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Administering Wisconsin's corn checkoff
New Fuel Pumps Offer Smart Choice for Wisconsin
Wisconsin Corn Growers Association Directors congratulate Badger State Ethanol and Wisconsin’s ethanol industry for collaborating to open eight new fuel pumps offering E15 fuel in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Officers Re-elected
Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board (WCPB) directors re-elected the entire executive team of President David Adams, Lake Geneva, representing district 8; Vice President Cal Dalton, Endeavor, representing district 4, and; Secretary/Treasurer Tom Gillis, River Falls, representing district 2.
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Three Re-elected to Corn Promotion Board
Three farmers were re-elected to the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board for another three year term, which will expire Jan. 31, 2016. Cal Dalton of Endeavor represents District 4 of Monroe, Juneau, Adams, Waushara, Marquette and Columbia counties. District 8’s David Adams of Lake Geneva serves Jefferson, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha counties. Randy Hughes of Janesville represents Green and Rock counties in District 9.
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Corn Refuge Compliance Increased in 2012
The National Corn Growers Association is pleased to announce that the enhanced Compliance Assurance Program, which includes on-farm refuge assessments, an online survey and IRM education and awareness, is seeing strong success and an increase in the number of growers planting their corn refuge.
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Industry Advisors Added to Corn Promotion Board
The Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board (WCPB) recently named two grain industry leaders to serve as advisors to their board. Grain Merchandiser Kari Blazei-Kuehl, with Didion Milling, is serving a two-year term and Tom Bressner, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Agribusiness Association (WABA), is serving a one-year term, as ex-officio directors helping administer Wisconsin’s corn checkoff program.
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Winning Truck Design Promotes Wisconsin Corn
A grain trailer decorated by the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board won third place in the "Right Off the Road" category of the 23rd annual Waupun, Wis., Truck-N-Show competition. The trailer is owned by Beaver Dam farmers Charles Hammer, holding the trophy above, and Nancy Kavazanjian. The side of the truck shown notes that "America's corn farmers grow 87% more corn per ounce of fertilizer applied thanks to innovative farming practices."
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Wisconsin Ranked #2 in Ethanol Exports
Wisconsin exported $75 million worth of ethanol over the past 12 months and the state now ranks second only to Texas in terms of value of ethanol exported. Wisconsin’s nine ethanol plants produce more than 500 million gallons of fuel, creating thousands of family supporting jobs for Wisconsinites. The home-grown fuel is also a very important income boost for grain farmers who often sell their product locally to be made into ethanol.
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Wisconsin Corn Checkoff Funds University Research
The Wisconsin corn checkoff is funding projects with University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers investigating corn seed treatments, the sustainability of atrazine and production of renewable chemicals from ethanol plants during 2012.
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Study: Ethanol Production Doesn't Lower Cattle Profits
Net cash farm incomes for beef-cow and dairy operations is up since provisions of the biofuels mandate went into effect according to a study using Texas A&M University’s Agricultural & Food Policy Center’s premier farm-level modeling system and data from the University of Missouri’s Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute.
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Cows: The Original Corn-Converting Protein Machine
Dairy cows in the US eat more than 800 million bushels of corn. Livestock eat an additional 1.1 billion bushels in the form of distillers dried grains from ethanol production.
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US Livestock Eating more Distillers Grains
For the first time in history distillers grains will replace more than one billion bushels of corn in US livestock feed rations saving the livestock industry significant expenses.
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Corn Ethanol Energy Positive Since 1990s, Gets Better All the Time
 This report measures all conventional fossil fuel energy used in the production of 1 gallon of corn ethanol. For every British Thermal Unit (BTU) unit of energy required to make ethanol, 2.3 BTUs of energy are produced. The ratio is somewhat higher for some firms that are partially substituting biomass energy in processing energy. Since the last study in 2004, the net energy balance of corn ethanol has increased from 1.76 BTUs to 2.3 BTUs of required energy.
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Ethanol Industry Means Jobs for Wisconsin
Wisconsin would suffer significant job losses and a severe decline in economic activity if the tariff on foreign-subsidized ethanol is allowed to lapse at the end of the year. A study by the University of Missouri found that Wisconsin would loose 1,374 jobs the first year after the tariff lapses, 4,721 in the second year, and 6,972 in the third year. The year-to-year economic declines in Wisconsin would reach $307 million in the first year, $884 million in the second year, and $1.2 billion in the third year after the tariff lapses.
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Biofuels Promote Longer Life
Biofuels could add years to people’s lives according to a recent article in the Daily Californian regarding a scientific assessment from UC-Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Ethanol Plants Don't Change Land Use
Two new, independent studies on ethanol land use impact both conclude that modern ethanol production doesn't impact land use patterns significantly.
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Distillers Grains Presentations Now Posted Here
The rapid growth of the dry grind ethanol industry has resulted in larger supplies of DISTILLERS GRAINS (DG) than ever before that are:
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