Ohio Corn Growers

Our Mission

As a membership based organization, and separate from the
Ohio Corn Checkoff Program,
our mission is to facilitate
opportunities for Ohio corn growers,
and represent you
in forums that impact your livelihood

Ethanol: Helping Limit Fuel Prices

While critics accuse ethanol of driving up food prices, what many do not realize is that without ethanol, energy prices would be even higher.
Increased fuel costs would no doubt increase food prices. Following are just a few of the studies that show ethanol is a key factor in keeping fuel prices from rising ... Click here >>

Big Oil Making Big Money

While consumers are pinched with record prices at the pump and growing food costs, oil companies are enjoying times of soaring
profit. The higher costs of oil are being passed on to customers. Yet, oil companies continue to enjoy increasing profits and $18 billion in federal subsidies. Read more >>

Ethanol plants in Ohio

OCGA has an updated map of ethanol plants under construction or operating in Ohio! Click on the thumbnail logo above to go to the page.

Leading Food Policy Center Study Cites Rising Oil Costs as Underlying Force in Food and Fuel Argument

A study released today by Texas A&M’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center illustrates corn prices have had little to do with rising food costs, the National Corn Growers Association notes. The report, “The Effects of Ethanol on Texas Food and Fuel” also determined that relaxing the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) would not result in lower corn prices for livestock and poultry feeders. Click here >>

News

USDA: Growers continue to provide food, feed, fuel

MARION, OH – The USDA’s recently released acreage report shows Ohio growers planting an estimated 3.2 million acres of corn in 2008, an 8.7 percent decrease from 2007 when 3.6 million acres were planted. Read More >

Sen. Brown calls Bush farm bill veto a betrayal of Ohio farmers, working families, applauds senate override of veto

Washington, DC – United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the first Ohioan to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee in four decades, today called President George W. Bush’s second veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008—also known as the Farm Bill—a continuation of failed policies that have hurt middle class families and destroyed communities. Read More >>

Despite rain, Ohio ahead of the curve on corn planting

MARION, OH – According to the latest crop reports, the USDA estimates that Ohio has 100 percent of the projected areas of corn in the ground. 92 percent of the corn has already emerged, compared to the five-year average of 97 percent at this time. Read More >>

Ohio corn growers deeply concerned and are providing food, feed and fuel

By Steve Vanzant
Ohio Corn Marketing Program Board Member

Farmers such as myself are deeply concerned about the current state of affairs in providing food and energy for our nation, and indeed the world. After all, we have devoted our lives to the production of food, and we take our life’s work very seriously. Unfortunately, there is much disinformation being distributed about the effects of ethanol production on our food supply and consequently, food prices. For the common good of our country, the time has come to address some of this disinformation. Read More >>

Tired of talk show hosts bashing corn? Speak out!

We continue to work to ensure a positive opinion among the public regarding corn-based ethanol and the food and fuel debate. But we also need your help. Tips for Rush >>

Corn growers concerned by big food’s big myths

Food companies and their surrogates continued their campaign today to take away one of the most important tools our country has to fight against rising gas costs – ethanol. The food companies and their lobby group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, continue to suggest that ethanol use is a key driver in the increasing costs of food. Read More >>

Click below to take action against GMA:

http://ncga.com/news/notd/2008/May/052208b.asp

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