Corn News
Prevented Planting Information
Growth Energy Offers Funding for Blender Pumps
Corn Highlighted on the Greening of the Great Lakes
Radio Campaign Combats Myths Regarding Corn and Ethanol
Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Reaches out to Mainstream Media
Prevented Planting Information
USDA's Risk Management Agency provides the latest news and bulletins regarding prevented planting. To view their site, click here. Gary Schnitkey of the University of Illinois's Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics provides a look at the economics of prevented planting, here. Art Barnaby, a professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, reviews the complicated decision of filing for prevented planting, here.
Growth Enery Offers Funding for Blender Pumps
Growth Energy is offering funding to retailers to assist in ethanol blender pump infrastructure. Grants of $2,500 and $5,000 are now available on a first come, first serve basis to vendors who wish to install new or convert existing equipment for ethanol fueling. These grants are in addition to any Federal or state grants or incentives a retailer may be eligible.
There are over 8 million flexible fuel vehicles across the country with more being produced in each model year. Unfortunately, of the 161,000 gasoline stations in the U.S. only 2,200 offer E85 where FFVs may fuel up with a high level blend of domestic, renewable fuel such at 85% ethanol……….another 132 offer mid-level blends,” said Growth Energy Market Development VP, Phil Lampert. “Growth Energy is pleased to offer this assistance to retailers across the nation and we hope that they avail themselves of this unique opportunity.”
Growth Energy can also offer pump imaging and technical assistance along with the grants. You can find the two page outline of the Infrastructure Development Program by clicking here. To apply for the funding, click here.
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Corn Highlighted on the Greening of the Great Lakes
Theresa Sisung, Communications and Programs Coordinator for the Michigan Corn office was interviewed on the April 30 edition of the Greening of the Great Lakes radio program. To hear the six-minute interview, click here.
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Radio campaign combats myths regarding ethanol
In order to help combat the many myths and misinformation being circulated by mainstream media, the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan has been running several "Kernel of Truth" radio spots on WJR in Detroit. Listed below are the five most recent radio spots, each only one minute long:
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Family Farms Still Exist
We're Not Running Out of Corn
Earth Day - Preserving our Land
Earth Day- Improving Efficiencies
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Corn marketing program of michigan reaches out to mainstream media
The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan decided to reach out to a broader audience last fall and educate them on sun safety, road safety around farm equipment and the availability of corn.
Click on each clip below to listen:
Sun Safety
Road Safety
Corn Availability
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