Department of Energy Recognizes ACGF's Director McGuire
CHICAGO, May 8, 2009—ACGF Wealth From The Wind Program and Nebraska Wind for Schools Outreach Success Recognized by DOE With ACGF Project Director/Nebraska Wind for Schools Facilitator Receiving “Midwest Regional Wind Advocate Award” at Wind Powering America Summit – May 2009 in Chicago, Illinois


Click here to print the .pdf documentAMERICAN CORN GROWERS ARE MAJOR SPONSOR OF WINDPOWER 2008 IN HOUSTON
Energy Independence, New Transmission, 20% Wind Energy Vision, C-BED Wind Model Are Key

HOUSTON, May 23, 2008---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), through their Wealth From The Wind (WFTW) program, are a major sponsor of WINDPOWER 2008 June 1-4 in Houston, Texas. WINDPOWER 2008 is expected to be the largest wind energy conference and trade show ever held in North America with as many as eight thousand representatives of the wind industry, government and advocacy organizations participating in the activities..
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Congress Should Act Quickly To Extend the Wind Energy Production Tax Incentive
An Editorial Comment on Wind Energy Policy
By Dan McGuire, Consultant, CEO-American Corn Growers Foundation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2008—Congress needs to prioritize extending renewable energy incentives. In so doing they will be in step with the vast majority of the American public in acknowledging and endorsing wind energy’s many benefits.

Wind Energy is Green Power: According to the U.S. Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL) Wind Energy Benefits fact sheet www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37602.pdf, “Wind energy is clean energy that produces no emissions, which means it doesn’t contribute to acid rain and snow, global climate change, smog, regional haze, mercury contamination, water withdrawal, and particulate-related health effects.” Water use is also a critical issue for this country, especially in the Great Plains and the western U.S. NREL estimates that 4,000 Megawatts of wind energy results in 10.51 billion gallons of savings in water withdrawn and 6.31 billion gallons of savings in water consumed. A 1/23/08 AP article reports that one nuclear plant in America’s Southeast draws 33 million gallons of water a day, with 17 million gallons lost to evaporation in the cooling towers. And fossil/thermal plants don’t operate 100 percent of the time either.
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American Corn Growers Foundation Continues Wind Energy Information, Education and Outreach Project Through New W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grant

WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 2007—The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF), through its Wealth From The Wind program, is continuing its information, education and outreach project aimed at developing the economic and environmental potential of wind power generation for the economic benefit of farmers, the people living in rural communities and for the future energy security of the American economy and society overall.

The wind energy education and outreach project is funded by a two-year $300,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) of Battle Creek, Michigan and continues throughout calendar years 2007 and 2008.....complete Story   Click here for the (.pdf) Press Release.


Click here to print the .pdf documentWind Energy Works as an Integral Part of Future Farm Policy

Author: Dan McGuire Consultant, CEO-American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF)
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2007—“Farm and commodity groups have come together to support progressive wind energy policies as a result of the ACGF-ACGA Wealth From The Wind program. The American Agricultural Wind Coalition (AAWC) continues to inform farm Organization leadership and continues to promote policies that help both individual farmers and rural America capture the economic benefits of wind turbine ownership or wind project involvement,” says David Senter, AAWC national coordinator and ACCF consultant, Washington, DC.......complete Story   Click here for the (.pdf) brochure.


Severe Decline in Corn Gluten Exports Weakens US Ethanol Industry's Future

New ACGF Survey Shows Only 26% of Elevators Segregate GMO from Non-GMO
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2007—The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) surveyed 1,057 grain elevators during April 2007 in the eighteen (18) states that produce the majority of U. S. grain.  “Only 26% of the elevators surveyed report that they require the segregation of GMO (genetically modified) varieties from Non-GMO varieties. This finding raises concerns about the ability of the U.S. to hold on to the critical corn gluten export market that is so important to the future health of our ethanol sector,” reports Dan McGuire, Director of the ACGF Farmer Choice-Customer First program...
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Severe Decline in Corn Gluten Exports Weakens US Ethanol Industry's Future
New ACGF Survey Shows Only 26% of Elevators Segregate GMO from Non-GMO
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Wind Energy Works As Farm Policy Evolves--ACGF WINDPOWER 2006 Poster Presentation.
Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry:  The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply
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ACGF-Poster Abstract Author: Dan McGuire.  Click on the image to view or print the Windpower 2006 Poster. Click to Download - Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry:  The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply
The Biomass as Feedstock poster (pictured above) is available as a full size pdf suitable for printing.  NOTE:  The poster dimensions are 46" x 34" and 11.6 MB (12,213,609 bytes).  Approximate download time over broadband connection may be as long as 3-4 minutes.  Click here to down load the larger file fomat.
 
