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Missouri Corn Industry Year In Review

Chuck — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:10:41 +0000

CornTalk is the week’y interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. The association has accomplished many things during a very challenging year for corn growers. In this week’s CornTalk, CEO Gary Marshall provides a year in review. He describes the challenges facing corn growers, reviews the accomplishments of the MCGA and looks forward to some of the key issues the organization will focus on in the coming year.

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Missouri Corn Scholarships Available

Chuck — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:56:12 +0000

CornTalk is the week’y interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. This week MCGA’s Becky Grisham talks about the Missouri Corn Scholarship program. High school and college students may apply for 6 scholarships which will be awarded in 2006. She says the application forms are available on their website.

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Will The Missouri River Rise Twice

Chuck — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:31:58 +0000

CornTalk is the week’y interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. The proposed plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to have two spring rises on the Missouri River could create another problem for farmers – crop insurance may not cover any losses as a result. Randy Asbury, Executive Director of the Coalition to Protect the Missouri River, talks about the potential problem and what is being done about it.

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The Growing Popularity of Ethanol

Chuck — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:35:04 +0000

CornTalk is the week’y interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. This week MCGA President, Terry Hilgedick, talks about how the ethanol industry has already surpassed next year’s Renewable Fuels Standard production quota. He describes how grower-owned ethanol plant production is increasing in Missouri and looks forward to next spring’s legislative session and Missouri Governor Matt Blunt’s pledge to support a statewide 10% ethanol/gas blend requirement.

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Big Oil Gets The Big Turkey Award

Chuck — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:33:29 +0000

This week’s CornTalk has a holiday them. Missouri Corn Growers Association CEO, Gary Marshall, announces his “Big Turkey Award” which goes to big oil for posting record profits at the expense of consumers. Marshall also gives thanks to Missouri corn growers and lawmakers for supporting the continued growth of ethanol.

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Missouri River May Rise Twice

Chuck — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:04:45 +0000

This week on Corn Talk, Missouri Corn Growers Association board member, Paul Gross, of Corder, MO, talks about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and the concerns of Missouri agriculture with the plan’s not one, but two Missouri River spring rises ordered to take place in late March and early May.

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Announcing Bootheel Agri-Energy

Chuck — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:10:13 +0000

This week on Corn Talk, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council chairman Mike Geske of New Madrid county in the Bootheel talks about the announcement of Bootheel Agri-Energy, a new ethanol plant project proposed in southeast Missouri.

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Missouri Ethanol Groundbreaking Next Week

Chuck — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:26:41 +0000

CornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with David Vogt, Presidnt of Missouri Ethanol, LLC. Missouri Ethanol, LLC is breaking ground for a new ethanol plant to be built in Laddonia, near Mexico, MO. Vogt talks about the project and the groundbreaking ceremony to be held on November 7.

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New MCGA President Outlines Priorities

Chuck — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:28:28 +0000

CornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with the newly elected president of the organization, Terry Hilgedick. Terry outlines the priorities for the organization this year, including the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard, which will see significant action in the upcoming legislative session. Terry also talks about the corn harvest, comparing it to last year and as he puts it, “What a difference a year makes.”

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Diamond Pet Foods Buying Identity-preserved Corn

Chuck — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:08:18 +0000

CornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with Mark Brinkman, Diamond Pet Foods. Diamond Pet Foods has worked with MCGA’s Value Enhancement Program to develop premium price contracts with Missouri corn growers who supply identity-preserved corn for use in the company’s pet food business. Brinkman says this assures Diamond Pet Food will receive a consistent and safe source of corn!

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Value Added On CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:26:17 +0000

CornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with the CEO, Gary Marshall. Gary talks about added value – and how it is benefiting Missouri corn growers. Last week USDA Rural Development announced the awarding of grant assistance under the Value Added Producer Grant program, and Missouri received more funding than any other single state.

