As I entered through the main doors, I walked straight forward to the National Corn Growers Association booth. When I looked up from registering to win a new I-pod touch, I recognized a familiar face! Art Bunting, President of Illinois Corn Growers Association was there! This past summer I interned at Illinois Corn Growers Association so it was great to see someone I knew! National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) continues to have a positive impact in today’s agricultural industry. 
At their booth they had a couple computer stations set up where folks could come on up and help make a difference in their own legislative process. Two important issues currently undergoing legislation include: Express Concern on Scope of Clean Water Act and Urge Support for Locks and Dams Funding. All people have to do is type in their contact information in spaces provided and away an email goes to their local representatives and senators! Just click on the action alerts tabs on their website and it will lead you directly to the legislative action process!
After looking through great brochures from NCGA, a particular page caught my attention! It was a page with an ear of corn on it pointing out various facts about the corn industry today provided from the United States Department of Agriculture. Some of those facts include: Average corn yield per acre has risen from 24.5 bushels in 1931, to 153.9 in 2009 and 1 in every 5 rows of U.S. corn is exported! This past year there was a lot of debate about the rise in food prices and people thinking it was because of the corn prices. However, in this packet I received at NCGA’s 2009 World of Corn Report, it points out some great information! Energy costs have two to three times the impact on food prices as do corn prices (LECG, LLC) and farmers earn about 19cents of every retail dollar spent on food. The rest goes to labor, marketing processing, packaging, transportation and energy costs (USDA/ERS).
For more information about facts in the corn industry or the latest news with NCGA visit their website at http://www.ncga.com/.
At their booth they had a couple computer stations set up where folks could come on up and help make a difference in their own legislative process. Two important issues currently undergoing legislation include: Express Concern on Scope of Clean Water Act and Urge Support for Locks and Dams Funding. All people have to do is type in their contact information in spaces provided and away an email goes to their local representatives and senators! Just click on the action alerts tabs on their website and it will lead you directly to the legislative action process!After looking through great brochures from NCGA, a particular page caught my attention! It was a page with an ear of corn on it pointing out various facts about the corn industry today provided from the United States Department of Agriculture. Some of those facts include: Average corn yield per acre has risen from 24.5 bushels in 1931, to 153.9 in 2009 and 1 in every 5 rows of U.S. corn is exported! This past year there was a lot of debate about the rise in food prices and people thinking it was because of the corn prices. However, in this packet I received at NCGA’s 2009 World of Corn Report, it points out some great information! Energy costs have two to three times the impact on food prices as do corn prices (LECG, LLC) and farmers earn about 19cents of every retail dollar spent on food. The rest goes to labor, marketing processing, packaging, transportation and energy costs (USDA/ERS).
For more information about facts in the corn industry or the latest news with NCGA visit their website at http://www.ncga.com/. 
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