexican Sweetener Dispute

Efforts to resolve the long-standing sweetener trade dispute with Mexico continue on several fronts, notes NCGA. Of note are letters sent last week to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez and a statement issued by a Combined Sweetener Task Force.

The dispute began in January 2002 when Mexico imposed a 20 percent tax on all soft drinks containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which has shut down U.S. exports for nearly two years. (More On This Story)

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