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Taiwanese Goodwill

Chuck — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:52:14 +0000

CornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with a familiar voice to Missouri corn growers! Fred Stemme, the current vice president of marketing for the National Corn Growers Association and former director of communications for MCGA, discusses last week’s visit by the Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission. The mission toured the United States following the signing of the Sept. 14, intent-to-trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan. Included in this high-profile tour was a stop in Missouri. Fred provides details of the event and also highlights the important role that this longstanding and important trading partner plays in the U.S. corn economy.

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Senator Talent On CornTalk

Chuck — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:26:28 +0000

This week’s CornTalk, a program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features Senator Jim Talent (R-MO), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Biofuels Caucus. Cindy interviews the Senator who discusses legislation he is sponsoring that would provide additional disaster assistance for Missouri farmers, and what he is doing to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly implement the new standard for ethanol and biodiesel.

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Hurricane Impact On Missouri Corn Growers

Chuck — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:43:23 +0000

Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath has been getting all the attention lately. It has certainly had an effect on agriculture and in this week’s CornTalk, Cindy Zimmerman interviews Missouri Corn Growers Association Vice President Mike Geske of New Madrid county in the bootheel. Mike talks about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Missouri corn growers in terms of transportation costs, corn prices and input costs.

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More E85 In Missouri

Chuck — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:08:41 +0000

We’ve had this week’s CornTalk from the Missouri Corn Growers Association available to you podcast subscribers all week. I’m just now getting it posted though so pardon the delay.

CornTalk is a weekly interview program from the Missouri Corn Growers Association. In this week’s program Cindy interviews National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition executive director, Phil Lampert about the growth in the number of gas stations that are now offering E85 in Missouri.

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Let’s Get This Ethanol Thing Right

Chuck — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:23:22 +0000

In this week’s CornTalk, National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman discusses last week’s Ethanol Energy Balance forum at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The forum was organized to settle the debate over the net energy balance provided by ethanol. Much of that debate was created by a recent re-release of a questionable research study that suggests that that support for this form of energy is not worth it.

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Mandated Ethanol Discussed On CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:55:06 +0000

It’s CornTalk time and this week Cindy interviews Missouri Corn Growers Associaton CEO Gary Marshall about Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s commitment to getting legislation passed next session that would call for all gasoline sold in the state to be blended with ethanol. Missouri wouldn’t be the first state to pass this legislation and many feel it’s time!

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Promoting Ethanol At The MO State Fair

Chuck — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:50:00 +0000

First it was hot and dry and now it’s cool and wet. That’s the way it goes at the Missouri State Fair. In the Missouri Corn Growers Association CornTalk program this week, summer intern Rachel Nivens talks about what the organization is doing, including promoting ethanol and displaying their flex fuel Chevrolet Tahoe. They plan to present Missouri Senator Jim Talent with an appreciation award on Thursday as well.

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Missouri Drought Subject of CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:55:47 +0000

MO Governor Matt Blunt has requested a disaster declaration for farmers in over 100 counties in Missouri due to drought conditions. In this week’s CornTalk, the weekly interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, our guest is Judy Grundler with the Missouri Department of Agriculture who discusses the crop conditions around the state, what the crop losses mean for Missouri, and the details of the crop disaster declaration.

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The Energy Bill Is The Topic of CornTalk

Chuck — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:25:17 +0000

This week’s CornTalk is with Missouri Corn Merchandising Council chairman Terry Hilgedick of Hartsburg and the topic is the Energy Bill passed last week by Congress and what it means to Missouri corn growers. CornTalk is a weekly podcast on AgWired that’s produced for the Missouri Corn Growers Association.

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Ethanol & Weather On CornTalk

Chuck — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:51:51 +0000

Last week a lot of attention was given to an AP story about an old study saying ethanol costs more to produce than it’s worth. Pretty strange timing when you consider the energy legislation work going on in Washington, DC. In this week’s CornTalk program, Missouri Corn Growers Association CEO, Gary Marshall, discusses the flaws in the study that was quoted and talks about the weather concerns for the state’s corn crop.

