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Administering Wisconsin's corn checkoff
Export Opportunties for US Agriculture
Projects to intensify DDGS use, promote food safety regulations and establish competitive livestock industries overseas are just a few of the ways the US Grains Council is helping grow the export market for US corn as the Council’s CEO Tom Dorr, explained at the recent Corn/Soy Expo Wisconsin Dells.
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Annual Meeting, Research Presented at Corn/Soy Expo
The Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board of Directors held their Annual Meeting and presented details of several research studies being funded by the Wisconsin Corn checkoff at the Wisconsin Corn/Soy Expo, last week.
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Grains Council Promotions Working
Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Director Joseph Zenz, experienced first-hand the great success of US Grains Council promotional programs when he took part in a trade mission to Morocco, Egypt and Jordan in December.
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Wisconsin Webinar on Moldy Corn Crop Situation
The University of Wisconsin Dodge County Extension Office posted a webinar to address the issue of moldy corn on their YouTube website at http://www.youtube.com/uwcoopextension .
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Wisconsin Corn Ethanol Groups Walk for Clean Air
Wisconsin’s corn ethanol industry put on their green shirts and joined the walk for cleaner air in Milwaukee’s annual Lung Walk, an event that drew some 1,500 people to the Milwaukee County Zoo, Sunday, Oct. 4. To become an honorary memeber of the team and get your own, free Green E85 Team shirts be one of the first to send your name and shipping address to info@wicornpro.org and we will ship you a shirt.
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Saudi, Chinese Trade Teams Visit State
Wisconsin corn growers are hosting two international trade teams in Wisconsin this week to gather first-hand information on the handling and feeding of locally produced corn and corn products. A group of Saudi Arabian agribusiness and feed industry representatives are touring farms, a feed mill and an ethanol plant early in the week while a group of Chinese dairy industry professionals and government officials will attend educational workshops and tour farms later in the week. Both trade team visits are sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and both teams will attend World Dairy Expo in Madison while in the area.
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Taiwan Feeding Team Tours Wisconsin
A group of Taiwanese feed industry representatives toured Wisconsin recently gathering first-hand information on the handling and feeding of Dried Distiller’s Grains.
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Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Educating Consumers
Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Directors are helping educate consumers about modern corn growing practices, uses and economics at several high-profile events including the Waukesha County Fair in Suburban Milwaukee and Farm Technology Days in Waterloo. Among the messages WCPB members are delivering include the facts that today’s farmers grow 5-times more corn on 20% fewer acres, contribute to the economy by exporting $13 billion worth of corn annually, use 36 percent less fertilizer and cut soil erosion by 44 percent.
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Alice in Dairyland is Driving Ethanol
Wisconsin's newest Alice in Dairyland got her first tour of an ethanol plant and discovered the bright gold distillers' grains that are a major co-product of the process. The tour gave Wisconsin's Agricultural Ambassador a chance to see how locally grown corn is turned into the value-added products of ethanol and distillers grains.
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Free E85 Station Maps Available
Wisconsin motorists can get help finding ethanol fueling stations in the state with a new E85 station map and vehicle information brochure available free courtesy of Wisconsin’s corn checkoff.
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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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Corn Growers Do More with Less
United States farmers are producing 70 percent more corn per pound of fertilizer than they did just 35 years ago while growing five times more of the crop on 20 percent fewer acres.
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Ethanol Offers Important Environmental Benefits, Energy Balance
A new report commissioned by the IEA Bioenergy (IEA) underscores the importance of ethanol in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The extensive research paper commissioned by the IEA Bioenergy Task 39 examined green house gas reductions from grain ethanol since 1995 and projected GHG reductions from ethanol out to 2015. The report concluded that GHG reductions will grow by over 100% from 1995 to 2015.
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Wisconsin Dairy Specialist Educates on Distillers Grains
University of Wisconsin Dairy Science Professor Randy Shaver traveled through Chili recently conducting feeding seminars and assessing the market potential for distiller’s dried grains as part of a U.S. Grains Council trade team mission. The team conducted seminars with local dairy farmers on recent Chilean dairy feeding trials, which showed positive results in both reducing feed costs and increasing milk yield when dried distillers grains were incorporated into the ration.
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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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Ethanol Industry Issues Economic Report
Despite difficult current economic conditions, the ethanol industry is poised to meet the production targets of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), according to a report released today by LECG LLC, a prominent economic consulting firm.
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WI Corn Growers Donate to Food Pantry
A van-load of corn flakes cereal was donated to a Wisconsin food pantry this week by the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association (WCGA) in recognition of the state’s annual ‘Food Check-Out Week.’ WCGA donated 132 boxes of corn flakes – representing one box for each member of the state legislature – to the Dodge County Food Pantry in Beaver Dam, demonstrating the association’s commitment to provide safe, abundant and affordable food for the nation’s consumers.
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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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