President’s Award

July 13: National Corn Growers Association President Bart Schott today presented the President’s Award to Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) during NCGA’s Corn Congress events in Washington. The President’s Award is given annually to a leader who has worked to advance issues important to corn growers and agriculture.

Board Elections

July 13: In a meeting today in Washington, 124 delegates from the National Corn Growers Association’s 28 affiliated states elected five growers to the NCGA Corn Board for the 2012 fiscal year, which starts October 1. Elected were Chip Bowling of Maryland, Martin Barbre of Illinois, Lynn Chrisp of Nebraska, Bob Bowman of Iowa and Keith Alverson of South Dakota.

Actions Teams in D.C.

July 11: Action teams and committees of corn growers began meetings in Washington today talk about farm-related issues in anticipation of Corn Congress and visits to Capitol Hill scheduled for later this week.

FTA Update

July 8: Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees held mock mark-ups Thursday of the pending free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama. The National Corn Growers Association is encouraged that both committees reported all draft implementing language out favorably without any amendments. The White House will now prepare final implementing bills to be sent to Congress for an up or down vote.

Corn Congress

July 8: Next week, delegates attending the National Corn Growers Association Corn Congress in Washington will elect five farmers to serve on the organization’s Corn Board. Taking office in fiscal year 2012, the leaders selected will help shape the policies that guide the organization and will best serve corn farmers across the United States.

NASCAR and Ethanol

Thanks to the strong support of our state corn checkoff programs, the National Corn Growers Association is a proud partner with NASCAR in conjunction with American Ethanol. Now, American Ethanol is on the green flag that starts every NASCAR race – and in the fuel tank of every car that makes it to the winner’s victory lap. Click here.

Commodity Classic

Commodity Classic, the premier convention and trade show of the U.S. corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum industries, took place March 3-7 in Tampa, Fla., and enjoyed a record attendance of 4.826 farmers and others.

For photos, click here to visit our Flickr set
For details on Commodity Classic, click here

Corn Yield Contest

For nearly a half century, NCGA’s National Corn Yield Contest has provided corn growers the opportunity to compete with their colleagues to grow the most corn per acre, helping feed and fuel the world. This has given participants not only the recognition they deserved, but the opportunity to learn from their peers.
Click here for the 2011 NCYC Cover Letter
Click here for the New 2011 Online NCYC Entry Form
Click here for the 2011 NCYC Entry Form
Click here for the 2011 NCYC Cover Crops Survey
Click here for the 2011 NCYC Harvest Form

IRM Calculator

To assist farmers in developing the right plan for refuge compliance, NCGA has joined forces with agribusiness to develop a next-generation Insect Resistance Management refuge calculator that is easy to use and represents the latest products available.

Click here for the calculator.

Sustainability

As the original environmentalists, corn farmers are continuing their work as stewards of the earth’s natural resources. The 2009 Field to Market report talks about how corn farmers have significantly reduced impacts across five areas (water use and quality, land use and biodiversity, soil loss, energy use and climate impact).

Click here for more information about land use and other sustainability issues.