Sept. 1: Attendees at this week’s Farm Progress Show, being held in Boone, Iowa, are getting to see the best technology, products and services to help today’s farmers, said National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Bart Schott, a grower from North Dakota who is there with NCGA Corn Board Director Garry Niemeyer of Illinois.

Aug. 31: In a world where the importance of a high-protein diet is widely recognized, consumers value the meat they eat and recognize the role it plays in keeping them healthy and strong. A lot of this has to do with what goes into the meat in the first place, and our food-sensitive culture often does not understand the role of grains in the livestock world.

Aug. 25: The Little River Band will bring its classic rock sounds to the Monsanto sponsored Evening of Entertainment in Tampa, Fla., at the 2011 Commodity Classic March 3-5. Commodity Classic is the premier convention and trade show hosted by the National Corn Growers Association, the American Soybean Association, the National Sorghum Producers and the National Association of Wheat Growers.

Aug 26: The fourth annual summer meeting of the National Corn Growers Association’s Agri-Industry Council (AIC) was held last week in Florida, providing grower-leaders and key staff the opportunity to share challenges and ideas with agribusiness participants and learn about new products and services on the horizon for corn farmers.

Aug. 24: While projections for the 2010 corn crop may not be in complete agreement, everyone is certain that it will be a very good harvest. With estimates of between 13.29 billion and 13.365 billion bushels, U.S. corn growers are on course to set yet another production record this year, easily surpassing the 13.1 billion bushel harvest record set in 2009.

Aug. 23: In an increasingly global marketplace, a dry wheat growing season in Russia can lead to big sales for U.S. corn growers. As the Russian drought drags on and the resultant export ban remains in place, international grain buyers are looking to the United States for corn to help meet ongoing demands.