October 21, 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

• Request for Application For CCPC 2024 Action Teams
• Matt Mulch on KSIR/Ag Queen Podcast
• Consider Corn Challenge IV Winners Announced
• Citizen Advocate Webinar: The Virtual Advocacy Toolkit & Conducting Virtual Meetings with Congress
• Enter NCGA’s Photo Contest
• Colorado Ag Water Summit - Registration Now Available

Request for Application For CCPC 2024 Action Teams

Would you like to be considered for a Colorado Corn Promotion Council Action Team position for 2024? Here is your chance. Action Teams (A-Teams) are an integral part of the CCPC that dive into the issues impacting the corn industry in Colorado. A-Teams members will be appointed in late November/early December with the term starting January 1, 2024, until December 31, 2024. A-Teams will meet four (4) times a year on a quarterly basis.

Your service on an A-Team will provide a substantive program and communication foundation for the CCPC to strengthen the work accomplished on behalf of Colorado corn producers.

Applications must be completed and returned to the state office by November 16th, 2023.

Download the application here

Matt Mulch on KSIR/Ag Queen Podcast

Newly elected CCPC President Matt Mulch sat down with Lorrie Boyer of KSIR and the Ag Queen podcast to talk about his goals for the next year.

Consider Corn Challenge IV Winners Announced

At yesterday’s Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership 2023 Conference in San Francisco, California, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced the winners of the Consider Corn Challenge IV. Four winners were chosen, each with a unique way to improve a product or process using feed corn to produce biobased materials. 

“The Consider Corn Challenge fosters innovative collaborations between corn farmers and industry, which paves the way for new products, chemicals and applications. This year’s winners have continued to demonstrate corn’s adaptability,” said Director of Market Development Sarah McKay. “And corn’s unique versatility can be witnessed in the showcase of their diverse approaches and applications. This contest continues to highlight the fact that U.S. corn is an extremely flexible feedstock suited for biobased products.” 

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Citizen Advocate Webinar: The Virtual Advocacy Toolkit & Conducting Virtual Meetings with Congress

Mountain West Pesticide Education & Safety Training (PEST) is happy to announce pesticide applicator recertification workshops around Colorado this upcoming training season. All of these workshops provide ALL seven required core credits. The workshops are open to both private and commercial applicators as well as applicator technicians. If you are a commercial applicator and need category credits, please contact MWPEST.

Workshops are posted at http://www.mountainwestpest.com/continuing-education.html

Enter NCGA’s Photo Contest

Fields-of-Corn.com, the official photo contest of the National Corn Growers Association (NGCA), relaunched on the first of September.

Open to all, NCGA invites photographers to help tell the story of farming field corn in America. Through this contest, NCGA seeks high-resolution photos to document the rich history of growing corn, captured from seed to harvest as well as the tenacious families that grow it. Entries will be accepted through the end of November and will be available to accumulate votes directly through the website, closing on December 31.

Photographers will be competing for 26 awards over eight categories. Visa gift card prizes range up to $500. Winners will be announced in January 2024.

Colorado Ag Water Summit - Registration Now Available

Join farmers, ranchers, and water managers around the state to discuss water issues impacting the agricultural community at the Colorado Ag Water Summit.

Date: November 29-30, 2023

Location: Larimer County Fairgrounds, Loveland, Co

Topics

• The Colorado River: Building a Statewide Ag Response
• Is WOTUS Dead?
• Drought Resilience Projects Around the State
• Taking Advantage of Federal Funding and Investing in Irrigation Infrastructure for The Future
• Colorado State University TAPS (Testing Ag Performance Solutions): Lessons from Year One
• Understanding Recent and Future Challenges to the Prior Appropriation System

More Information and registration is available on the website https://www.coagwater.org/summit

UPCOMING DEADLINES

• NCGA Fields of Corn Contest – Dec. 31, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

• November 29-30 - Colorado Ag Water Summit