September 28, 2001 * Volume 8 * Number
32
IN THIS ISSUE:
- NCGA President
Urges House Opposition to Anti-farmer Amendment to Farm Bill
- NCGA Seeks Congressional
Support of H.R. 2423
- Farm Bill Set
to Move Forward in House; NCGA Opposes 'Kind' Amendment
- Despite NCGA
Opposition, Senate Committee Marks up Bill Undermining National Energy
Security
- NCGA Talks IRM
Issues with EPA
- NCGA Director
Attends Waterways Conference
- NCGA Meets With
Other Ag Groups to Track Traceability
- NCGA in the
Media Spotlight at Farm Progress Show
- NCGA, ASA Announce
Louise Mandrell to Entertain at Commodity Classic
- NCGA, RFA Host
Hill Staff at Motor Sports Event Featuring Ethanol-Powered Dragsters
- NCGA Looking
for Tomorrow's Leaders
NCGA President
Urges House Opposition to Anti-farmer Amendment to Farm Bill
NCGA President Lee
Klein has urged House members to vote against conservation amendments
to the farm bill that divert funds away from commodity title programs.
http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092801a.htm
NCGA Seeks Congressional
Support of H.R. 2423
The NCGA and other
groups supporting ethanol this week sent a letter to all 435 members
of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to support H.R. 2423,
which has an aggressive goal of replacing the 3 percent of the nation's
transportation BTUs with renewable fuels by 2011 and 5 percent by 2016.
http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092401a.htm
Farm Bill Set
to Move Forward in House; NCGA Opposes 'Kind' Amendment
A U.S. House of
Representatives vote on the farm bill could occur sometime next week,
the NCGA learned Wednesday. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092701.htm
Despite NCGA
Opposition, Senate Committee Marks up Bill Undermining National Energy
Security
Despite strong opposition
by the NCGA and other ethanol supporters, the Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee marked up S. 950, the Federal Renewable Fuels
Act of 2001. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092501b.htm
NCGA Talks IRM
Issues with EPA
Representatives
of the NCGA discussed issues related to Insect Resistance Management
(IRM) and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn with the EPA during a recent
teleconference. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092601.htm
NCGA Director
Discusses River's Economic Impact at Waterways Conference
Paul Bertels, production
and marketing director for the NCGA recently attended a meeting of the
National Waterways Conference (NWC) in Louisville, Ky. Bertels presented
the preliminary findings of the a pending study on the Determination
of the Economic Impact of Increased Congestion on the Upper Mississippi
River-Illinois River Waterway conducted by Dr. Michael Evans. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092501a.htm
NCGA Meets With
Other Ag Groups to Track Traceability
The NCGA was one
of several agricultural and industry groups involved in a video teleconference
last week to discuss labeling and traceability of biotech crops. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092401.htm
NCGA in the Media
Spotlight at Farm Progress Show
The NCGA was in
the media spotlight this week at the Farm Progress Show in West Lafayette,
Ind. NCGA Corn Board member and Biotech Working Group Chairman Fred
Yoder from Plain City, Ohio, and CEO and Executive Vice President Rick
Tolman made sure the NCGA message was heard. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092801.htm
NCGA, ASA Announce
Louise Mandrell to Entertain at Commodity Classic
Every year, quality
entertainment is a key feature of the Commodity Classic, the combined
convention and trade show of the NCGA and the American Soybean Association
(ASA) - and 2002 will be no exception. http://www.ncga.com/news/notd/2001/september/092501.htm
NCGA, RFA Host
Hill Staff at Motor Sports Event Featuring Ethanol-Powered Dragsters
The NCGA is partnering
with the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) to sponsor a congressional
staff reception at the IHRA President's Cup Nationals, to be held at
the Maryland International Raceway Saturday, Sept. 29. The attraction:
Championship drag racing featuring ethanol-powered racecars. Attendance
for this year's event has doubled over last year's inaugural reception,
attesting to the popularity of the Nationals. "It's a great opportunity
to show Hill staff that ethanol really can get the job done as an automotive
alternative fuel," said NCGA Vice President of Public Policy Bruce Knight.
NCGA Looking
for Tomorrow's Leaders
The NCGA prides
itself on having the best grower-leaders in the nation. It takes patience,
intelligence and a lot of hard work to be a leader in a 32,000-member
organization that represents over 300,000 corn growers. The general
NCGA membership will be receiving e-mails Oct. 1 that will contain applications
for the 2002/2003 fiscal year Corn Board. All members are encouraged
to apply so their voices can be heard and to represent the nation's
corn growers. The application schedule is as follows: October 1--Fiscal
year 2002-2003 Corn Board applications materials will be e-mailed to
state organizations December 1--application due to Kathy Baker in the
St. Louis office More details will be made available later. For more
information, contact NCGA Executive Assistant Kathy Baker at 636-733-9004
ext. 111 or baker@ncga.com.
NCGA THIS WEEK
- Oct. 2-3 NCGA
CEO and Executive Vice President Rick Tolman will be attending the
Nebraska Farm Harvest Tour
- Oct. 3 Tolman
will be attending an Ag Policy Roundtable Meeting in Washington, D.C.
- Oct. 4-6 NCGA
Director of Business Development Bob Sedlacek will be attending a
Fiber Utilization meeting in Pasco, Wash to discuss project updates
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