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Agriculture Network Information Center; Alaska Cooperative Extension Service; American Agricultural Law Association; American Agriculture Movement; American Angora Goat Breeders' Association; American Corn Growers Association; American Dairy Association; American Egg Board; American Farm Bureau Federation; American Feed Industry Association ...
The Agriculture Network Information Collective (AgNIC) [1] alliance was formed in 1995 by a group of four land grant institutions - Cornell University, Iowa State University, University of Arizona, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library (NAL). In 1998, NAL assumed the role as ...
In addition to being used as food, corn is a source of ethanol fuel, and the NCGA has provided standards and guidelines for farmers growing ethanol. [4]The NCGA has also advocated for continued support and subsidies from the United States government for the ethanol fuel program, citing studies on the benefits for fighting climate change of switching away from fossil fuels towards ethanol.
The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) is a commodity and advocacy association founded in 1987 to represents the interests of corn (maize) producers in the United States, where corn is used for human and animal food and to produce ethanol.
The Center's strongest work has focused on rural micro-enterprise development in Nebraska, federal farm and rural policy, research and analysis of rural economic issues and trends, and, historically, its work with beginning farmers and ranchers. [1] Brian Depew is the current Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs. [2]
Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ...
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
CIFOR is the leading center for the CGIAR Research Programme 'Forests, Trees and Agroforestry' (also known as CRP6). [5] This initiative brings together four Centers who specialise in their respective subjects—the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), CIFOR, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Bioversity International ...