Aug. 10: In a new commentary, National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman compares the self-indulgent utopianism of Michael Pollan to the words and work of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug, an agricultural expert whom Congress once awarded with a gold medal for having “saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived.”

July 8: In an article to appear in our upcoming quarterly report, National Corn Growers Association President Bob Dickey discusses the importance of the organization’s playing an active role in the pending Waxman-Markey climate change bill, to ensure that if it passes Congress it more clearly accommodates the needs of U.S. farmers. “As a result of our being ‘at the table,’ the climate change bill that recently passed in the House is dramatically different and much more favorable than the initial bill.”

By Rick Tolman
CEO, National Corn Growers Association

Another Fourth of July is upon us and as we prepare to celebrate this nation’s independence it is also a good time to reflect on our dangerous reliance of imported petroleum and ask what more we should we be doing to assure our energy independence.

June 15 In his latest “Our View” column, National Corn Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Rick Tolman wonders when ethanol critics will give up and recognize that food price inflation has many more significant causes than ethanol demand – causes that together comprise up to 90 percent of the spike in food costs.

May 12: The definition of “sustainability” has become one of the most widely discussed topics in agriculture – and with consumers, too – during the past several years. Many definitions exist for sustainability; some are very good and some have created much confusion for consumers. NCGA takes a look at this issue in his newest “Our View” column.

May 7: In his latest “Our View” column, National Corn Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Rick Tolman addresses some of the myths surrounding higher ethanol blends, explains why the petroleum industry is opposed to it, and amplifies our call for farmers and others to tell the Environmental Protection Agency they support corn ethanol.