Page 14—Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18, 1995
State-Wide Corn Checkoffs
What is a Checkoff?
For each bushel of corn sold in 19 dif
ferent states a specified rate or checkoff
is invested by the seller at the first point
of sale. These monies are then collected
at the state level. A state checkoff or
promotion board of farmer-directors
invests the money in state programs of
research, market development and edu
cation to increase the demand for corn.
The farmer-directors also invest in the
State
Alabama*
Colorado.
Georgia ...
Illinois
Indiana....
lowa
Kansas
Kentucky..
Louisiana*
Maryland .
Michigan..
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota..
Ohio
Pennsylvania....
South Carolina
South Dakota..
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia...
Wisconsin
* Alabama and Louisiana do not bane state associations.
HANOVER
Jig rimng stry w
quality agricultural lime since 1918
Date Organized
1979
1984
1971
1971
1967
1975
1982
1979
1975
WIMPEY MINERALS
USA
717-637-7121
Chris Kaminski
National Corn Development
Foundation, which is the banking
arm of the National Corn Growers
Association. Then, on a national level,
NCGA invests checkoff dollars in
research, market development and
education with the mission to enhance
corn profitability and usage to improve
the quality of life in a changing world.
Ohio Checkoff Passed
1986
1987
1982
1977
1977
1990
1986
1991
1993
~..1990
~..1984
....1978
1979
1991
1989
1988
1900
1980
1982
AR
Current Rate
1 cent
1 cent
1/2 cent
1/2 cent
....1/2 cent
1/4 of 1%
....1/2 cent
1/2 of 1%
1 cent
1/2 cent
1/2 cent
,1/4 cent
....1/2 cent
1/4 of 1%
....1/2 cent
1 cent
1/2 cent
1 cent
1/10 cent
mm mi mm
PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC.
NCGA
‘World
Greg W. Roth
Penn State Agronomy
Assistant Professor
In a recent NCGA publica
tion, entitled the “World of
Com”, a number of interesting
figures relating to Pennsylvania
com production and com use
were listed.
In 1994, we ranked 15th in
com grain production, produc
ing more than 123 million
bushels, with an average yield
of 120 bushels per acre.
According to data from the
1992 Census of Agriculture,
there are 21,610 farms that
grow com in the state that aver
age 47 acres of com per farm.
Of these farms, 19,181 grow
less than 100 acres, 1,881 grow
100-249 acres, 396 grow
250-499 acres, and 152 grow
more than 500 acres of com.
Com makes up about 26.2 per
cent of the harvested crop
acreage in the state and is
planted for both silage and
grain on 1.4 million acres.
Projected total com use in
eerless
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Releases
Of Corn’
the U.S. has increased dramati
cally in 1994 compared to
1993. Food, seed and industrial
use increased from 1.58 billion
bushels in 1993 to an estimated
1.7 billion bushels in 1994. The
largest components of this
market are fuel ethanol, com
sweeteners, and industrial
cornstarch.
Animal feed use increased
from 4.7 billion bushels in 1993
to S.6S billion in 1994. During
the same period, com exports
increased from 1.3 billion to 1.9
billion bushels in 1994. Our
largest com export customers
are Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and
Mexico. These increases in
com usage have accounted for a
dramatic increase in total com
use from 7.6 billion bushels to
9.3 billion bushels. The total
projected com use of 9.3 billion
bushels in 1994 is larger than
any previous crop in our his
tory, with the exception of the
9.5 billion bushel crop in 1992.
The value of the 1994 crop was
estimated at more than 22 bil
lion dollars, the largest in U.S.
history.
COMPUTERIZED FEED EQUIPMENT
ROLLED FEED IS BETTER!
• INCREASED BUTTERFAT
• FASTER RATE OF GAIN
• LOW POWER Rf
• REDUCED DUS’
& FINES
EAR CORN SILO MILL
ROLLER
AND
STATIONARY
HAMMERMILL
SYSTEMS
ROLL