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NEW: visit agsense.org for more
information on atrazine!
Farmers launch www.AGSense.org
to fight false claims and shoddy science against atrazine use
July 7, 2010--
Loss of Atrazine Would Wipe Out 21,000 to 48,000 Jobs
Dependant on Agriculture
University of Chicago economist says even more losses would come when
sorghum, sugar cane and other crops are considered
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2010) – Banning
the agricultural herbicide atrazine would cost between 21,000 and 48,000
jobs from corn production losses alone, according to University of Chicago
economist Don L. Coursey, Ph.D.
Dr. Coursey announced his findings at a briefing sponsored by the Triazine
Network today at the National Press Club in Washington.
Coursey estimates atrazine’s annual production value to corn alone to be
between $2.3 billion and $5 billion. Atrazine’s additional value to
sorghum, sugar cane and other uses increases these totals.
“The economic data on atrazine are very clear. As a first-order estimate,
banning atrazine will erase between 21,000 and 48,000 jobs related to or
dependant on corn production, with additional job losses coming from both
sugar cane and sorghum production losses,” Coursey said. “The range is
wide because we have never before banned a product on which so many depend
and for which suitable replacements have a wide variety of prices and
application regimes.”
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Coursey’s statement can be viewed at
http://agsense.org/
June 30, 2010--Farmers Plant 7.1 Million Acres to Feedgrains
Kansas farmers planted 4.7 million acres of corn this spring,
according to the June acreage report released by Kansas Agricultural
Statistics Service (KASS). Kansas ranks 6th in the nation in planted
corn acres following Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota and Indiana. The
Kansas corn crop is up 15 percent from last year and is the largest
acreage since 1936.
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6-21-10--New Website Offers
News and Information on Atrazine by the Farmers Who Have Safely Used it
for Generations
Farmers launch www.AGSense.org
to fight false claims and shoddy science against atrazine use
A group of farmers who raise corn, sorghum and other crops throughout the
country have launched a new website,
www.AGSense.org, to bring some common sense and straight talk to
the debate about atrazine.
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May 26, 2010--Kansas
Corn Farmers Support Coalition to Provide Facts on Modern Family Farms
The Corn Farmers Coalition announced today they will return to Washington
this summer with a major educational program aimed at policymakers and
opinion leaders who affect the fate of America’s family corn farmers.
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May 18, 2010--Planting Going Well for Most
Kansas, Corn Farmers
Kansas corn farmers are well ahead of last year’s planting pace with
85 percent of the crop planted, according to Kansas Ag Statistics latest
report. At this time last year only 69 percent of the Kansas corn crop was
in the ground, and the five year average is 83 percent. Kansas Corn
Growers Association Director of Communications Sue Schulte said most
Kansas farmers are upbeat.
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May 14, 2010
U of I Atrazine Study Shows Ban Would Hurt Midwest Producers
A study at the University of Illinois aims at
showing how important atrazine is to crops in the Midwest. The study
looked at 175 sweet corn fields in the Midwest.
“While the vast majority of our Kansas corn
growers raise field corn, which is a feedgrain, this research is valuable
because it helps us understand how vegetable farmers also rely on
atrazine,” according to Jere White, Executive Director of the Kansas Corn
Growers Association.
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ATRAZINE NEWS
NEW: visit
agsense.org for more information on
atrazine! Kansas Corn continues to defend
atrazine as EPA initiates yet another round of science advisory panels to
re-reevaluate the herbicide that has been used safely for 50 years. Visit
the
Atrazine Blog
at
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CORN
NEWS
6-18-10--Kansas
Municipal and Ag Groups to Intervene in Nutrient Runoff Lawsuit Against
EPA
June 18, 2010--Calling the Friends of the Kaw (FOK) recent notice to sue
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over nutrient runoff
groundless, five municipal, agricultural and agribusiness groups filed a
letter with EPA today to intervene in the action.
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June 11, 2010
Kansas Growers Participate in Corn Utilization Conference
Corn is a versatile crop that has thousands of uses. Years of
scientific research has played a vital role in unlocking the potential
of corn. This week, those scientists, corn growers and others are
gathered in Atlanta, Georgia for the Corn Utilization and Technology
Conference (CUTC).
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June 2, 2010
Kansas corn, sorghum planting progresses with warmer temperatures
According to the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Progress
report, nearly a quarter of the state’s sorghum crop is in the ground
while corn planted is nearly completed.
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May 27, 2010
Commentary: Atrazine Scare
Campaign Uses Same Junkscience, Playbook as Alar Scare
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May 26, 2010
Kansas Corn Farmers Support
Coalition to Provide Facts on Modern Family Farms
The Corn Farmers Coalition announces a return to Washington this summer.
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May 18, 2010
Planting Going Well for
Most Kansas, U.S. Corn Farmers
Kansas corn farmers are well ahead of last year’s planting pace with
85 percent of the crop planted
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May 14, 2010
U of I Atrazine Study Shows Ban Would Hurt Midwest Producers
A study at the University of Illinois aims at
showing how important atrazine is to crops in the Midwest. The study
looked at 175 sweet corn fields in the Midwest. “While the vast majority of our Kansas corn
growers raise field corn, which is a feedgrain, this research is valuable
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