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IN THIS ISSUE:
- NCGA Encourages Corn Growers to Get Involved in Association Leadership
- WRMLM Receives Award for "Outstanding
Educational Material"
- NCGA
Provides Budget Recommendations to Senate and House Agriculture
Committee Leadership
- NCGA
Asks Seed Companies to Promote WRM, IRM and Know Before You Grow
- NCGA Looks for Action in Hong Kong Trade
Talks
- NCGA
to Host Trade Schools NCGA
Celebrates as Ethanol Industry Capacity Reaches Four Billion Gallons
Per Year
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NCGA Encourages Corn Growers to Get
Involved in Association Leadership
As the deadline for filing 2006-2007 Corn Board applications nears,
the NCGA reminds growers across the country to get involved with one
of the nation’s most active agricultural trade organizations
and send in an application to become an integral member of the Corn
Board. (More
On This Story)
WRMLM Receives Award for "Outstanding
Educational Material"
The NCGA’s Weed Resistance
Management Learning Module (WRMLM) received a Certificate of Excellence
Award from the American Society of Agronomy for the educational benefits
WRMLM provides. (More
On This Story)
NCGA Provides Budget Recommendations
to Senate and House Agriculture Committee Leadership
In a letter sent to Senate and House Agriculture
committee leadership, the NCGA provided recommendations on how differences
between the Senate and House budget reconciliation proposals can be resolved
while ensuring minimal adverse impacts on agriculture programs in the
final conference report. (More
On This Story)
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 NCGA
Public Policy Action Team member Joe Reed speaks with NCGA President Gerald
Tumbleson at the organization's Action Team meetings in St. Louis. The
meetings allow the Action Teams to plan for fiscal year 2006.
NCGA Asks Seed Companies to Promote
WRM, IRM and Know Before You Grow
The
NCGA is enlisting the help of seed companies to promote the Weed Resistance
Management (WRM) and Insect Resistance Management (IRM) learning centers,
which are tools that educate corn growers and allow farmers to receive
Continuing Education Units, and the Know Before You Grow database. (More
On This Story)
NCGA Looks for Action in Hong Kong Trade Talks
The NCGA is looking forward
to the trade negotiations on Dec. 13 in Hong Kong where corn growers
are hopeful action will be taken by the World Trade Organization (WTO)
on reducing tariffs and creating equal market access. (More
On This Story)
NCGA to Host Trade Schools
The NCGA will give corn growers the opportunity
to learn all things trade at two Trade School events in 2006.( More
On This Story)
NCGA Celebrates as Ethanol Industry Capacity Reaches Four Billion Gallons
Per Year
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration
(EIA) released data last week that shows the ethanol industry now has
the capacity to produce 4 billion gallons annually, the NCGA notes.(More
On This Story)
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AROUND THE CORN BELT
News
from State Associations
Illinois: The Tunisian government recently expanded the 2005 import
quota of corn gluten feed (CGF) by 30,000 metric tons, reports Kurt
Shultz, USGC director in the Mediterranean and Africa. Schultz’s
market building activities are funded in part by Illinois corn checkoff
funds. The original corn gluten import quota of 10,000 tons had been
fully utilized in the first three months of the year by the feed
milling industry, which then began lobbying for an increase in the
quota. Corn gluten imports in excess of the import quota are taxed
with a 73 percent tariff.
Minnesota: According to figures from the Energy Division of the
Minnesota Department of Commerce, in September 2005, E85 retailers
in Minnesota sold more than 1 million gallons in a month for the
first time. To date, Minnesotans have purchased 6.3 million gallons
of E85, which puts Minnesota in position to consume a total of more
than 8 million gallons for 2005, according to Tim Gerlach, director
of outdoor air programs for the American Lung Association of Minnesota.
In 2004, Minnesotans bought 2.6 million gallons. Minnesota is not
the only bright spot for increased E85 sales. The number of E85 retailers
has increased from 250 in 2005, to almost 600 currently. |
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NCGA Vice President of Marketing Fred
Stemme attends Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, St. Louis.
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NCGA CEO Rick Tolman, NCGA First Vice President
Ken McCauley and Director of Public Policy June Silverberg attend
U.S. Grains Council International Marketing Conference in Ixtapa,
Mexico. |
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NCGA President Gerald Tumbleson attends 10th
Annual Farm Journal Forum and appears on Weekend Marketplace
in Washington, D.C. |
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NCGA President Gerald Tumbleson, Chairman Leon
Corzine and Director of Biotechnology and Economic Analysis Paul
Bertels attend American Seed Trade Association convention in
Chicago, Ill. |
Calendar information is available
on the NCGA Leader Resource Center, http://www.insidencga.com
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