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News from March 2009
NCGA Establishes Farmer-Led Climate Change Task Force
The National Corn Growers Association’s Ethanol Committee has established a task force of corn farmers to focus on climate issues, such as land use change, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade policies, carbon sequestration and low carbon fuel standards.
NCGA: Farmers Learn Leadership In Washington
Nineteen farmer-leaders from across the Corn Belt gathered for three days in Washington to learn the ins and outs of our nation’s capital as part of the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) Leadership Academy, sponsored by Syngenta. For more than 20 years, hundreds of corn industry leaders have benefitted from Syngenta’s “Leadership At Its Best” program.
Oil Company Buys Ethanol Plants
Posted by Cindy Zimmerman
When the dust finally settled yesterday, oil company Valero came out with the winning bid of $477 million for seven ethanol plants owned by bankrupt producer VeraSun Energy.
Growth Energy To EPA: Lift Cap, Create Jobs
Washington, D.C.
NCGA Statement on Higher Blends
ST. LOUIS, MO (March 6, 2009). .. Today, National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Bob Dickey released the following statement on efforts to move beyond the 10% blend wall.
The National Corn Growers Association’s policy, recently approved by delegates on February 28, states ‘We will work with all partners in the ethanol industry to create a unified strategy to expand ethanol usage and production.’
Biofuel industry's lobbying effort emphasizes job creation
By JENNY MANDEL, Greenwire
Corporate biofuel boosters trumpeted their industry's job creation and energy security at a briefing today that highlighted advanced technologies that could enter the market within the next few years.
"This is not really science, this is about production and commercialization," said Bill Fry, CEO of Qteros, a company working on a microbe that can make ethanol from corn or a wide variety of non-food feedstocks.
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