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NCGA
Unveils Enhanced 'Know Before You Grow' Program (11-08-01)
The National Corn
Growers Association (NCGA) has announced an expanded database available
on its website,
that catalogues most of the nation's seed company's biotech and high-value
corn hybrids.
The database is
part of the Know Before You Grow program, which provides the nation's
corn growers information about the marketing implications of planting
hybrids not-yet approved for export to certain markets. Since its inception,
Know Before You Grow has expanded its scope from biotechnology to also
promote the consideration and marketing opportunities of high-value
hybrids.
"The Know Before
You Grow initiative is intended to provide corn growers a source of
information about hybrids as they make their planting decisions for
2002," said Leon Corzine, Assumption, Ill., farmer and chairman
of the NCGA Biotech Working Group.
Corzine said the
NCGA invited seed companies to provide information on their 2002 products
in order to give growers the most comprehensive database possible. "Nearly
95 percent of the corn market is represented in the 2002 Know Before
You Grow database," he said.
"The Know Before
You Grow program is another example of how the entire corn industry
can work together," he concluded. "From universities to seed
companies to processors to growers, we all must play an active role
in ensuring the U.S. market delivers value and opportunity to everyone
involved."
For more information
about the National Corn Growers Association and the Know Before You
Grow program, click
here.
Last
reviewed November 8, 2001
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