The ICPB’s market development committee works to create more profitable markets for Iowa corn in several ways:
- Developing long-term opportunities to use value-added Iowa corn
- Working to increase ethanol-blended fuel sales in Iowa
- Providing leadership and assistance to expand the value-added processing of Iowa corn
- Establishing long-term business in export markets that provides value-added/value-retained opportunities for Iowa growers
Use these links to read about current checkoff-funded projects supported by the market development committee.
Value-Added Corn Use and Processing
Ethanol Marketing
Increasing Exports of Iowa Corn
| Market Development Materials | ||
| Study: Cost-Efficient Methods for Shipping to Latin America | This study evaluates the costs of shipping Iowa corn to Latin America. |  857 Kb |
| Impact of Feeding DG on Beef Tenderness and Sensory Traits | Results from the study in which researchers at the University of Minnesota evaluated the effects of feeding distillers grains on color, tenderness, and sensory traits of dairy-breed steers. This study complements the feeding trials completed at Iowa State University and the University of Illinois. | 1,109 Kb |
| Optimizing Use of Distiller Grain for Dairy Beef Production | Optimizing the use of distiller grain (DG) is becoming increasingly important as ethanol production increases. Dairy-beef production is a system that has the potential to use large amounts of DG. These are the results of a study in which Holstein steers were fed finishing diets at the University of Illinois Beef Research Unit. | 587 Kb |
| Evaluation of DG with Solubles for Finishing Holstein Steers | Holstein steers were fed diets in a 299-day trial to evaluate the responses of feeding wet or dry distillers grains (DGS) to growing and finishing dairy steers. These are the results of this study conducted by Iowa State University. | 1,993 Kb |