Mar. 15: With regulators, food elitists and animal-rights extremists consistently attacking agriculture, it is important that growers work together to respond to challenges threatening their livelihoods, according to a new video, “Add Volume to Your Voice,” released by the National Corn Growers Association today. The video is available through YouTube by clicking here.

Mar. 15: National Ag Week, March 14 through March 20, celebrates the abundance provided by agriculture. It also provides producers, agricultural organizations, corporations, universities and government a moment to both look at both the huge advances in agriculture that have happened and those expected in the future. The National Corn Growers Association is a proud sponsor of this event, hosted by the Agricultural Council of America. Organizers hope to reach an expanded target audience with this year’s theme: “American Agriculture: Abundant. Affordable. Amazing.”

Mar. 12: With a strong belief that the National Corn Growers Association is the premier grassroots organization both run by and for corn farmers and with his personal dedication to grower service, Gene Baumgardner of Jeffersonville, Ohio, chose to seek election to NCGA’s 2011 Corn Board.

Mar. 11: Today, the U.S. House of Representative’s Agriculture Committee held a hearing on agriculture sales to Cuba. Bart Schott, the National Corn Growers Association first vice president and a grower from Kulm, N.D., participated in the commodity panel’s discussion on increasing one-way exports to Cuba.

Mar. 10: With the 2010 CUTC quickly approaching, the time to register is now. Over the coming weeks, chairs heading the 10 technical sessions will explain what attendees can expect to learn from their sessions during the conference. This week, Nathan Danielson, chair of the New Products and Revenue Streams Technical Session, talks about the learning opportunities that his session will offer.

Mar. 9: During Commodity Classic, U.S. Grains Council Chairman Rick Fruth and Senior Vice President of Operations and Industry Relations Keith Heffernan announced the tentative lineup of speakers for the upcoming Global Food Security Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council.