Waterways Included in the American Jobs Plan
Waterways Included in The American Jobs Plan President Biden announced The American Jobs Plan to rebuild the economy and invest in rural communities. One of the aspects of this plan that ICGA...
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New Program Deadlines and Applications
New Program Deadlines and Applications NRCS Announces '21 Application Cutoff for RCPP's Precision Conservation Management Project State Conservationist Ivan Dozier announced U. S. Department...
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Farmers Meet Representatives During Virtual Hill Visits
Farmers Meet Representatives During Virtual Hill Visits Corn farmers met virtually with 17 Illinois congressional representatives over two days in place of their annual Fly-In to D.C. ICGA...
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Corn Congress a Success and Vilsack to Speak at Commodity Classic
Corn Congress a Success and Vilsack to Speak at Commodity Classic Delegates across the nation proposed, debated and voted on around 30 proposals brought forth for discussion at this year’s Corn...
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ICGA Supports Farmers Seeking to Continue Using Atrazine
ICGA Supports Farmers Seeking to Continue Using Atrazine This week, the Illinois Corn Growers Association submitted comments in support of the reregistration of atrazine, an important chemical...
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New IL State Delegation Meets Illinois Farmers
New IL State Delegation Meets Illinois Farmers All members of the Illinois House and Senate received a copy of an Illinois Farm Families “Innovation Grows Here” brochure this week, detailing the...
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ICGA Announces Legislative Priorities for the Upcoming Year
ICGA Announces Legislative Priorities for the Upcoming Year Farmers remain optimistic that we will accomplish our top priorities in 2021. We look forward to seeing a new lock and dam start on...
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Review of Illinois Lame Duck Session
Review of the Illinois Lame Duck Session By: Jacqueline Muhammad Contributions By: Rich Clemmons and Liz Brown-Reeves Emanuel “Chris” Welch was elected Speaker of the Illinois House, making him...
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Cover Crop Program Application Period Ends, Sees Increase of Requested Acres
Cover Crop Program Application Period Ends, Sees Increase of Requested Acres Many farmers want to implement conservation practices, but they need opportunities to help manage risk. The Fall...
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ICGA Welcomes President Biden to Office, Shares Priorities
ICGA Welcomes President Biden to Office, Shares Priorities In line with Inauguration Day festivities, ceremony and traditions, IL Corn Growers Association President Randy DeSutter sent a letter...
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ICGA 2021 Federal Synopsis
Illinois Corn Growers Association 2021 Federal Synopsis In a historic move following the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump...
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ICGA Urges the Importance of NESP
ICGA Urges the Start of NESP New construction on locks and dams on the inland waterways system is critical to agriculture and other industries throughout the state, Midwest and...
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WRDA 2020 Alive in Lame Duck Session
WRDA 2020 Alive in Lame Duck Session The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 remains in play as debate continues in Congress during the lame duck session. The latest is WRDA 2020 may...
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Ag Groups Seek Help from State
Ag Groups Seek Help from State Illinois agriculture asks Governor JB Pritzker to please continue to consider employees of livestock processing plants as essential workers to gain earlier access...
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Randy Stauffer: Environmental Award Recipient
Randy Stauffer: Environmental Award Recipient Randy Stauffer of Morton, IL, was honored by the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) at their virtual annual meeting on November 24, 2020 for...
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Representative John Shimkus: World of Corn Recipient
Representative John Shimkus: World of Corn Recipient John Shimkus, Illinois 15th District Congressperson, was honored for his service to Illinois corn farmers by the Illinois Corn Growers...
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Brian West: Ethanol Award Recipient
Brian West: Ethanol Award Recipient Brian West received the ethanol award from the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) at the group’s virtual annual meeting on November 24, 2020. West...
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DeLoss Jahnke: Media Award Recipient
DeLoss Jahnke: Media Award Recipient The Illinois Corn Growers Association’s 2020 Excellence in Media Award was given to DeLoss Jahnke, Network & Audio Services Anchor/Editor at RFD Illinois, at...
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ICGA Elects New Officers, Board Members
ICGA Elects New Officers, Board Members Randy DeSutter, a farmer from Woodhull, IL, has been elected president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) for 2020-2021 at their...
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Annual Meeting to be Held Virtually
Annual Meeting to be Held Virtually Members planning to travel to Bloomington for the upcoming annual meeting November 24th should plan on firing up their laptops and joining virtually...
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