Farm Policy

May 13, 2022

President Biden announced today that he is appointing Alexis Taylor as undersecretary for trade...

May 11, 2022

Appearing on an Illinois family farm, President Biden announced today that his administration...

May 4, 2022

Are you concerned about the rising input costs of your operation?   In response to the U.S....

April 29, 2022

The following is a statement from NCGA President Chris Edgington on today’s announcement from...

April 29, 2022

Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on...

April 12, 2022

President Biden announced today that his administration would use existing authority to prevent...

April 8, 2022

Top farm and biofuel leaders responded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...

March 29, 2022

Grower groups including the American Soybean Association, American Farm Bureau Federation,

March 29, 2022

Jon celebrates a big win in Congress with the leaders of the Illinois Corn Growers and the...

March 25, 2022

Nearly 90 members of Congress sent a letter recently to the U.S. International Trade Commission...

March 24, 2022

Corn grower leaders from 19 states sent an open letter to President Biden today calling on him...

March 16, 2022

The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing today to review the role USDA programs...

March 10, 2022

Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D., and Rep. Tracey Mann introduced the Emergency Relief from Duties...

March 4, 2022

To provide relief at the pump in response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis while...

March 2, 2022

The Advocating for Corn Effectively (ACE) Series brought together grower leaders from 12 states...

March 1, 2022

The president of the National Corn Growers Association spoke today before the U.S. House...

February 22, 2022

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a federally-funded and voluntary land conservation program...

February 16, 2022

Three U.S. senators today highlighted the environmental and economic benefits of corn ethanol...

February 11, 2022

USDA’s Risk Management Agency just announced the continuation of the Pandemic Cover Crop Program...

February 9, 2022

The National Corn Growers Association submitted comments this week applauding the Environmental...

February 7, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should refrain from moving forward with its rule that...

February 2, 2022

Allies of corn growers in the U.S. Senate sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan...

January 27, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should look to farmers as it works to mitigate...

January 25, 2022

As Washington prepares to debate the reauthorization of the farm bill in 2023, one group of...

January 19, 2022

The National Corn Growers Association cautioned EPA on Tuesday about moving forward with a rule...

January 6, 2022

Farmers are encouraged to respond to the USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)....

January 5, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released the details and coverage of the new crop...

January 4, 2022

Timely implementation of meaningful Renewable Fuels Standard volumes provides certainty in...

December 3, 2021

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls this week agreed to provide a...

December 1, 2021

The U.S. Department of Commerce today made a preliminary determination in favor of a complaint...

November 30, 2021

NCGA reminds corn growers that the deadline is approaching to submit ballots for the Farm...

November 19, 2021

Bill Steers Clear of Harmful Tax Changes for Farmers   The House of Representatives voted...

November 18, 2021

Today, The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Army released a proposed rule...

November 16, 2021

NCGA said today that the EPA did not use the best available science and data in the recently...

October 1, 2021

Farmers who have been impacted by extreme weather patterns will see relief thanks to funding...

September 29, 2021

The Secretary of Agriculture announced today that the administration will launch a new...

September 16, 2021

Colorado farmer and Market Development Action Team (MDAT) member Troy Schneider recently...

September 13, 2021

The House Ways and Means Committee today released its draft bill, which includes tax provisions...

September 10, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association continued this week to fight to protect tax priorities for...

August 31, 2021

Federal regulations on remote bodies of water will hurt farmers without providing any...

August 9, 2021

On Friday, Growth Energy, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Biodiesel Board, National...

July 20, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association strongly opposes a bill that was introduced in the U.S....

June 23, 2021

A new report commissioned by the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) Risk Management &...

June 11, 2021

In order to qualify for the new federal Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP), the U.S. Department...

June 10, 2021

NCGA President John Linder made the following statement after the Environmental Protection...

June 3, 2021

U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott (D-GA) sent a letter yesterday to...

May 20, 2021

KCoe Isom, a food and agriculture consulting and accounting firm, will be holding a webinar for...

May 19, 2021

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President John Linder made the following statement...

May 11, 2021

This week, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) joined 39 agricultural organizations in...

May 6, 2021

President Biden released a report today detailing their vision for the “America the Beautiful”...

April 26, 2021

In oral arguments scheduled for Tuesday morning, four agriculture and biofuel organizations...

April 22, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) applauds the bipartisan reintroduction of the...

April 19, 2021

“We’re pleased to learn President Biden has nominated Robert Bonnie to be the next Under...

April 13, 2021

The American Jobs Plan, the Biden Administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, includes...

April 13, 2021

Today, the D.C. Circuit Court will hear oral arguments in American Fuel & Petrochemical...

April 6, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on March 24 Pandemic Assistance for...

March 17, 2021

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Katherine Tai to serve as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),...

March 11, 2021

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Michael Regan, on a 66-34 vote, to serve as Administrator...

March 10, 2021

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319),...

February 24, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), along with K·Coe Isom, today led a coalition of 35...

February 23, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today congratulated Tom Vilsack on his Senate...

February 16, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that producers who have not yet...

February 4, 2021

A flurry of positive action in support of renewable fuels took place in the U.S. Senate this...

