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The Cost of a Farm Bill: 2023 Row Crop Priorities
The Cost of a Farm Bill: 2023 Row Crop Priorities

The 2018 farm bill was stamped with a $428 billon price tag when passed. With the bill set to expire on Sept. 30, here’s a breakdown of the topics ag groups look to push on the negotiating table.

A Major Misconception About the Field Corn You See Right Now
A Major Misconception About the Field Corn You See Right Now

With talk about a food shortage, U.S. farmers are focused on growing a large crop this year, despite challenges from Mother Nature. However, the truth is 90% of the corn growing across the U.S. isn't used for food.

AgriTalk Special: A Day of Ethanol
AgriTalk Special: A Day of Ethanol

On Thursday, AgriTalk celebrated “A Day of Ethanol.” A host of guests chimed in on how the industry contributes to the country's economy and energy security as well as plays a role in addressing climate challenges.

New NCGA President, Iowa Farmer Chris Edgington, Assesses Goals and Priorities
New NCGA President, Iowa Farmer Chris Edgington, Assesses Goals and Priorities

Chris Edgington, a row-crop farmer based near St. Ansgar, shares his perspective on what drives most U.S. producers today.

Commodity Classic Groups Say Agriculture is the Answer to Addressing Climate
Commodity Classic Groups Say Agriculture is the Answer to Addressing Climate

Commodity Classic may be virtual this year, and as the core commodity groups iron out their legislative priorities for the new year, the headline is moving from trade to climate.

Ethan Whiteside, Owner/Operator of WF Angus holds an ear of corn.
EPA Grants RFS Waivers on Eve of Inauguration

In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.

DC Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise: Biden Team Outreach to Ag Unprecedented

NCGA CEO Jon Doggett says the outreach of the Biden transition team to agriculture groups is like nothing he's seen in his more than 30 years in Washington.

EPA Administrator Designee Michael Regan
Biden EPA Designee Reaches Out to Corn Growers

On the eve of his nomination as EPA Administrator, Michael Regan placed an unscheduled call to the CEO of the National Corn Growers Association.

National Corn Growers Association
Opinion: The Secret to Clean Air is No Secret. It’s Ethanol.

NCGA President John Linder argues ethanol should be a centerpiece of the Biden Administration's clean energy plan.

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Op-Ed: No Stone Left Unturned

Incoming NCGA President John Linder looks beyond the chaos of 2020.

USMCA Passage Encouraged by 960+ Ag, Food Associations and Companies

More than 960 groups representing the U.S. food and agriculture value chain at the national, state and local are urging Congress to quickly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Policy Journal - Early Spring 2019

NASS Eliminates An Objective Yield Survey; Year-Round E15 Closer to Reality; The Trade War Takes A Heavy Toll

Selling Ethanol to China Just Got More Complicated
Selling Ethanol to China Just Got More Complicated

New major research initiatives for electric vehicles could temper ethanol growth in China over the next decade.

AgriTalk
AgriTalk: Chinese Soybean Demand, Push for E15, and an Engine in a Box

AgriTalk Host Chip Flory covers commodities today. Derek Haigwood, recently elected Chairman of the USSEC talks Chinese soybean demand. Kevin Skunes President of the NCGA talks RFS. Don Scott with NBB talks engines.

NAFTA Farmer Tweet
On Twitter, Farmers Are Begging Trump Not to Bail on NAFTA

Farmers showed up at the polls for Trump. Now they want him to do the same for them on NAFTA.