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Photo: Shutterstock Illinois corn growers are out with their legislative wish lists – for both Washington and Springfield. Association president Randy DeSutter of Knox County says it’s about transportation. “At the top of the list,” DeSutter said, “is getting new locks and dams on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. We export all kinds of corn, (dried distilled grains) … (and) ethanol, so the river system is very important. “Congress is talking about a transportation bill.” Closer to home, Jacqueline Muhammad of ICGA staff said, “We’ll be pursuing a boil that allows fuel...

Agriculture has become adept at collecting data, but continues to fall short of the economic and environmental promise the information bonanza represents. The Sustainability Ag Research Action Team (SARAT) of the National Corn Growers Association has made integrating and managing the wealth of information coming from the farm a priority for 2021. “Farmers have a ton of data on everything from fertilizer performance to machinery efficiency, but it remains difficult to link it all together in a way that makes sense,” said Randy DeSutter, SARAT chairman. “If farmers can integrate it all t...