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Missouri corn farmer outlines national-level priorities

A farmer serving on the National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Board says getting the Next Generation Fuels Act across the finish line remains their top priority.

Gary Porter from Mercer, Missouri tells Brownfield, “If we can get this through, it means we can burn higher amounts of ethanol and replace the fuels that are contaminating the air. It will also lower the price for consumers at the pump while supporting farmers.”

He says they are also concerned about rising input costs, and if commodity prices begin to fall, it could mean big trouble for US farmers.

“With commodity prices like they are right now, we can actually squeeze in a profit. But, if commodity prices go down, and they can drop like a rock in just a day or two- if they do that, we can no longer support the high input costs that we a paying right now.”

Porter says they filed an amicus brief with the courts to weigh in on how fertilizer tariffs and potential price gouging are impacting corn farmers.

And he reminds his fellow farmers that NCGA and state corn groups are working hard on these new challenges as well as year-round issues like WOTUS and the farm bill.

Porter dives deeper into national priorities in this episode of Missouri Corn Talk.

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