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-NCGA ST. LOUIS — With entry for the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest now open, farmers across the country are joining the friendly competition, giving it their best and hoping to top their personal best. NCYC entrants contribute to a pool of shared knowledge that helps all corn farmers in challenging years. So, plant a new seed of thought, shed some light and have some fun. The premier event of every corn growing season since 1965, the National Corn Yield Contest offers challenges and rewards to each entrant. In 2020, 7,844 growers accepted the challenge, e...

Willie Vogt CORN AND CARBON: As farmers look ahead at potential opportunities to take advantage of climate-sensitive opportunities, looking at how practices impact soil health and emissions may bring new opportunities. Discussion surrounding reduction and removal of carbon emissions may bring new opportunities to the farm. As a new administration dawned in 2021 and the conversation around extreme weather changed, talk turned to how farmers could be part of the solution. Often, farms are tagged as part of the problem for greenhouse gas emissions — yet there are oppo...

March 12, 2021 By David Murray Whatever else happens with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, farmers and agricultural producers are looking forward to another great export year for key American agricultural commodities. Exports of American corn, soybeans, sorghum, cattle and pork are all up, and world demand continues to boom. Most of the grain exports will be carried by barge at some point.  The leaders of major agricultural advocacy groups spoke at the opening session of the Commodity Classic, the U.S.’s largest annual fa...

This year Commodity Classic’s pivoted from a live show—originally scheduled to take place in San Antonio— to a digital online format has created some unique opportunities for the 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic. The 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic featured more than 50 educational sessions that will be delivered digitally direct to farmers across the nation and around the world March 2-5, 2021.