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June 21, 2010

With only nine days of early registration left, the time to sign up for the National Corn Growres Association National Corn Yield Contest is now.  Growers can utilize a quick and easy online application to take advantage of the reduced early registration fee of $80 for entries received before July 1.  After that date, the online entry will continue to be available, but entry fees return to the $110 level.  To qualify for the contest, entries must be postmarked no later than August 2. 

Now in its 46th year, the contest has been trending toward increasi

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June 15, 2010

By Darrin Ihnen
President, National Corn Growers Association

The National Corn Growers Association was singled out for praise last month by a business writer for Slate.com, a prominent online journal, for not taking advantage of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico to promote ethanol. While we have said a few things about it, we have remained relatively quiet on the matter while a number of our friends have been more vocal.

June 11, 2010

2010 Corn Utilization and Technology Conference participants didn’t waste any time diving into showing and telling what’s cool in corn this week at the multi-day event in Atlanta. The biggest challenge facing attendees was absorbing all the information.

“This year’s theme, “Corn: America’s Renewable Resource,” was a very appropriate choice for 2010,” said CUTC Chairman Larry Hasheider in his closing remarks.

June 7, 2010

Over the past few years, many groups have launched well-publicized attacks on agriculture. The arguments employed often touch multiple sectors of the industry. In light of this, many agricultural organizations formerly dedicated to serving only their specific group are now considering joint efforts to improve the image of farmers and agriculture as a whole.

“Off the Cob” sat down with National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman to talk about the importance of cooperation in agriculture.

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