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Growers Are Meeting All Needs
Growers are Meeting All Needs
- U.S. corn growers are meeting all needs, producing more corn each year than is needed.
- From 2009’ corn crop, the estimated carry‐out stocks is 1.8 billion bushels —an amount that is above the 10‐year average.
- Corn farmers are growing more corn on the same acreage …the record yield in 2009 was 164.9 bushels per acre, up 20% since 2000.
Founding board, lawmakers, CSU Water Institute recognized by Colorado Corn
The 1979 founding board of the Colorado Corn Growers Association was chosen to receive the Jean Sirios President’s award at the organization’s annual banquet. State Senator Mary Hodge and Representative Jerry Sonnenberg accepted Colorado Corn’s Legislator of the Year awards, while Reagan Waskom of the Colorado Water Institute received the Friend of Agriculture award.
Formed by a handful of farmers 30 years ago, the Colorado Corn Growers Association today is engaged in market development, research and promotion, and educational programs that benefit the state’s corn farmers.
Upcoming Opportunities for Growers
Colorado Ag Classic & Colorado Corn Banquet
The annual Colorado Ag Classic will be held December 9-10 at the Thomas M. McKee Building at The Ranch in Loveland. Break-out sessions on December 10 include presentations on cap and trade, grain marketing, the future of irrigated agriculture, energy crops, ag family succession planning, ag greenhouse gas mitigation, and iFarm calculators. A trade show will also take place during the Colorado Ag Classic.
Upcoming Opportunities for Growers
Colorado Ag Classic & Colorado Corn Banquet
The annual Colorado Ag Classic will be held December 9-10 at the Thomas M. McKee Building at The Ranch in Loveland. Break-out sessions on December 10 include presentations on cap and trade, grain marketing, the future of irrigated agriculture, energy crops, ag family succession planning, ag greenhouse gas mitigation, and iFarm calculators. A trade show will also take place during the Colorado Ag Classic.
Colorado Corn Hires Communications Director
Greeley (October 21, 2009) – Bob Kjelland is joining Colorado Corn as director of communications, announces Mark Sponsler, chief executive officer of the organization. “Colorado Corn continues to move forward in working on behalf of the state’s corn farmers. The addition of Bob to our staff further strengthens our current professional team,” says Sponsler.
Kjelland will be responsible for Colorado Corns overall communications strategy development, including handling media relations and preparing the association’s newsletter to members.
Ethanol an Important Part of a Diversified Energy Solution
By Byron Weathers
President Colorado Corn Growers
There are many reasons to support ethanol production, but a recent report highlights one of them – boosting domestic production over foreign energy sources. Ethanol keeps American dollars in the United States.
Increasing Ethanol Production
By Steve Scott
Posted: 05/16/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
It's not just on Capitol Hill; it's all across the country. Americans are deliberating how to give the economy a much-needed boost.
In Colorado, the need for new jobs is as acute as anywhere in the nation. The state's unemployment rate has hit a 20-year high. And state economists are telling lawmakers that Colorado's financial situation is worse than previously thought, predicting our state could lose another 41,000 jobs before the recession comes to an end.
Fuel Food Chain
Rick Palkowitsh
Board Member, Colorado Corn Growers Association
Farmers are consumers, too. We grow the grain and sell it by the bushel. When I go to the grocery store, I am amazed the amount of corn I sold for less than a dime is enough to fill a box of corn flakes that sells for $4.
After decades of low prices, I have finally been able to sell my corn for more per bushel. What used to cost 4 cents in the corn flakes now costs 8 cents, an increase of 1 percent on the $4 box on the shelf.
Food vs Fuel
Douglas Melcher
Public Policy Chairman
Colorado Corn Growers Association
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is waging an aggressive campaign to convince Americans that biofuels are driving painful increases in food prices. The claim is not true. But it provides a nice cover for food companies as they report record profits.
The GMA lobbies Congress. Its mission is simple. Keep regulations low and profits high. And this is no piker group. Executive Director C Manly Moipus has a $4.7 million salary. The Washington lobbyist is Scott Faber, another hefty paycheck.
Ethanol Truth Squad still needed to patrol for inaccurate information
08/29/2008
Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
Author: Rick Tolman
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turned down a request for a one-year cut in the renewable fuels standard on Aug. 7, we hoped it would silence the outspoken few who spread inaccurate and incomplete information on the issue. Unfortunately, within moments, they were out there talking their talk.