NCGA Leaders Explore Trade Issues
at U.S. Grains Council Meeting
National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) leaders discussed trade
policy, biotechnology, advancements in value-added technology and
other issues important to the corn industry last week at the U.S.
Grains Council (USGC) annual Board of Delegates Meeting in Montreal.
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NCGA Applauds World Trade Organization
Agreement
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today applauded
the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) framework text that
will lead to increased market access and the elimination of
export subsidies.
The WTO announced the agreement Saturday. (More
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NCGA
Chairman Fred Yoder, center, joined Jack Hawkins, director
of Volunteers for Prosperity, left, and Desiree T. Sayle,
presidential aide and director of USA Freedom Corps,
right, Monday to discuss NCGA’s involvement in
President George W. Bush’s Volunteers for Prosperity
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NCGA Members to Share Expertise Through Volunteers for Prosperity
Program
Under an initiative announced Monday, members of the National
Corn Growers Association (NCGA) will share their agriculture
production expertise with farmers in developing nations around
the world. (More
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Modernization of Locks, Rivers Issues Focus of Barge Tours
Media, businesses and government officials will get a close-up
look at the need for modernized locks on the Upper Mississippi
and Illinois Rivers during a series of barge tours, National
Corn Growers Association (NCGA) CEO Rick Tolman said today.
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AROUND THE CORN BELT
News from State Associations OHIO: Gov. Bob Taft recently presented the Governor’s Excellence
in Exporting Award to the Ohio Corn Marketing Program, which administers
a one-half cent per bushel checkoff on the state’s corn.
Ohio is the sixth-largest export state in the United States.
COLORADO: The Colorado Corn Growers Association reached a milestone in
late July as the 500th member joined the organization.
Cody Eubanks of Evans became the 500th member of CCGA, which
is also celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer.
ILLINOIS: Efforts to site an ethanol production
facility in the Channahon- Morris area took a step forward
with the selection
of Burns & McDonnell as the firm that will conduct the preliminary
engineering for the project. The proposed 40-60 million gallon
plant is expected to create hundreds of direct and indirect jobs.
IOWA: A Latin American delegation will participate in the Iowa
Export Tour Aug. 16-19 to view corn and soybean production and
build trade relationships. Sponsors are the Iowa Soybean Promotion
Board, Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Iowa Dept. of Economic
Development.
KANSAS: E-85 is now available at the Power Plus station in Hays.
The station, formerly affiliated with Texaco, offers both E85
for flexible fuel vehicles, and E-10 unleaded, 10 percent ethanol
fuel for use in all vehicles. The Kansas Corn Commission provided
funding to help the station add E85 fuel.
MINNESOTA: Despite below average temperatures across the state,
the overall rating of the crop improved a notch over the course
of the past week. Continued dryness appears to be aiding the
condition of the crop, which inched up to 68 percent in the good-to-excellent
rankings, from 67 percent the previous week.
MISSOURI: During a three-hour AgriTalk Ethanol Pump Tour stop
July 23, MCGA farmer-leaders and staff of AgriTalk, Break Time
and MFA Oil Company, Golden Triangle Energy Cooperative, KFEQ
Radio pumped a Missouri record of 3,469 gallons of ethanol-blended
fuel and cleaned many dirty windshields. The ethanol promotion
included a 10-cent-per-gallon rebate.
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