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Ribbon Cutting at Conestoga Energy Partners' Arkalon ethanol plant-- The grand opening celebration for the 110 million gallon per year ethanol plant at Liberal was held on April 9. Cutting the ribbon in the dark coat is Greg Stone, Garden City. Greg is on the Conestoga board and is also a member of the Kansas Corn Commission.
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Do High
Corn Prices Really Cause Follow this link to find the answer to this question and more on our talking points page
Kansas Corn It's Growing! Corn is an important component of the Kansas agricultural economy. In fact, corn production in Kansas has more than doubled in the last ten years. . . .
2007 Kansas Corn Production Up 50% JANUARY 2008: Kansas corn producers harvested 518 million bushels of corn in 2007, a 50 percent increase over the 2006 crop. Final 2007 production numbers were released by Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service on January 11. The 2007 yield of 149 bushels per acre is only 3 bushels below the state record set in 1996. The 2007 harvested acreage of 3.7 million acres is up 400,000 acres from 2006. Combined Kansas feedgrain production (corn and sorghum) is 730 million bushels, compared to 490 million bushels in 2006. That's a 49 percent increase! Both corn and sorghum are feedgrains that are value by the livestock and ethanol industries.
The Kansas Corn Growers Association represents the Kansas corn industry. Corn is the nation's largest agricultural crop in bushels. In 2007, Kansas corn production totaled 518 million bushels. 2007 production is was a record thanks to higher yields and an increase in planted acres.
Although about 60 percent of the U.S. corn crop is fed to U.S. livestock, markets created by export demand and new uses are vital to the corn industry. New use research and export development efforts, funded by corn checkoff dollars through the Kansas Corn Commission has created promising new markets for corn. Over 3,500 products Americans use every day contain corn or corn by-products. Corn is used to make ethanol, a clean-burning automobile fuel. The ethanol industry is growing rapidly in Kansas. Corn is also used to make biodegradable plastics. Every American consumes three pounds of corn every day through thousands of food uses and non-food uses.
Whether it's used to make corn dogs, corn oil or corn-based biodegradable plastics--corn is America's #1 crop!
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