Recent Corn Grower Win Shows How to Move the Needle in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to persistent advocacy work by corn farmers, a dispute panel sided with the U.S. in the case involving Mexico’s GM corn ban.
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As We Conclude 2024, a Look at the INS & OUTS In Washington
Reading Time: 4 minutesBrooke Appleton of National Corn looks at what’s on the way in and on the way out in Washington, D.C., in 2025.
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NCGA Focused on Advancing Grower Priorities in New Legislative Landscape
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith our growers facing tough economic headwinds, NCGA and corn grower-leaders are working hard to shape the coming policy landscape.
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Four Questions for NCGA President Kenneth Hartman Jr.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNCGA’s Brooke Appleton learns more about the 2024-25 board president Kenneth Hartman, a fifth-generation family farmer in Illinois.
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NCGA, Allied Ag Groups Step Up Calls for Congress to Pass Farm Bill
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By Brooke S. Appleton
Fall has almost arrived, and along with it comes marathon season. You would expect to see everyone moving at a slow steady speed as a result.
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Grower Advocates, Navigating Unprecedented Times, Push for Bipartisanship
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By Brooke S. Appleton
As I recently sat in my car in 90-plus degree weather, blocked by traffic caused by the NATO meeting in Washington,
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Reflecting on Forward Farm Bill Movement
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By Brooke S. Appleton
It’s summertime in the nation’s capital, and members of Congress appear to be solar-powered.
After a long impasse,
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Corn Growers Focus on Opening Markets, Enforcing Trade Agreements
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By Brooke S. Appleton
It’s an evening we all remember in the Washington office of the National Corn Growers Association and is now a familiar war story that is brought up often at our gatherings.
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A Washington filled with high drama and palace intrigue
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By Brooke S. Appleton
Plots have thickened. Majorities have shrunk. The knives are out. It’s April in Washington but you would be forgiven for thinking it’s the Ides of March.
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