Wind Energy Works! First Anniversary

NATIONAL WIND ENERGY COALITION CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY, FORESEES CONTINUED GROWTH IN MEMBERS, ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2006---The national Wind Energy Works! coalition celebrates its first anniversary this month. Launched to highlight the breadth and strength of support for wind energy across the country, the coalition brings together the American Wind Energy Association and a wide array of groups that support wind energy development for its many benefits. The coalition has grown from 23 members at the time it was launched to almost 70 members today, and includes national, regional and local agricultural, economic development, environmental, and faith-based groups. For a full listing of members see http://www.windenergyworks.org/coalition_members.html.....complete Story


Wind Energy Works As Farm Policy Evolves--ACGF WINDPOWER 2006 Poster Presentation.....(pdf) Poster
WASHINGTON, DC, June 5, 2006---Wind energy offers a new and critically important means for farmers and rural America to help mitigate two looming economic threats to the rural economy. One threat stems from proposals on the table at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Escalating agricultural input costs from fossil fuel prices is the other threat.....complete Story

AMERICAN CORN GROWERS CO-SPONSOR WINDPOWER 2006 IN PITTSBURGH, PA

Renewable Energy, Soaring Cost of Corn Production and U. S. Farm Policy Are Key ACGF Messages

PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2006---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), through their Wealth From The Wind (WFTW) program, are major sponsors of WINDPOWER 2006 June 4-7 in Pittsburgh, PA.  WINDPOWER 2006 is expected to be the largest wind energy conference and trade show ever held in North America with as many as forty-five hundred to five thousand participating in the activities.....complete Story


Western Governors’ Association Goal of 30,000 Megwatts of Clean Energy By 2015
By Dan McGuire, CEO, American Corn Growers Foundation
Steering Committee Member, Wind Energy Works! Coalition

WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2006---Energy is on the front page of our nation’s papers again.  From high prices at the gas pump to bitter disputes over drilling in wilderness areas, Americans are examining their “addiction to oil.” ....complete Story


American Corn Growers Foundation Continues Wind Power Information, Education and Outreach Project With New W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grant

WASHINGTON, DC, August 10, 2005---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF), through its Wealth From The Wind program, is continuing its information, education and outreach project aimed at developing the economic and environmental potential of wind power generation for the economic benefit of farmers, the people living in rural communities and for the future energy security of American society.....complete Story


New National Coalition Formed to Promote Clean, Renewable, Domestic Wind Energy Development
“Wind Energy Works!” Will Draw on Diverse Membership to Engage in the National Wind Energy Conversation, Combat Misinformation

July 6, 2005 – Washington, D.C. – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today announced the formation of a broad national coalition of wind energy advocates that is intended to be the largest pro-wind energy development organization of its kind in the United States.  Wind Energy Works! will actively and aggressively engage in the public conversation over the merits of wind energy, educate the public about the many benefits of wind energy development, and act as a counterbalance to the misinformation being spread by wind energy opponents in communities across the country.
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AMERICAN CORN GROWERS CO-SPONSOR NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST EVER WIND CONF. 

U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY WIND POWERING AMERICA PROGRAM PRAISED FOR AG OUTREACH

DENVER, MAY 15, 2005---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), through their Wealth From The Wind program, are a major sponsor of WINDPOWER 2005 this week in Denver, Colo.  WINDPOWER 2005 is expected to be the largest wind energy event ever held in North America with as many as four thousand expected to attend....complete Story


AMERICAN CORN GROWERS FOUNDATION RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT LOST CORN GLUTEN MARKET
L
OW CORN PRICES DUE TO BIOTECH BLUNDERING

Washington, D.C., May 9, 2005—The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) are warning U.S. corn farmers that key U.S. corn gluten exports are being lost due to unapproved biotech, specifically GMO (genetically modified organisms) varieties that are unacceptable in various markets.
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New National Survey of Over One Thousand Grain Elevators Shows Twenty-Four Percent Require GMO Corn Variety Segregation.  Twelve Percent Report Offering Premiums for Non-GMO Corn
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News Release (.pdf document)
Elevator Survey Results-Corn.
Complete Survey Results

Read the August 16, 2004 News Release
2004 Producer GMO Acreage Survey.
Survey Results

New Survey Shows Farmers Planted Only About One-Third Of U.S. Corn Acres To GMOs In 2004

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2004—A new nationwide survey of U.S. corn farmers found that they planted only 34.4 percent of their total corn acres to genetically modified (GMO), biotech varieties in 2004.  Robinson and Muenster Associates, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota conducted the survey for the American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) Farmer Choice-Customer First program during June of 2004....more

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CORN FARMER SURVEY SHOWS VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR WIND ENERGY INCENTIVES

RMA INC. FINDS MOST SUPPORT GRANTS AND WIND PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2004A just-completed national survey of corn producers, conducted by RMA Research, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) found a strong, majority level of support among farmers on a range of critical issues related to the future growth of the U.S. wind industry....more
AMERICAN CORN GROWERS CO-SPONSOR GLOBAL WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE
PROMOTE YEAR ROUND RENEWABLE ENERGY CROP
CHICAGO – March 28, 2004 -- As the 2004 corn crop is about to be planted in Illinois, farmers are looking at another new crop that can be harvested around the clock, year round. Wind energy offers a new income stream for farmers and major economic development opportunities for rural communities....more
Electricity from the Wind:
Economic Development for Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 1, 2003 -- It may seem hard to believe, but according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2003 farm income forecast, 94 percent of total farm household income comes from off-farm sources. Many rural families work off-farm jobs in addition to farming to make ends meet....more
American Corn Growers Foundation Launches
Wind Power Education Project
With W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 6, 2003 -- The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF), through its Wealth From The Wind program, has begun a project aimed at developing the economic and environmental potential of wind power generation to benefit small and mid-sized farmers, the people living in rural communities and American society overall....more