ASSOCIATION CALLS ON AGRIBUSINESS TO HELP EXPAND USES FOR CORN.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)

Agri Marketing,  May, 2001  by Krebs, Candace

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Editor's Note: Rick Tolman was named executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Corn Growers Association in September. He previously spent 18 years at the U.S. Grains Council in Washington, D.C., where he was executive director of international programs.

AM: What are the biggest issues facing your membership?

Tolman: We have five key issues, starting with the Farm Bill. We've recently been in testimony before the House Agriculture Committee with a fairly innovative counter-cyclical proposal. The second is biotechnology. We've decided we need to ...

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