WASHINGTON, March 7, 2007 – Keith Bolin, president of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) and a hog and corn farmer from Manlius, Ill., took exception to this weeks’s statement by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) which called for the elimination of federal incentives for renewable energy.

WASHINGTON – March 1, 2007–Keith Bolin, president of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) and a corn farmer from Manlius, Ill.., has announced that his organization, as part of a coalition of 215 agriculture and consumer groups, has sent letters to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reaffirming strong support for country of origin labeling (COOL) for many of the foods sold in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, Feb 21, 2007 –American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt the anticompetitive practices of Monsanto as they relate to the marketing of Roundup® herbicide.

It finally came out of desperation.   War in the Middle East, climate change and high energy costs have caused policy makers and the public to look for better energy policy.  It came when experts say world oil production peaked, offering barely a hundred years of oil left and when parts of the Artic Circle were breaking away because of warming temperatures caused by excessive carbon in the atmosphere.

WASHINGTON, Feb 11, 2007 –American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) President Keith Bolin has extended his congratulations to Roger Richardson for his recent nomination to serve as Maryland’s Secretary of Agriculture.

“Secretary Richardson will be a true asset to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley as well as the farm families of Maryland,” proclaimed Bolin.  “Roger has been a long-time member of the ACGA Board of Directors and has proven to be a true leader for people of the land.  We will miss his presence at our meetings, but our loss is a real win for the farmers and consumers of Maryland”

WASHINGTON, Feb 1, 2007 – The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has denounced the Bush Administration’s new farm bill proposal as the wrong direction for the future of U.S. agriculture policy.

“ACGA has been calling for changing the course in U.S. farm policy for some time now, but with all due respect, Secretary Johanns’ new proposed course is the wrong course,” said ACGA’s Chief Executive Larry Mitchell. “The new proposal eliminates fixed payments, excludes many farmers from the program and lowers the support prices established for many crops.”

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2007 – Keith Bolin, president of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) and a corn and hog farmer from Manlius, Ill., applauds President Bush and the new Congress for their renewable energy initiatives.  “I was very pleased to hear the President’s call for expanding and accelerating the development of renewable energy in his 2007 State of the Union address,” said Bolin.  “I am also excited by the leadership and initiatives exhibited by Congress toward these same goals.  Prior to President’s Bush’s State of the Union speech, 209 bills dealing with energy were already introduced in the very young 110th Congress -- dozens of them dealing with biofuels.”

Moline, Ill., Jan. 19, 2007--- The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) awarded its most prestigious honor, the “Carl L. King Award”, to Lisa Miles at the ACGA annual meeting January 19, 2007.  Ms. Miles has served with ACGA since its founding in 1987 and as the organization’s National Office Director for over a decade.  The award is named for Texas corn grower Carl King who founded ACGA 20 years ago and served as chairman of the ACGA board for many years.

WASHINGTON – Jan. 16, 2007– Farm Aid President Willie Nelson and Keith Bolin, president of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) have announced their organizations’ sponsorship and facilitation of a series of renewable energy and farm policy workshops slated for over a half dozen farm states this year.

With the approaching 2007 farm bill debate and increased focus on the higher corn demand and prices brought on by expanding ethanol production, it would be helpful to review some facts on farm policy and prices as we move forward.

A quarter century ago, in 1981, U.S. farmers and rural communities were suffering from a hangover after the celebration of Russian grain deals of the early 1970s. That brief period of Soviet grain trade brought about several changes in the way most farmers and policy makers viewed U.S. farm policy. One way or another, the winners of the policy debate convinced almost everyone that 1973 and 1974 were the norm and that every year since then -- all 33 of them -- were the exception.