Corn on the Cob Day -ooops it's really in August

HOWEVER, while California is NOT in the top 11 corn producing states we can be counted in the eager consumers column or calculations. US Corn Production By State: The Top 11 Rankings [in 2022] | CropProphet

Production Rankings: 2021 RankStateProduction (M bu)

What we do know about celebrating CORN!

• The National Corn Growers Association has a free VIRTUAL-only programming for CUTC 2022 (Corn Utilization & Technology Conference), focused on new uses of corn and mycotoxins! CUTC Virtual 2022 (ncga.com)
• The NCGA statistics for 2018 Home (ncga.com)
  1. 21.4 million metric tons of corn and corn co-products were exported to Mexico and Canada
  2. Valued at $4.56 billion
• Minnesota
  1. August 17-21, 2022 Corn-on-the-Cob Days is a five-day celebration of “Everything Corn” that is unique to Plainview.
  2. Corn On The Cob Days in Plainview, MN (corncobdays.com)
• NCGA Corn Yield Contest includes 9 production categories based on growing practices, and the national contest ranks the top three growers in each category.
  1. The 27 national winners (2021) had verified yields averaging more than 376 bushels per acre, compared to the projected national average of 177 bushels per acre nationwide.
  2. The highest yield of the contest across all production categories was achieved by David Hula, topping 600 bushels per acre 2021 Corn Yield Contest winners announced (farmprogress.com)
  3. American farmers grow five times more corn than they did in the 1930s – on 20% less land! (USDA)
  4. Only 1% of the corn grown in the U.S. is sweet corn for humans. The rest is field corn used for livestock feed and ethanol. Nebraska Corn Farmers: Sustaining Innovation | Nebraska Corn Board
• While Corn is the #1 crop grown in American it is not a topic discussed heavily by Congress....except Senator Grassley of Iowa. He made a comment in 2019 about his efforts to keep CORN in the discussion.
  "Mr. President, in honor of the Iowa Department of Agriculture's Sweet <mark>Corn</mark> Days yesterday, I would like to highlight the strong agricultural sector of my State of Iowa. Many people don't know how you get from the seed to the <mark>corn</mark> on the <mark>cob</mark> you are used to seeing on your dinner table. That is one reason, particularly for city people, that I started the hashtag ``<mark>Corn</mark> Watch'' series on my Instagram. Each week I post an update with the progress of how the crop is growing on my farm in New Hartford, IA. It is a small way to show nonfarmers how Iowa feeds and fuels the world. I yield the floor."

https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/7/11/senate-section/article/s4779-4

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