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Corn
Board on Capitol Hill
Members of the
NCGA Corn Board meet at the White House with Gary Edsen, assistant
to the president for international economic affairs, during their
meeting last week in Washington, D.C. The Corn Board expressed their
dismay over the European Union's failure to approve corn hybrids.
For the full story, see http://www.ncga.com/01hot_off_the_cob/dtn/2001/032201.html.
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USDA Secretary
Ann Veneman has the full attention of Corn Board members, left to
right, President Lee Klein of Nebraska; President-Elect Tim Hume
of Colorado; and Gerald Tumbleson of Minnesota. The Corn Board effectively
conveyed the farm groups message on ethanol to Veneman and other
top policymakers in Washington: Just say no to the California ethanol
waiver and incorporate a renewable fuel standard in any national
energy policy. For the full story, see http://www.ncga.com/01hot_off_the_cob/dtn/2001/032301.html.
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Corn Board member
Randy Jennings of Missouri talks issues with Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
(R-MO) during Corn Board visits to Capitol Hill).
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Corn Board members
President Lee Klein, left, of Nebraska; Ron Woollen, right, of Nebraska;
and CEO Rick Tolman meet with Key staff for Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE).
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PLA
Fashions
Clothing manufacturer
facturer Kanebo Gohsen Ltd. of Japan is a major customer of Cargill
Dow's PLA. Representatives of these two companies as well as Japanese
trading company Itochu International and U.S. Grains Council recently
visited NCGA to explain the potential for PLA's use in fabrics and
to display samples of the products that are being tested in select
markets in
Japan. Pictured, left to right, are Dale Posthumus, director of
planning and business development for U.S. Grains Council; Shugo
Suzuki, vice president of textile and apparel department, Prominent
USA Inc.; Akira Kumatori, sales and marketing maanger and Cargill
Dow Polymers LLC distributor, Cargill Japan Limited; Keio Yamanaka,
general manager of technologies for Kanebo; Kenjiro Motomochi, generla
manager of marketing for Kanebo; Rene Shunk NCGA director of business
development/corn processing research; Brian Stockman, NCGA vice
president of marketing; Mike Shelby, NCGA projects coordinator;
and Dennis Kitch, director of worldwide biomaterials for U.S. GrainsCouncil.
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Value
Added Legislation
At a Capitol
Hill press conference, Hurley, S.D., farmer Darrin Ihnen, left,
an NCGA member and vice president of the South Dakota Corn Growers
Association, conveys NCGA's endorsement of two bills introduced
by Rep. John Thune (R-SD), that would encourage farmers' activities
in value-added enterprises.
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CUSTOMER
& BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTION TEAM
Customer &
Business Development Action Team members tour the Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory in Richland, Wash.Pictured with the PNN researcher,
center, are, left to right, Action Team Chairman Vic Miller; NCGA
Director of Business Development/Corn Processing Research Bob Sedlacek;
Curt Jones of Iowa; Ken McCauley of Kansas; Gary Davis of Ohio;
Bruce Stockman, Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council Executive
Director Bruce Stockman; Sam Creed of Missouri; Duane Adams of Minnesota;
Dr. Todd Werpy of Battelle Memorial Institute; and Floyd Schultz
of Illinois. (Full
Story)
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PRODUCTION
AND STEWARDSHIP ACTION TEAM
Keira Franz,
NCGA Director of Public Policy, addresses the NCGA Production &
Stewardship Action Team at its meeting March 8 and 9 at John Deere
facilities in Moline, Illinois. Pictured at the table are Garry
Niemeyer of Illinois, Warren Formo of Minnesota and Dave Dahlgren
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The NCGA Production
& Stewardship Action Team also toured Lock and Dam 15 at Rock
Island. In its push for lock and dam improvements on the Upper Mississippi
and Illinois Rivers, NCGA is pushing for guidewall extensions at
L&D 15. Representing NCGA at the tour are, left to right, NCGA
Director of Production and Marketing Paul Bertels, Action Team members
Keith Sexton of Iowa and Gene Baumgardner of Ohio.
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Dave Grams of
Nebraska, a member of the NCGA Production & Stewardship Action
Team, is surrounded by tractors on display at John Deere's Moline
facilities. |
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