SD Corn

Corn Comments Podcast with Jim Woster.

In this week’s Corn Comments Podcast, Woster talks about the amazing optimism that South Dakota farmers, the True Environmentalists, have each Spring as they prepare to plant for the next year’s supply of food, feed, fuel and fiber.

South Dakota Corn projects won four regional awards, including Best of Show, in a National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) competition.

The winning entries qualify for the national contest. Awards for that contest will be presented during NAMA’s national banquet in April at Kansas City, Mo.

The regional Best of Show award honors the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council’s 60-second “Feeding the World” television commercial. The ad received lots of positive feedback after multiple appearances on South Dakota television channels.

South Dakota Corn partnered with Paulsen Marketing of Sioux Falls on the winning entries. The awards were presented Jan. 31 at the Region III banquet in Des Moines, Iowa.

South Dakota Corn won in the following categories:

·      Advertising Best of Show for “Feeding the World” 60-second TV commercial

·      First place in TV category for “Feeding the World” ad

·      First place in producer- or company-funded ad campaign category for “Feeding the World”

·      Merit award for “Ag Rules Theater, Ask a Farmer” campaign in the producer-funded PR to consumers category

In addition to the South Dakota Corn projects, Paulsen Marketing claimed eight first-place awards and three merit awards.

Corn Comments Podcast with Jim Woster.

In this week’s Corn Comments Podcast, Woster talks about South Dakota Corn’s True Environmentalists campaign. For more information about how South Dakota farmers and ranchers are feeding the world and caring for the land, check out the website:

 www.TrueEnvironmentalists.com 

In a news release today from Field to Market Report, new statistics were released which revealed that modern farming practices involving corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton and potatoes continue to become more and more sustainable.

When specifically talking about corn, the study discovered that in the last 30 years corn farmers have…

• decreased land use per bushel by 30%
• cut soil erosion per bushel by 67%
• reduced irrigation per bushel by 53%
• lowered energy use per bushel by 43%
• lessened greenhouse gas emissions per bushel by 36%

At the same time, corn increased 101 percent in total production and 64 percent in yield bushels per acre.

These stats continue to support South Dakota Corn’s message that farmers are the True Environmentalists who proceed to Grow More while Using Less, the true definition of sustainable agriculture.

To check out the study for yourself, click on the link below:

http://www.fieldtomarket.org/news/2012/field-to-market-releases-national-report-on-agricultural-sustainability/

South Dakota Corn Utilization Council president and Mitchell, South Dakota farmer and rancher, Chad Blindauer explains the benefits of practicing no-till and using biotechnology seeds. More and more farmers are choosing to switch to no-till planting which reduces their fuel usage, emissions, soil erosion and runoff. By using biotech seeds, farmers continue to become more productive while cutting down on pesticide applications. South Dakota farmers are the True Environmentalists.

Corn Comments Podcast with Jim Woster.

A lot of people have asked Mr. Woster about the True Environmentalist numbers he has been sharing lately and yes, they are astounding but accurate.

• IN the next 40 years, farmers will need to produce more food than what was produced in the last 10,000 combined.

• TODAY’S farmers are growing five times as much corn as we produced in 1930′s and doing so on 29% less land.

A quick reminder, don’t forget to register for GrowingOn Part 2 with planting expert Kevin Kimberley of Kimberley Ag Consulting.