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President Leon Corzine, left, met
recently with Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.)
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NCGA Congratulates Chambliss
on Appointment as Senate Ag Committee Chair
The NCGA congratulated Sen. Saxby
Chambliss (R-Ga.) today on his recent
appointment as the next chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
With the 109th Congress set to convene in January, NCGA looks
forward to working with Chambliss and the committee on critical
issues that affect the nation’s corn producers. (More On This
Story)
Is Commodity Classic on Your Holiday Wish List?
Still wondering what to get that
hard-to-buy-for corn or soybean grower on your Christmas list?
How about tickets to the nation’s premier agricultural event?
A trip to the 2005 Commodity Classic,
Feb. 24-26 in Austin, Texas, makes an ideal holiday
gift and will surely please the producer on your list. (More On This
Story)
Government Prepares to Implement VEETC Provisions, NCGA Notes
The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax
Credit (VEETC) signed into law by the president in October is
set to take effect Jan. 1, 2005, according to the NCGA. (More On This
Story)
NCGA Corn Board Application Deadline Nearing
The NCGA will continue to accept
applications to serve on the Corn Board through Jan. 14, 2005.(More On This
Story)
Support for E-10 Continues to Expand to New Consumer Markets
Support for ethanol-blended fuels
continues to spread to new consumer markets beyond the Corn Belt, as drivers across the nation
increasingly recognize the environmental and economic benefits
offered by domestically produced, clean-burning renewable fuels,
according to the NCGA. (More
On This Story)
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AROUND
THE CORN BELT
News
from State Associations
ILLINOIS: The Illinois Corn Growers Association
and Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board
are sponsoring workshops designed to help growers make decisions
about participating in specialty crop contracts. Workshop dates and locations are: Jan.18, Starved Rock Banquet Center, LaSalle-Peru; Jan. 19, American Legion Hall, Lincoln; and Jan. 20, Holiday
Inn
(I-55 & Rt. 108), Carlinville. Registration for each workshop opens
at 8:30
a.m. The programs begin
at 9:00
a.m.
MISSOURI: On Dec. 16, the
new Mobil On the Run at 1710 North Bishop in Rolla, Missouri not only celebrated the grand opening
of their new facility, but they also celebrated the opening
of the city's first E85 fueling pump and tank. The new E85 tank
and pump is a collaboration of efforts between the Mobil On
the Run, the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and the Missouri
Corn Growers Association
IOWA:
Naturally Iowa,
LLC, is pioneering the use of corn-based polylactic
acid (PLA) in milk bottles with the assistance of the Iowa Corn
Promotion Board (ICPB). “We milk the cows … and
grow the bottles” is the company’s theme as it works
toward having PLA-bottled milk on shelves in southwestern Iowa
by late 2004 or early 2005. The longer-range target is to begin
marketing Naturally Iowa (NI) products in the Ames,
Des
Moines,
and Omaha
areas within another six months.
SOUTH DAKOTA:
The joint annual meeting of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association
and the South Dakota Soybean Association will be a premier event
at the Sioux Falls Convention
Center on Jan. 8, 2005. A high-powered lineup of speakers
and entertainment will be on tap for the event which is expected
to draw up to 600 producers, industry leaders and others.
NORTH DAKOTA: The North Dakota Corn Utilization Council
says it will consider possible changes in how the levy is collected,
hoping to head off a legislative overhaul. The council met Tuesday
to discuss a move by the North Dakota Stockmen's Association
to seek changes in the checkoff, said
Jocie Iszler, executive director
of the corn group. Council members met earlier this month with
the Stockmen's Feeder Council, which promotes cattle feeding
operations.
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