CHICAGO AREA INFLUENTIALS INVITED TO FARMLAND MOVIE SCREENING
Illinois Corn Growers Association and Illinois Corn Marketing Board are joining Illinois Farm Families in inviting people to attend the May 1 private screening of the new film, "Farmland." The...
MoreNUTRIENT RESEARCH & EDUCATION COUNCIL ISSUES 2013 PROJECT REPORT
The Illinois Nutrient Research & Education Council (NREC) has released the 2013 NREC Annual Report, which summarizes the nutrient research and outreach efforts funded by NREC in the calendar year...
MoreBECK'S HYBRIDS' SONNY BECK AND WYFFELS HYBRIDS' JEFF HARTZ NAMED NAMA 2014 AGRIBUSINESS EXECUTIVES
Beck’s Hybrids’ President Sonny Beck has been named the 2014 National Agri-Marketing Association’s (NAMA) Agribusiness Leader of the Year and Wyffels Hybrids’ Jeff Hartz has been named the NAMA...
MoreGENERAL MILLS MAKES SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT ON GMO USE
General Mills, one of the nation’s largest food companies, recently released its 2014 Global Responsibility report in which it affirmed biotechnology as key to addressing feeding a growing...
MoreSUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION AND OTHER FARM BILL 2014 CHOICES
It’s hard not to wonder about farm programs for 2014. You’re planting a crop right now and you have no idea what happens if that crop fails. You don’t fully understand crop insurance options...
MoreCORN PRICES DEPEND ON STRONG DEMAND PICTURE
We’re aware that prices for your Illinois corn crop have dropped by nearly 40% over this time last year. A return to a nearly trend-line crop in 2013 after the drought of 2012 brought with it an...
MoreCORN FARMERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY EVERY DAY
Today, April 22, is Earth Day. It’s a day when many different groups celebrate and promote many different issues and initiatives. Here at IL Corn, we’d like to point out that every day is Earth...
MoreIN A WORLD OF CHANGING CLIMATE, AGRICULTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADAPT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
By Dan Kelley: Normal, Illinois A recently released report on climate change from the United Nations contains the usual warnings about the future, from melting polar caps to chronic heat waves....
MoreMEDIA GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH LOCK AND DAM
The Illinois Corn Growers Association co-sponsored with ARTCO, the American River Transportation Company, an outing for broadcast media last week. The media toured the Illinois River from Peoria...
MorePETITIONS AVAILABLE FOR ELECTION TO ILLINOIS CORN MARKETING BOARD
Petitions are now available for corn producers who are interested in running for a seat on the Illinois Corn Marketing Board. Petitions are available from local University of Illinois Extension...
MoreFORGET TAXES APRIL 15 WAS SUNOCO GREEN E-15 DAY
Social media followers of Sunoco and American Ethanol were treated to chances to win promotional items that support E-15 earlier this week. Illinois Corn Marketing Board partners in the NASCAR...
MoreICGA STATEMENT REGARDING ETHANOL TAX CREDIT
Illinois Corn Growers Association President Gary Hudson, a family farmer from Hindsboro, IL, released the following statement in response to media reports citing Illinois Petroleum Marketers...
MoreSAFE AND ACCURATE FOOD LABELING ACT INTRODUCED
As Illinois debates a Genetically Modified Labeling bill in the General Assembly, a solution that both allows Americans to better understand what is in the food they are buying and is based on the...
MoreSIGN UP NOW FOR NEW TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
The Illinois Corn Growers Association is excited to announce that we are now able to communicate with our members via text message! As a member, you can sign up to receive text message from us...
MoreNEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE GREAT, BUT ETHANOL IS HERE NOW!
The argument for corn-based ethanol has always been a multifaceted one. Ethanol is cleaner burning and better for air quality. Ethanol is renewable and moves the U.S. away from using up...
MoreILLINOIS ECONOMY SUFFERS WHEN CORN PRICES DROP
The difference in corn prices between 2012 and 2013 means a nearly $7.5 billion loss to the Illinois economy. Data resulting from an analysis conducted by Western Illinois University’s (WIU)...
More2013 U.S. CORN QUALITY WAS RELATIVELY HIGH SAYS REPORT
International buyers will be able to confirm the quality of U.S. corn using the Corn Export Cargo Quality Report released by the U.S. Grains Council this week. The report details the quality of...
MoreAN OPEN LETTER TO BIG OIL
Illinois really has become the battleground for national interests that would like nothing better that to remove ethanol from your fuel. Sure, on the surface it looks like they’re just fighting...
MoreSTATE REDISTRICTING PLAN DEADLINE EXTENDED
Over the years ICGA has received a lot of questions from both members and non-members on how legislative maps are drawn and why they are in the shape that they are. The process of drawing the...
MoreSTUDY CONFIRMS ILLINOIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN DIRE STRAITS
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has branded Illinois with a C- average grade on the states infrastructure. Illinois Corn Growers Association President Gary Hudson said that’s no...
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