The Kansas Corn Commission and Kansas Corn Growers Association work together to make certain our producers are informed on regulations and marketing issues for corn enhanced through biotechnology.

Insect Resistance Management

NCGA's Insect Resistance
Management (IRM) Learning Center

Insect Resistance Management Fact Sheet for Growers
To preserve the many benefits of Bt corn technology, the implementation of an IRM plan is essential. Experts agree, and government regulations require, that an effective Bt corn IRM plan includes the planting of a non-Bt refuge (a block of non-Bt corn) planted close to your Bt corn acres. Growers were involved in the development of these IRM procedures which are required by the Environmental Protection Agency. This link above takes you to an informative page on the National Corn Growers Association web site that outlines proper IRM plans.

Insect Resistance Management Guidelines for Kansas
This link takes you directly to an NCGA page that outlines which IRM plan you must follow determined by the area of the state in which you farm.

Know Before You Grow
It is important that producers who choose to plant biotech corn are aware of what they are planting and who their customer is.

You should select hybrids with the full knowledge of whether it is conventional, approved for EU export or not yet approved for EU export. Growers should read their grower agreements before planting and be fully aware of the requirements of those agreements. It is vital that hybrids awaiting EU approval are kept out of export and processing channels. Visit the NCGA web site's "Know Before You Grow" section for more information.

Know Where to Go
KCGA and the Kansas Corn Commission urge producers to funnel hybrids not approved for EU export into one of three markets. Those markets are:

(1) your own livestock rations
(2) domestic livestock feeding channels or
(3) elevators accepting grain not yet approved for EU export.

Visit the American Seed Trade Association Web site for more information about the grain facilities accepting hybrids not yet approved for export to the EU.

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