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Nov. 11, 2011-- Grain
Buyers from Israel Visit Kansas Corn, Sorghum Office
The Trade Mission was arranged by the US
Grains Council to introduce the Israeli traders to the US grain industry.
The group included the CEO of Shovre-bar, the largest course
grain importer in Israel. He was accompanied by the principles of the four
largest feed milling operations in Israel, and the CEO of another feed
import company.
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Greg Harris and Other
Kansas FFA Members Are National Winners
10-24-11: Greg Harris, Chapman FFA Chapter, is the 2011 National FFA
Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency award winner.
National Winners in the National Agricultural Proficiency Awards were
announced on Friday, Oct. 21, at the National FFA Convention in
Indianapolis, IN. The Kansas Corn Commission is a state level sponsor of
the award.
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Children, Adults Learn in
Agriland at the State Fair
9-13-11: At Agriland, an
interactive display at the Kansas State Fair, kids can find a cow to
milk; a combine cab to climb into; saddles to sit on; buckets of grain
to reach into; a soil tunnel to walk through and more. Several
agricultural groups work together in Agriland, located in the Pride of
Kansas building.
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McCauley Testifies at Senate Ag
Committee Field Hearing
8-26-11:
Follow this link to read the testimony given by Ken McCauley at a field
hearing held by the Senate Agriculture Hearing on Aug. 25 in Wichita. The
hearing was held to hear input regarding upcoming farm bill discussions.
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Clint Bowyer, driving the #33
American Ethanol car, gets the green American Ethanol flag to start the
STP 400 June 5 at the Kansas Speedway. Over 1,000 farmers and ethanol
supporters were on hand to cheer on American Ethanol and Clint Bowyer.
NASCAR uses 15% ethanol fuel in all its race cars. In the American Ethanol pavilion,
fans heard pre-race comments from Bowyer, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
and Richard Childress, of the Richard Childress Racing team.
Planting
underway in some parts of Kansas
April 14, 2011--White
Cloud farmer Brad McCauley heads out to plant corn. Brad and his dad,
Ken, are making good progress with planting at their farm in Northeast
Kansas.
Western Kansas growers, who live in much higher elevations, have later
planting dates. The elevation at McCauley's farm at White Cloud in NE
Kansas is 880 ft., while many western Kansas locations sit well above
3,000 feet above sea level. Goodland's elevation is 3,683. The highest
point is beautiful Mount Sunflower at over 4,000 ft.
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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
CLICK HERE FOR
2012 Crop Insurance ReRating Maps Showing Kansas County Level Data
1-3-12-- Kansas Corn to be Present at Topeka Farm
Show
The Kansas Corn Growers Association (KCGA) will be staffing a booth at
the 23rd Annual Topeka Farm Show, January 10-12. KCGA staff will be
distributing hats and work gloves to current KCGA members who stop by
the booth. Corn growers who are not current members will also have a
chance to receive a gift, along with a free bag of seed when they sign
up for a 3-year membership.
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12-22-11--State Winners Announced for National
Corn Yield Contest
While most Kansas corn producers faced challenging growing
conditions, entrants posted impressive results in the National Corn
Yield Contest. No Kansas growers placed among the national winners, but
the state winners had winning yields ranging from 228.7 bushels per acre
to 295.5 bushels per acre. Troy Winfrey, Plains had the top yield
among Kansas entries with 295.5 bushels per acre with his winning entry
in the irrigated division.
The top non-irrigated yield
among Kansas entries was turned in by Jeff Koelzer of Onaga with a yield
of 248.5 bushels per acre with his winning entry in the No-Till/Strip
Till Non-Irrigated Division.
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12-12-11-- Kansas Corn Grower Leaders Head to St.
Louis to Set Course for 2012 Bob Timmons
of Fredonia and Ken McCauley of White Cloud met with dozens of corn
growers last week to discuss issues that will affect growers in 2012.
Growers from across the nation gathered in St. Louis for the action team
meetings.
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11-29-11--Kansas Corn Praises Crop
Insurance Rerating Announcement
The Kansas Corn Growers praised USDA’s announcement Monday that corn and
soybean crop insurance premiums will be rerated, with premiums for corn
lowered by an average of seven percent nationally. Kansas corn and soybean
growers would see an average rate reduction of 6 percent. The US Department
of Agriculture announced the rerating for both corn and soybeans based on an
independent rate study which showed that premiums for corn and soybeans were
higher than they should be considering the loss ratios for the two crops.
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11-10-11--Top Grain Buyers from Israel Visit Kansas Corn, Sorghum Office
A group of grain traders from Israel visited the
Kansas Corn Commission and association, and the Kansas Grain Sorghum
Producers Association this week. The Trade Mission was arranged by the US
Grains Council to introduce the Israeli traders to the US grain industry.
The group included Danny Olshaker, CEO of Shovre-bar, the largest course
grain importer in Israel. He was accompanied by the principles of the four
largest feed milling operations in Israel, and the CEO of another feed
import company.
MORE
10-24-2011--Greg Harris and Other Kansas FFA Members Are National Winners
Greg Harris, Chapman FFA Chapter, is the 2011 National FFA Diversified
Crop Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency award winner. National Winners
in the National Agricultural Proficiency Awards were announced on Friday,
Oct. 21, at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN. The Kansas Corn
Commission is a state level sponsor of the award.
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10-13-11--Kansas Corn Growers Say Trade Agreements will Boost Kansas Economy Passage of the Free Trade Agreements with Korea, Columbia and Panama will
benefit Kansas corn farmers, according to the Kansas Corn Growers
Association. The Kansas Congressional delegation was unanimous in its
support of the votes on the three free trade agreements, which passed the
House and Senate last night. “Agricultural exports are vital to Kansas’
economy and our delegation understands that,” according to KCGA President
Bob Timmons of Fredonia. “Without trade agreements, we were losing ground in
these important markets, not only for our grains, but also exports of meat
fed with Kansas grains and distillers grains from our Kansas ethanol
plants."
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10-4-11--White Returns from
China, Record Corn Harvest Predicted
ere
White, Executive Director of the Kansas Corn Commission, returned from the
U.S. Grains Council's China Corn Harvest Tour this week. China is the
world’s second leading corn producer, after the United States, but it
emerged as a net corn importer in 2010 and 2011 as surging domestic demand
outstripped domestic production. Despite this year’s record production, the
Council anticipates that rising demand will continue to create export
opportunities for U.S. producers in 2011/2012 and beyond.
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9-13-11--Children, Adults Learn in Agriland at the State Fair
At Agriland, an interactive display at the
Kansas State Fair, kids can find a cow to milk; a combine cab to climb into;
saddles to sit on; buckets of grain to reach into; a soil tunnel to walk
through and more. Several agricultural groups work together in Agriland,
located in the Pride of Kansas building. The Kansas corn and Kansas grain
sorghum organizations man the exhibit the first day and last day of the
fair.
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8-26-11--Ken McCauley Testifies at Senate Ag
Committee Field Hearing
Follow this link to read the testimony given by Ken McCauley at a field
hearing held by the Senate Agriculture Hearing on Aug. 25 in Wichita. The
hearing was held to hear input regarding upcoming farm bill discussions.
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