Welcome to Illinois Corn
Agriculture is Illinois largest industry, contributing billions of dollars to the state's economy each year. And corn is the largest contributor, providing food, feed, fiber and fuel. The corn industry helps sustain thriving processing, manufacturing, export and livestock sectors in our economy. In fact, the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) make their home in McLean County, IL, the top producing corn county in the entire nation yielding 77 million bushels of the total state production of 2.3 billion bushels in 2007. The Illinois Corn Growers Association works to constantly improve the business climate and policy environment for corn production at the local, state and national level. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board strives to create and sustain markets for the bounty that Illinois corn farmers are able to produce through research, new product development, education and public promotion.
To accomplish the goal of maintaining a strong economy and profitability in the corn industry the two boards work with numerous cooperating organizations on issues from ethanol and transportation infrastructure to trade relations. The ICGA and ICMB work hand in hand with organizations like the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), the United States Grain Council (USGC), U.S. Meat Export Federation, U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy to increase sales of corn and corn co-products like ethanol and dried distillers grains and to educate national leaders about the value of Illinois corn to our nation and to the world.
ILLINOIS LIVESTOCK AND ILLINOIS ETHANOL: PARTNERS IN AGRICULTURE
The Illinois corn, livestock, and ethanol industries ushered in the long Labor Day weekend with a coalition building exercise of sorts on Friday, September 3. During the day-long meeting at the Illinois Corn Growers Association office in Bloomington, representatives...
ATRAZAINE IS UNDER ATTACK: YOU CAN HELP US DEFEND IT!
Would your farm be affected if you were unable to use Atrazine? Despite a 50-year history as a safe and effective weed-control product, despite Atrazine’s safe use on more than 30 commodities in over 40 states and 60 countries, despite more than...
GROWTH IN CORN PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINABLE AND CAN ADDRESS FUTURE DEMANDS
Scientists and scholars learned a little bit more about corn production, farming efficiencies and the future of conventional agriculture during a two day tour of agricultural innovation and technologies in Iowa on August 30 and...
