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| House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Barbara Cubin
(R-Wyo.) talks with NCGA Chairman Fred Yoder, who testified before the
subcommittee Thursday urging Congress to address mounting energy and input
costs facing America's farmers and ranchers. |
NCGA President to Address Biotechnology, Ethanol at World Corn
Congress
While the United States is the world’s top producer and
consumer of corn, countless other nations around the globe recognize
the immeasurable value of corn as a source of feed, food, fuel
and industrial and commercial products. One of those countries – France – has
invited NCGA President Dee Vaughan to participate in its World
Corn Congress next week. (More
On This Story)
NCGA’s
Glass Attends Opening of Value-Added Pilot Plant
Dr. Richard Glass, NCGA vice president of research and
business development, joined government officials, academic
researchers and industry representatives last week in
Peoria, Ill., to celebrate the $20 million renovation
of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
(NCAUR). (More
On This Story)
NCGA
Condemns Cargill’s Plan to Proceed with El
Salvador Dehydration Plant
The NCGA today expressed disappointment in Cargill’s
decision to proceed with investment plans for an ethanol
dehydration plant in El Salvador. The decision undermines
the relationship Cargill has established with U.S. corn
growers and circumvents the intended purpose of the Caribbean
Basin Initiative (CBI), according to a letter sent by
NCGA to Cargill President and Chief Operating Officer
Greg Page. (More
On This Story)
NCGA Requests Independent Review of All Science Related
to Hypoxia
New research by the Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Region 4 office calls into question most of the
science underlying the Hypoxia Action Plan, prompting
the NCGA to demand an independent review of all of the
science related to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. (More
On This Story)
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AROUND
THE CORN BELT
News
from State Associations
COLORADO: Colorado Corn Board member Ken Guenzi rode with five generations
of
his family in the Logan County Fair parade
in Sterling recently. Ken and his family fixed up a trailer
for the Colorado Corn car which featured corn stalks and signs
about Colorado ag. The car is boldly colored and features a
corn field and a slogan on the back that reads, "Go Ahead.
Sniff my Tailpipe" to show the negligible emissions from
driving a car on E85.
MICHIGAN: Producers interested in attending the annual Illinois Commodity
Conference
are encouraged to register as soon as
possible to take advantage of the low, early registration fee. "The
Future Begins Now" conference will be held Nov. 23 at
the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Bloomington. The
conference features a variety of sessions on livestock industry
development and revitalization, including "Seven Revolutions," a
research initiative that identifies policy challenges that
Illinois leaders will contend with over the next two decades.
KANSAS: Bob Timmons, of Fredonia, was elected chairman of
the Kansas Corn Commission at its summer meeting last week.
Timmons represents growers in the 9th crop reporting district
in southeast Kansas. Timmons farms near Fredonia in a partnership
with his brother. They grow corn, soybeans and wheat. He serves
on the FSA county committee and on the Kansas Corn Growers
Association Board of Directors. Timmons and his wife, Rebecca,
have two daughters.
SOUTH
DAKOTA: Crop commodity groups took center field Sept. 11 at SDSU’s
9th Annual Cereal Bowl. During halftime of the Jacks vs.
Winona State University game, the South Dakota
Corn Utilization Council will be recognized for their monetary
contributions to SDSU through grants, scholarships and research
funding. SDCUC and other commodity groups have award grants
and scholarships totaling nearly $1.2 million this year.
IOWA: A farmer-owned ethanol venture known as the Amaizing
Energy Cooperative held a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 10
for a new fuel ethanol plant. The plant is located near Denison,
Iowa, and will produce 40 million gallons annually.
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