Top 9 Videos of 2024

December 24, 2024
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1, Connecting Corn & Route 66: Cozy Dog

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

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

4. Meet Trevor Bickelhaupt

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5. ClearFlame Engine Technologies

6. Using a Cover Crop Mix

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7. Red Sea Trade Issues, EVs and Superbowl

8. BlueStem Transforming the Corn Market

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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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