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ORLANDO, Fla. A
near-record number of
growers and industry leaders
picked up the latest in agri
cultural technology, tips on
being more efficient and prof
itable, and ideas on farming’s
future here at the 2000 Com
modity Classic in early
March.
A total of 3,792 attended
this year’s Commodity Clas
sic, the combined convention
and trade show of the Na
tional Corn Growers Associa
tion (NCGA) and the
American Soybean Associa
tion (ASA). The event also re
ceived significant news
coverage, with a record 109
print and broadcast media
representatives in atten
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“Once again, growers and
leaders attending Commod
ity Classic profited from their
experience,” said NCGA
President Lynn Jensen of
Lake Preston, S.D. “They not
only gathered information
that will improve their opera
tions, but had a good time in
the process.”
Some of the highlights of
this year’s Commodity Clas
sic include:
• A speech by U.S. Agri
culture Secretary Dan Glick
man, who rallied grower
support for permanent
normal trade relations (NTR)
with China a key priority
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Glickman noted that as an
emerging superpower, China
has tremendous growth po
tential for U.S. trade. “Our
markets are already wide
open to China, giving us a
five-to-one trade deficit,” he
said. “All the concessions are
on their side. We have noth
ing to lose and everything to
gain by passing NTR and al
lowing China into the WTO
(World Trade Organiza
tion).”
• An insightful look into
the future of agriculture by
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economist and futurist Dr.
Lowell Catlett, who used one
word to summarize the eco
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only word that can accurately
answer the millions of ques
tions and possibilities that the
future presents,” Catlett
said. “It also symbolizes the
practice of not eliminating
any single possibility since
nothing is guaranteed or
predetermined.”
• Presentations by NCGA
President Lynn Jensen and
ASA President Marc Curtiss
who addressed topical agri
cultural issues such as free
trade, biotechnology, risk
management, and transpor
tation.
• The latest information
on production agriculture
technology and the entire in
dustry of agriculture at a va
riety of educational seminars.
• Marketing clinics, co
sponsored by NCGA and
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• A record 654 trade show
booths representing 156 com
panies, offering attendees the
latest in technology, prod
ucts, marketing, and produc
tion practices.
• Memorable entertain
ment by multiple Grammy
award winning performer
Ricky Skaggs, who regaled
the crowd with a variety of
bluegrass and Gospel music.
Corn Congress delegates
focused on the future when
they met during the Com
modity Classic to set NCGA
policy for the year. A total of
122 delegates, representing
23 states, adopted a vision
statement to guide delibera
tions on federal farm pro
grams in the 2002 farm bill
and beyond. It directs NCGA
to “evaluate and support
farm policy that will ensure
that America’s farmers are
globally competitive, market
responsive, and environmen
tally responsible, and that
provides producers with
access to world markets,
access to capital, access to
advances of technology, and
risk management, in a sus
tainable and environmentally
sound manner.” In addition,
delegates voted to oppose any
decrease in the marketing as
sistance loan rate for corn
and they voted that the
USDA should set the posted
county price as the average of
the two adjusted terminal
prices for the county.
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