Top 9 Videos of 2024

December 24, 2024
An older man wearing a cozy tune in 66 shirt

1, Connecting Corn & Route 66: Cozy Dog

2. The Heart of Farming: Navigating Business After Losing a Partner (and Father) of 40 Years

A baby wearing a john deere hat is driving a tractor
A man wearing glasses and a hat with an american flag in the background

3. From Fields to Finances: How Farmers Wear Many Hats

4. Meet Trevor Bickelhaupt

A man in a gray jacket is feeding a cow
A semi truck is being worked on in a garage

5. ClearFlame Engine Technologies

6. Using a Cover Crop Mix

A person is holding a plant root in their hand.
A man is sitting in front of a sign that says corn

7. Red Sea Trade Issues, EVs and Superbowl

8. BlueStem Transforming the Corn Market

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A woman wearing a purple shirt that says farm

9. The Farmer's Daughter in Southern Illinois

At the National level, Wolle said NCGA is working alongside state corn organizations to ensure the bill and the industry is well supported in this congress. “Our number one priority is going to be pushing the Next Generation Fuels Act,” said Wolle. “I think how we advance that is by getting more co-sponsors on the bill…I'm proud to say Illinois has the most co-sponsors on the Next Generation Fuels Act.”

 

A bipartisan bill since its initial introduction, Budzinski and Rush both agreed the collaboration makes the bill unique and gives it a future.“I would say one of the things that makes me optimistic is that it's bipartisan. You have both Democrats and Republicans supporting biofuels,” said Budzinski.

 

“We're just blessed to live in a state where we have a bipartisan support for the American farmer,” said Rush.

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Outline of Illinois; surrounded by a green background with vegetables.
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U.S. Capitol Building with cloudy sky overhead.
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