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The Iowa Corn Growers Association commends the Iowa House of Representatives for passing HF 2128, the Governor’s Biofuels Access Bill, by a strong bipartisan vote of 81 to 10 during today’s session. HF 2128 will increase Iowans’ access to cleaner burning, more affordable, homegrown E15/Unleaded 88. The bill is estimated to increase ethanol demand by...
MONTHLY UPDATE FROM BEN GLEASON, IOWA CORN SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS MANAGER January 2022 Happy New Year! January has almost flown by, which brings us to Iowa Corn’s annual seminars at the Iowa Ag Expo in Des Moines. On February 1 and 2 at 10 am, we’ll be hosting farmer panels to discuss how soil health improvements...
Technip Energies and Iowa Corn announced that the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) and Technip Energies have signed an Asset Purchase Agreement under which Technip Energies acquires ICPB’s patents, technology, and rights for the process technology to produce monoethylene glycol (MEG) from surplus corn plant-based feedstocks. Since 2013, ICPB has invested checkoff funds(1) to...
STATEMENT FROM ICGA PRESIDENT LANCE LILLIBRIDGE Today, the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) welcomes the introduction of HSB 594. This bill, proposed by Governor Reynolds, will create more access for drivers to homegrown, cleaner burning E15 while expanding markets for Iowa’s corn farmers. ICGA President Lance Lillibridge made the following statement. “A top priority for...
A new economic analysis released today by researchers at Texas A&M University has corn growers raising concerns that pending tariffs on nitrogen fertilizers will create shortages and cause prices to increase even more for farmers, according to the National Corn Growers Association. “As part of this study, we conducted an historical analysis going back to...
In the tradition of providing farmers the latest industry insights, the Iowa Corn District 4 Committee along with the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) will host “Tools for the Future” crop fair in Missouri Valley, Iowa on Thursday, January 20 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the...
The Iowa Corn Growers Association® (ICGA), one of the most effective, longest-standing agricultural associations in the country, released today its final list of state and federal policy priorities for the upcoming year. “Each year, ICGA members set a list of legislative priorities on both the state and federal levels by completing a policy survey, having...
In the Winter 2021 edition of Warm Welcomes from the Farm, find photos from this fall's harvest, corn-fed recipes and more.
The first ever Warm Welcomes From The Farm magazine highlights yummy recipes starring corn, stories from college athletes and more.
Research is a pillar of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) that we pride ourselves in, because without it we wouldn’t have the opportunity to discover new uses for corn and continue growing our industry. And with a world focused on sustainability and manufacturing processes moving towards the incorporation of “green chemicals” in plastics and...