National Corn Growers Association

Farmers Not To Blame For High Food Prices

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: US Economy, Food Inflation, High Food Prices, US Agriculture, Economy, Corn, Farmers, Corn Crop, Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, Usda, Ethanol Industry, Food Industry, Food News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers and ethanol producers have braced for what they expect could be widespread criticism as corn prices are rising rapidl...

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Time to Stop Subsidizing Ethanol

Erich Pica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earl Pomeroy, Energy Independence and Security Act, Biofuels, Growth Energy, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Fuels Association, Veetc, Subsidies, House Ways and Means Committee, National Corn Growers Association, Corporate Greed, Corn Ethanol, Congressional Budget Office, Green News
Erich Pica

The $5 billion VEETC subsidy pads the pockets of Big Oil but does almost nothing to advance its stated purpose of actually promoting ethanol production.

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Taxpayer Investment in Ethanol Yields Little Relief from Oil

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf, Subsidy, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Growth Energy, Corn, Agriculture, Dead Zone, Agribusiness, Blender's Tax Credit, e10, Ethanol, National Corn Growers Association, Blend, Corn Ethanol, e15, Ewg, Green News
Donald Carr

Between 2005 and 2009, U.S. taxpayers spent a whopping $17 billion to subsidize corn-ethanol blends in gasoline. What did they get in return? A reduc...

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Greenwashing Corn: Industrial Ag Tries to Bolster its Tarnished Image

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Food Inc., King Corn, Corn, Dead Zone, Agriculture, National Corn Growers Association, Farm Subsidies, Corn Ethanol, Corn Farms, Green News
Donald Carr

EWG can hardly wait to get our invitation to hear how the corn growers are going to boost their image with environmentalists by growing more corn.

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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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Obama's Ethanol Support Shared By Many Advisers

New York Times | Larry Rohter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy, Renewable Fuels Association, Ethanol, National Corn Growers Association, Barack Obama, Green News

When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry's most prominent boosters show...

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