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Corn Congress Discussed On CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:12:57 +0000

Last week Missouri Corn Growers Association CEO Gary Marshall was in Washington, DC where his meetings focused on several issues. In this week’s CornTalk program Cindy interviews Gary about the energy bill, the highway bill, WRDA and CAFTA.

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European Trip Discussed On CornTalk

Chuck — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:56:25 +0000

MCGA CEO Gary Marshall just returned from his second trip to Switzerland in the last couple months. While there he met with the folks at Syngenta’s headquarters office. He also stopped in France to meet with French corn growers. Learn about his trip in this week’s CornTalk program.

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Update on CAFTA, WRDA and RFS on CornTalk

Chuck — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:42:21 +0000

It was an active week in Washington, DC for legislation affecting corn growers. In this week’s CornTalk, the weekly interview report from the Missouri Corn Growers Association I interview Samantha Slater, director of public policy for the National Corn Growers Association, who gives us an update on CAFT-DR, WRDA and RFS.

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WRDA On House Floor This Week

Chuck — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:16:13 +0000

This week the House of Representatives is supposed to bring the Water Resources Development Act to the floor for a vote. That’s the topic of CornTalk, the weekly interview program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. I interviewed Lisa Kelley, Director of Public Policy for the National Corn Growers Association.

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Manmade Spring Rise On Missouri River Discussed On CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:21:23 +0000

It’s time to save the Pallid Sturgeon on the Missouri River. At least that’s what it sounds like a bunch of concerned wildlife people want. This is moving pretty quick. This being an attempt to develop a man-made spring rise on the Missouri River. This could put an additional one to three feet of water on the river which would cause river bottom farm land flooding.

This is also the topic of CornTalk, the weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association. In this week’s program I interview Bob Bacon, with the Coalition To Protect The Missouri River. Bob has serious concerns about how quickly this plan is moving and the impact it will have on Missouri farmers. He’s asking for people to get involved and make their concerns known. Go here for more information.

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Senator Jim Talent Talks Energy In This Week’s CornTalk

Chuck — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:01:30 +0000

Energy legislation is sure to be a big topic of discussion in the ag world this week so the Missouri Corn Growers Association CornTalk program features an interview with MO Senator Jim Talent. Senator Talent talks about the debate on the floor of the senate and the renewable fuels standard amendment.

The interview was conducted by Tom Brand, farm director at KFEQ, St. Joseph, MO. You can listen to this week’s CornTalk here

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MO Governor Blunt and Congressman Hulsof In This Week’s CornTalk

Chuck — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:48:36 +0000

The grand opening of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME) last Friday was a major milestone for the renewable fuels industry in Missouri. State and federal officials, as well as farmers, business leaders and curious onlookers, packed a massive tent to talk about the importance of the ethanol and the impact plants such as MME have on communities. In this week’s CornTalk, I’ve got interviews with Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and U. S. Congressman Kenny Hulshof. Both individuals ask the question, “Why are we continuing to look to the Mideast for our energy needs when we can look right here to the Midwest?”

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Ethanol Stories On This Week’s CornTalk

Chuck — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:50:27 +0000

It’s time once again for the weekly interview program from the Missouri Corn Growers Association.

Ethanol is the topic of this week’s CornTalk. Cindy Zimmerman interviews MCGA/MCMC CEO Gary Marshall about the grand opening of the Mid Missouri Energy ethanol plant in Malta Bend on Friday, a new promotional vehicle that GM is providing for the corn growers and his thoughts on ethanol at the Indy 500.

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Mid Missouri Energy Grand Opening Subject of CornTalk

Chuck — Wed, 25 May 2005 01:36:32 +0000

In this week’s CornTalk, I interview Ryland Utlaut, President of Mid Missouri Energy. Ryland discusses the ethanol plant’s grand opening which is scheduled for Friday, June 3. He also talks about the event and how important the facility –and ethanol - is for the state of Missouri. Continue reading →