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.
These are a few of the important messages about modern crop production being delivered by new radio advertisements sponsored by Wisconsin corn growers this spring. The advertisements, which play prominently during Brewers baseball games, are in the familiar, question-and-answer format of similar ads that ran last season and generated a great deal of excitement from listeners.
The current 30-second spot is just one of several highlighting corn farmer innovations that enable Wisconsin corn growers to keep up with growing demand for more environmentally sustainable corn production. Future radio ads will highlight other cropping innovations such as no-till planting, satellite technology, built-in insect resistance and the strategic importance of growing our own food.
These ads were developed by the Corn Farmers Coalition, a group of state corn grower associations and the National Corn Growers Association. They are posted online at www.wicornpro.org and are running on radio stations across the Midwest. The Wisconsin Corn Growers Association represents the interest of state corn growers in the growing and managing of corn grown both for on-farm feeding and commercial sale.
WCGA works with other organizations in areas of mutual concern, including biotech issues, resistance management, pesticide issues, farmland taxation and valuation, conservation, and the environment. WCGA brings together corn growers to provide information and education at regional corn conferences and the annual Wisconsin Corn/Soy EXPO. As part of NCGA, WCGA represents corn grower interests nationally and internationally and also sponsors the annual corn yield contest.
For more information on Wisconsin Corn Growers Association visit the web site www.wicorn.org or contact Executive Director Bob Oleson by phone at 262-495-2232 or via E-mail at Wicorn@idcnet.com . Additional information from the Corn Farmers Coalition is online at www.cornfarmerscoalition.org . You also can follow Wisconsin Corn Growers Association on Facebook, YouTube and via twitter at WIcornpro. ###
