Tomorrow I will be voting for my values and for agriculture. Are you ready to vote? I haven’t found any sources better than the National Corn Growers Association’s nonpartisan survey responses submitted by President Obama and Governor Romney. The information provided by both candidates is meant to help interested voters gain information on the issues […]
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Wrap it up and move on | 2011 & 2012
As we wrap up 2011 and look what may happen in agriculture in 2012, I wanted to share a few excerpts I read on Corn & Soybean Digest online by David Kohl and Kent Thiesse. 2011 Year in Review by Kohl: Interconnectedness and convergence In the early part of 2011, it appeared that the U.S. […]
Distillers Grains Plants
Ethanol plants should have originally been called distillers grains plants producing a by-product of ethanol. Distillers grains {in any form – dried, wet, modified} often gets forgotten about in a lot of discussions about ethanol. Recently, the House Agriculture Committee’s subcommittee on livestock, dairy and poultry, had a hearing to examine the issue of feed […]
May is Beef Month
Some of you might recognize this voice. I put this video together for the Nebraska Corn Board to celebrate Beef Month. Enjoy and eat a steak!
“Renewable energy” (aka ethanol) and the beef with the livestock industry
In doing research for my job the other day, I came across the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s 2010 Policy Issues. Their top five issues for 2010 are: Death Tax NCBA supports a dual-track policy to: 1) increase the exemption level and decrease the rate of taxation; and 2) provide an overall exemption for agriculture. Antibiotics […]
Not Proud of the Civil War in Agriculture
As a person who grew up only around beef cattle, and now working in the crop commodity world, I find it SO frustrating that sometimes the two don’t get along. Yes, sometimes events in one industry affect the other industry, but why does 2% of the population that is involved in agriculture have to fight […]
