In an on-farm ceremony yesterday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner announced the signing of the so-called Harvest Emergency Declaration, which effectively allows farmers to load 10% extra weight into their grain transport vehicles for a 45-day period commencing November 5, 2017. IL Corn leaders penned a letter to the Governor in support of such a declaration on October 24th, noting that our...
Although U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue remains hopeful that the Trump Administration will be successful in renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), he told reporters in a press gaggle after his Agency’s Veterans Day ceremony that USDA is preparing contingency plans, warning a withdrawal from the trilateral agreement would have “some tragic...
Each year on November 11, Veterans Day is set aside to thank and honor all those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. IL Corn honors this day, too, saluting all our veterans. We would like to draw special attention to those in our leadership who served our nation, and more broadly, the impact that rural Americans have on our nation’s military. Please join us in this...
Illinois Corn Growers Association knows that many of you are thinking about applying one of the three commercially available new-formulation dicamba mixes in 2018. But did you know that to legally apply the product(s), you must now attend an EPA required training? The EPA has added the training, along with other new requirements, to the labels of XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan. They are now...
The Trump Administration recently appointed Douglas Wilson as the new State Director for USDA Rural Development in Illinois. Mr. Wilson began his new role on Monday, Nov. 13. Earlier this year, then-President of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, Justin Durdan, wrote a letter in support of Mr. Wilson’s appointment to the post. Mr. Wilson is a 3rd generation farmer, lifelong resident of...