January 28, 2021

The National Corn Growers Association Officer Team on Tuesday hosted a virtual open house for...

January 27, 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today directed the U.S....

January 20, 2021

Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today congratulated President Biden on...

January 19, 2021

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President John Linder today made the following...

January 15, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued proposed regulatory changes related to...

January 6, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) yesterday

December 22, 2020

As the 117th Congress comes to a close, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is...

December 22, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today welcomed Congressional approval of H.R. 133,...

December 18, 2020

National Corn Growers Association President John Linder today made the below statement following...

December 15, 2020

The Seeding Rural Resilience Act, legislation aimed at curbing the rising rate of suicide in...

December 10, 2020

National Corn Growers Association President John Linder today welcomed the nomination of former...

December 4, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has long sought new and creative ways to build...

December 3, 2020

National Corn Growers Association President John Linder today made the following statement after...

December 3, 2020

National Corn Growers Association President John Linder today made the following statement after...

December 3, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives late Wednesday approved the U.S. Grain Standards...

October 26, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today, along with 14 state affiliate associations,...

October 20, 2020

The NCGA’s outgoing President Kevin Ross had a term in office unlike any other. From a Twitter...

October 8, 2020

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) First Vice President Chris Edgington, along with...

September 23, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture last Friday announced $14 billion in additional aid from the

September 18, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today said additional aid from the Commodity...

September 16, 2020

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Tuesday released legislation containing provisions of...

September 15, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today joined the American Farm Bureau Federation...

August 19, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Tuesday evening joined Leaders of American...

July 23, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association remains hard at work to help improve the economic...

July 2, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association this week submitted comments to the Environmental...

July 2, 2020

The U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis this week released a report titled,...

June 24, 2020

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today approved the United...

June 17, 2020

NCGA joined a coalition of national grower trade associations today in urging the Ninth Circuit...

May 19, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today welcomed additional information from the...

May 8, 2020

The export of corn and corn products is vital to the nation’s economy, and NCGA has a deeply...

April 2, 2020

Creating a place to have a conversation instead of yelling at each other is one reason why NCGA...

March 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, H.R. 748, was signed by...

March 24, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) joined a wide range of agriculture organizations in...

February 20, 2020

This week, NCGA joined 21 farm groups to publicly launch Farmers for a Sustainable Future (FSF)....

February 13, 2020

Secretary Perdue came by his knowledge of agriculture early: He was born into a farming family...

February 4, 2020

Wayne Stoskopf has joined NCGA’s Washington, D.C. office as Director for Public Policy for Risk...

February 4, 2020

The National Corn Growers Association’s Ann ual Report for the 2019 fiscal year is now available...

January 31, 2020

The breadth and depth of the Southeast Asian market for U.S. corn and co-products are hard to...

January 29, 2020

National Corn Growers Association President Kevin Ross today declared President Trump’s signing...

January 28, 2020

Anne Thompson recently joined the NCGA Washington, D.C. office as the new Director of Political...

January 27, 2020

In a decision that is expected to broadly impact the Environmental Protection Agency’s approach...

September 3, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association and Renewable Fuels Association last week hosted Low...

August 30, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association today submitted comments to the Environmental Protection...

August 29, 2019

Three weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stunned the corn industry with news...

August 26, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association today welcomed the announcement that the United States and...

August 23, 2019

President Trump today signed the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 (H.R. 2336). The legislation,...

August 23, 2019

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Lynn Chrisp today made the following...

August 22, 2019

The impact of the Trump Administration’s recent granting of 31 refinery waivers to big oil is...

August 20, 2019

Corn farmers have until August 30 to submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency...

August 9, 2019

NCGA President Lynn Chrisp made the following statement after the Environmental Protection...

August 2, 2019

Members of the U.S. House and Senate are returning home after adjourning for the annual August...

July 31, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association today reiterated its call on the Environmental Protection...

July 31, 2019

An agriculture and biofuels coalition has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...

July 30, 2019

    A standing-room-only crowd attended a briefing: “An Overview of Climate Smart Agriculture...

July 25, 2019

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Lynn Chrisp today made the following...

July 18, 2019

National Corn Growers Association President Lynn Chrisp today presented NCGA’s 2019 President’s...

July 16, 2019

NCGA today renewed its pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to follow President...

July 5, 2019

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the proposed Renewable Volume...

June 27, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on...

June 20, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association today will begin airing an advertisement calling on the...

June 14, 2019

NCGA today applauded legislation introduced by Sens. Deb Fisher, R-Neb., and Tammy Duckworth,...

June 12, 2019

The National Corn Growers Association applauded the Administration after President Donald Trump...

June 11, 2019

NCGA First Vice President Kevin Ross today represented NCGA in hosting President Trump for a...

June 11, 2019

NCGA today joined more than 950 food and agriculture organizations representing to call on...

June 6, 2019

NCGA Renewable Fuels Public Policy Director Kathy Bergren participated in a Capitol Hill...

June 4, 2019

Farmers confronting weather-related challenges are one step closer to receiving relief.   The...

March 27, 2019

  NCGA President Lynn Chrisp today submitted comments on the 2018 Farm Bill’s Trade Title...