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Vintage Postcard of Agrol Ethanol
Plant spurs a look back at Kansas ethanol history
When we saw this vintage
postcard featuring the Agrol Company ethanol plant in Atchison, Kansas,
we couldn’t pass it up. The postcard was published by the E.C. Kropp
Company around 1936.
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5-7-12--Planting Progress: 75% of Kansas
Corn Crop in the Ground
Kansas farmers are well ahead of
schedule with 75% of the crop planted as of May 5. In the past two weeks,
Kansas farmers planted over 2 million acres of corn, 43 percent of the
projected 4.7 million acres of corn. Kansas Agriculture Statistics Service
released the weekly Crop Progress report this afternoon.
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KANSAS CORN . . .
is
growing!
Corn is an important component of the Kansas agricultural economy.
In eight of the last ten years, Kansas growers have produced more corn
than any other grain.
The
Kansas Corn Growers Association represents Kansas corn producers
in legislative and regulatory issues. Key customers for Kansas corn
producers are the livestock industry, the ethanol industry and export
markets.
Research to improve production practices and find new uses for corn as
well as efforts to build domestic and foreign markets for corn are
funded by corn checkoff dollars through the
Kansas Corn Commission have
created promising new markets for corn.
Looking for
Information?
Find it here!
 Kansas Corn Growers Association
110 West 4th Ave.
Garnett, KS 66032
corn@ksgrains.com
Kansas Farm Family Featured in Corn Farmers
Coalition Educational Effort
Thousands of people in Washington, DC are looking at the McCauley farm
family from White Cloud, Kansas this summer. The McCauley family is one of
several American farm families featured in the Corn Farmers Coalition
campaign that aims to educate Washington DC decision makers about
agriculture. The McCauleys and other farm families are also featured in the
Corn Fact Book published by the coalition. The Corn Fact Book is available
at
cornfarmerscoalition.com. The Corn Farmers Coalition secured all the
advertising space in two key Washington DC metro rail stations. In June, CFC
ads were featured in Union Station and this month they appear in the Capitol
South station.
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Above:
4 generations of the McCauley family are featured in this banner
being displayed in Metro Rail Stations in Washington DC.
RIght
Three Generations of McCauley men will be featured on the Kansas Edition
of the Corn Fact Book. Pictured from left to right: Stanley, Ken and Brad
McCauley,
all of White Cloud, KS.
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CORN
NEWS
5-25-12--Atrazine
Settlement Business, Not Science Decision
While corn and grain sorghum growers slept last night, trial attorneys
from Texas and Illinois were likely popping corks on bottles of
champagne, celebrating a non-science based settlement with Syngenta, the
maker of the herbicide atrazine. Jere White, executive director of the
Kansas Corn Growers Association and Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers
Association said while community water systems in several states,
including Kansas, had joined the class action lawsuit, the real winners
will be the attorneys who will skim about $35 million off the top of the
$105 million settlement.
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Vintage Postcard of Agrol Ethanol
Plant in Atchison spurs a look back at Kansas ethanol history
When we saw this vintage postcard
featuring the Agrol Company ethanol plant in Atchison, Kansas, we couldn’t
pass it up. The postcard was published by the E.C. Kropp Company around
1936. The back of the postcard states:
"Unique among Atchison’s industries is the industrial alcohol plant,
the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. This is the research
demonstration plant of the Chemical Foundation and the Farm Chemurgic
Council. Its main product is industrial alcohol made from farm products
which sells under the trade name “Agrol” and is mixed with gasoline to
make a high grade blended motor fuel.”
Agrol marketed a 10 percent ethanol blend. The experiment was supported by
Henry Ford and the Chemical Foundation and at is peak in 1938, some 2,000
service stations in eight states sold Agrol. Advertising for the fuel
stated: “Try a tank full, you’ll be thankful!”
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5-15-12--University Study Tracks Fuel
Savings with Ethanol
America’s growing use of domestically produced ethanol reduced wholesale
gasoline prices by an average of $1.09 per gallon in 2011, according to
updated research conducted by economics professors at the University of
Wisconsin and Iowa State University. The 2011 results, which are up from
an average impact of $0.89 per gallon in 2010, were released today by the
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. To our nation’s corn
growers, this is just further demonstration of this valuable domestic
fuel.
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5-7-12--Planting Progress: 75% of Kansas
Corn Crop in the Ground
Kansas farmers are well ahead of
schedule with 75% of the crop planted as of May 5. In the past two weeks,
Kansas farmers planted over 2 million acres of corn, 43 percent of the
projected 4.7 million acres of corn. Kansas Agriculture Statistics Service
released the weekly Crop Progress report this afternoon.
The hot weather last week helped much of the
corn that was planted to sprout. 42 percent of the Kansas crop is emerged,
compared to a five-year average of 18 percent.
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5-2-12--National Corn Yield Contest
Registration Open
As Kansas growers are planting their corn crop, the National Corn
Growers Association (NCGA) invites them to register for NCGA’s National
Corn Yield Contest (NCYC). Until June 15, growers can take advantage of
a special early entry discount. With fees reduced to $80 until that
time, NCGA reminds growers that a small time investment now saves money
later this summer.
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4-2-12--EPA Approves E15 as Registered
Fuel, Kansas Could Be Among First States to Implement New Fuel
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved E15
(gasoline with 15 percent ethanol) as a registered fuel. This is one
step closer to seeing low-cost, renewable E15 sold into the American
fuels marketplace. Kansas, Illinois and Iowa will likely be the first
states to implement the new E15 fuel for vehicles 2001 and newer. The
biggest difference motorists will see with E15 is a lower price per
gallon, according to the Kansas Corn Commission.
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3-30-12--Kansas
Farmers Invest in Planting 4.7 Million Acres of Corn
Kansas corn farmers are expected to plant 4.7 million acres of corn this
year, the third largest planted corn acreage since 1936, according to
the USDA Prospective Planting report released today. The report
estimates that planted acreage for Kansas corn, at 4.7 million acres,
down four percent from the 2011 acreage. Nationally, farmers are
expected to plant 95.9 million acres, up four percent from 2011.MORE
3-22-12--Kansas Attorney General Joins in
Effort to Reopen California Market to Midwest Ethanol
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt recently joined attorney generals
in five other ethanol producing states in filing a brief with the San
Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking the Court to
keep the California market open to ethanol produced in Kansas and other
Midwestern states while it considers an appeal over a California law
that discriminates against ethanol produced with Midwestern grain.
Schmidt joined the attorneys general of Nebraska, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Michigan in the filing.
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3-2-12--Kansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Join Governor Brownback in
Celebrating Kansas Agriculture Week
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has proclaimed March 4-10, 2012 as Kansas
Agriculture Week in order to recognize and celebrate the abundance
provided by Kansas agriculture.
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3-2-12—Kansas Corn Growers
Gather in Nashville
Kansas Corn Growers traveled to Nashville, Tenn. for the 17th Annual
Commodity Classic this week.
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2-29-12--Top Corn Producing
Kansas Counties
The Northwest portion of the state continued to lead Kansas corn
production in 2011. Thomas County produced the most corn again this year
with 22.9 million bushels and Sherman county took second place for corn
production in Kansas with 20.3 million bushels. Other top producing
counties included Brown, Sheridan, and Stevens.
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2012 Crop Insurance ReRating Maps Showing Kansas County Level Data
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