You make your living from the land.
You have been raised in the country, you’ve worked with Mother Nature all your life, and you understand that if you want the same sort of life for your children, you must preserve and conserve what is in your care.
Best management practices are the techniques and methods farmers use to take the best care of the soil, water, air, plants, and animals around them. IL Corn wants to partner with you to help you understand the best science, the best techniques, the best opportunities to care for your natural resources.
We have programming that will help you test your water for nutrient levels, try out cover crops for the first time, and apply nitrogen in the most responsible way. Our programming in this area continues to grow! Please stay plugged in with us to keep learning and growing as a conservationist.
What in the husk are corn plastics?
You already know that corn can be a solution to so many of our world’s climate challenges, but do you know enough about each renewable opportunity to explain it to your off-the-farm peers? In this...
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Reading about Corn
Illinois Ag in the Classroom offers an abundance of resources for teachers to help aid them with activities and lessons on agriculture designed to enhance the K-12 experience. They have an...
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ICGA Responds to the U.S. EPA Proposed Blending Volumes
On December 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a biofuel blending volumes proposal, calling for an increase in the biofuel blending requirement for 2022 of 22.77 billion...
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RSVP for next week listening sessions
The Illinois Corn Growers Association will hold in-person listening sessions throughout the state to help prepare for the 2023 Farm Bill. As a grassroots organization, we value farmer input...
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Turkish Feed Grain Importers Enjoy a Visit to Illinois
This past week, the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (IL Corn) partnered with the U.S. Grains Council and Marquis Energy to host a trade team of distiller dried grain (DDGS) buyers from Turkey for a...
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ICGA Statement on the Next Generation Fuels Act
ICGA Statement on the Next Generation Fuels Act Congresswoman Cheri Bustos introduced the Next Generation Fuels Act (H.R. 5089) this week, a piece of legislation that paves the way for...
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Biofuels Policy: Past and Present
Everything You Wanted to Know about Biofuels Policy: Past and Present Agri-Pulse’s latest “Deep Dive” podcast focused on biofuels can be a great primer for anyone wanting to learn more and...
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IL Corn Farmers and IL Ethanol Producers Disheartened by Brazilian TRQ Expiration
IL Corn Farmers and IL Ethanol Producers Disheartened by Brazilian TRQ Expiration Upon the expiration of the current Brazilian tariff rate quota (TRQ) yesterday and its replacement with a 20...
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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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Internal Combustion Engine Ban Could Devastate Agriculture
Internal Combustion Engine Ban Could Devastate Agriculture A new study released by the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) finds that U.S. light-duty and freight vehicle consumption of...
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Audio Update: ICGA President Bill Leigh on the Next Gen Fuels Act
Audio Update: ICGA President Bill Leigh on the Next Gen Fuels Act ICGA President, Bill Leigh hosted Communication Manager, Dan Obert on his Minonk farm to talk more about the Next Generation...
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Illinois Corn Growers Association Welcomes Bustos’ Next Generation Fuels Act
Illinois Corn Growers Association Welcomes Bustos’ Next Generation Fuels Act The Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) welcomes legislation introduced by Rep. Cheri Bustos in the U.S. House...
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ICGA Comments on Rule that could Negatively Impact Low Carbon Fuels Including Higher Blends of Ethanol
ICGA Comments on Rule that could Negatively Impact Low Carbon Fuels Including Higher Blends of Ethanol Last week, the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) submitted comments on behalf of...
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Research Confirms Additional DDGS Usage
Research Confirms Additional DDGS Usage A new study from the National Corn to Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) confirms distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) use as a safe, efficient feed...
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Is Helping the Ethanol Industry Your Priority?
Is Helping the Ethanol Industry Your Priority? In the heat of COVID-19 shutdowns in March and April, we all watched as the ethanol industry took a heavy blow, as people quit traveling to work, to...
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NCERC, COVER CROPS, AND LIVESTOCK: IL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
As of May 24, around 1 am, the state of Illinois now has a budget that – although reported as creatively balanced – provides some wins for Illinois agriculture. “Illinois agriculture showed...
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Cleaner air is one defense against COVID-19
Researchers see a correlation between high concentrations of particulate matter in the air and vulnerability of citizens contracting the COVID-19 virus, says a recent study by Harvard T.H. Chan...
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EPA IGNORES IL CORN FARMER CONCERNS WITH PLAN TO RESTORE ETHANOL MARKET
In response to the EPA’s final rule on the 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) and the understanding that the EPA will not be reallocating all previously waived gallons in future RVO numbers,...
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IMPORTANT PARTNERS SHOW UP FOR ETHANOL & IL CORN
Senators Tammy Duckworth and Richard Durbin, along with Illinois Director of Agriculture John Sullivan, showed up for ethanol and IL Corn last week with their own comments on the EPA's proposed...
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A DEAL IS A DEAL
In three years EPA has granted 85 exemptions from the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to oil refineries, destroying over 4 billion gallons of biofuel demand and threatening the future of biofuels...
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