PCM Welcomes New Employee to Team

Tara Desmond

March 31st, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB |  Conservation |  Precision Conservation Management

Darren Cudaback joins the Precision Conservation Management (PCM) team as a specialist in Nebraska. Darren has spent the last 24 years in the ag industry helping producers with marketing programs...

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Getting to know Donna Jeschke

Tara Desmond

March 22nd, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB

Although we celebrate women in ag throughout the year, March is nationally recognized to dedicate to women’s contributions through history and society.  According to stats from 2017 around 30,000...

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Saying Dia dhuit (Jee-ah ghwitch) to Irish Farmers

Tara Desmond

March 17th, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB |  Public Outreach

In light of St. Patrick’s Day and also for some positive news from across the ocean, IL Corn caught up with a couple of Irish farmers in different areas.  Here’s a little bit about their...

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Farmers Net $12.70 Per Acre on Crop Insurance Endorsement Sponsored by IL Corn

Lindsay Mitchell

March 16th, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICMB |  Conservation

The Trend-Adjusted Yield Endorsement has been available to Illinois farmers as a crop insurance endorsement since 2012, making 2022 the eleventh year of its availability. In this article, the...

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IL Corn Celebrates the Passage of FY 22 Omnibus Appropriations Bill with Funding for Locks and Dams

Lindsay Mitchell

March 10th, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB |  Locks and Dams

  Late in the evening on March 9, the House passed the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill. The funding for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works – the line item from which lock and...

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Getting My Toes Wet....in Corn

Tara Desmond

March 9th, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB |  Public Outreach

Marketing has been my passion for almost 2 decades, creatively reaching audiences representing different products from real estate to restaurants to retirement financial products.  What I haven’t...

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Millions of Illinois consumers learn about the sustainability of corn bioplastic

Lindsay Mitchell

March 3rd, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICMB |  Biotechnology |  Public Outreach

IL Corn partnered with six restaurants in the Chicago area to take over their takeout, replacing traditional takeout containers with corn-based alternatives.  This project was designed to help...

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Congratulations Jim Raben, 2022 Master Farmer and Corn Farmer from Ridgway

Holly Spangler, Farm Progress

March 1st, 2022  |  Today's News |  ICGA |  ICMB

Congratulations to Jim Raben, 2016-17 IL Corn Marketing Board Chairman, on being named a 2022 Prairie Farmer Master Farmer.   Darryl Brinkmann of Clinton County, Doug Schroeder of Champaign...

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