The Grain Store -
Newsletter of the Maryland Grain Producers
Legendary
Broadcaster Orion "The Big O" Samuelson Featured as
Keynote Speaker at Commodity Classic
The Maryland Grain Producers
Association (MGPA),
Maryland Soybean Board, Maryland Grain Producers Utilization
Board, and Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association are
pleased to announce Orion "The Big O" Samuelson as the
keynote speaker for the 13th
Annual Maryland Commodity Classic on Thursday, July 29,
2011, in Queen Anne’s County.
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Grain Farmers Urged to Vote July
29
Maryland grain farmers are
encouraged to make their vote count in the Maryland Grain
Checkoff Program referendum on July 29, 2011. This
20-year-old program administered by the Maryland Grain
Producers Utilization Board (MGPUB) is designed to fund
market development, research and education projects focused
on improving local farm profitability.
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MGPUB Offers Assistance for
Retailers and Farmers Seeking Renewable
Energy Funding -
Informational
Meeting May 24 in Annapolis
The Maryland Grain Producers
Utilization Board is offering assistance to farmers
and businesses in preparing applications for a share of the
$70 million in loan guarantees and grants
available through the Rural Energy for America Program
(REAP).
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June 1st Deadline
for Scholarship Applications
The Maryland Grain Producers Utilization
Board (MGPUB) is offering $4,000
scholarships to college students
interested in pursuing an
agriculturally-related career.
Applications are due June 1 and will be
awarded at the annual Commodity Classic
on July 28, 2011.
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Maryland
Farmers Encourage Enactment of Columbian
Trade Agreement
Ratifying the U.S.-
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will
significantly improve market access for
U.S. farmers in Colombia, the
third-largest economy in the region,
according to the Maryland Grain
Producers Association (MGPA).
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Maryland
Farmers Make $426 Million Investment
Maryland grain
farmers are in the middle of a $426
million investment that has a
significant economic impact on dozens of
businesses, rural communities and, in
fact, the entire state.
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Follow a
Farmer from Planting through Harvest
The National Corn Growers
Association visits with the farmers who
have opened their gates to Field
Notes, a series that follows a
handful of corn farmers in Maryland and
from across the country from winter
planting preparations through harvest.
Meet
Maryland farmer Chip Bowling and learn
about how farmers operate near urban
populations by
clicking here for
the interview.
MGPUB Seeks
Partners Interested in Alternative Fuels
Infrastructure Grant Funding
The Maryland Grain Producers Utilization
Board is seeking companies interested in
participating in a joint grant
submission to the US Department of
Energy for the development of
alternative fuel infrastructure – both
retail and terminal.
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MGPUB Joins FlexFuel Vehicle Awareness Campaign
Grain producers from the state of
Maryland announced they have awarded a
grant to the Clean Fuels Foundation to increase the sale
of high level ethanol blends and support
local E85 stations.
The National FlexFuel Vehicle
Awareness Campaign is a statewide
program to increase awareness among
owners of flexible fuel vehicles that
are capable of utilizing ethanol blends
up to 85%.
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New
Public-Private Funded Alternative Fuel Station features B20
Biodiesel, E85 Ethanol and Propane Autogas
Grand Opening of Phillips Energy
Alternative Fuel Station features B20
Biodiesel, E85 Ethanol and Propane
Autogas
Phillips Energy, Inc., is celebrating the
growth of domestically produced alternative fuels in the
Mid-Atlantic at the Grand Opening of the new and
open-to-the-public Phillips Energy fueling station on
October 8, 2010. This new public 24-hour fueling
facility will include B20 biodiesel, E85 ethanol, and
propane Autogas as well as gasoline and diesel. The
facility will be the first privately owned station in
Virginia to dispense three different alternative fuels,
and was partially through a Department of Energy's Clean
Cities program grant.
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U.S.
Capitol backdrop for Urban Wheat Field
A live wheat field
and combine transformed the streets of
the Capital into a mini “farm-to-fork”
experience to teach people about where
their food comes from and to help them
make more informed nutrition choices.
The Wheat
Foods Council’s two-day Urban Wheat
Field event enabled people to experience
the life cycle of America’s
most-consumed grain, from the kernel to
the store shelf where people are given
the choice – whole or enriched grain.
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Doug
Tregoning honored with Miller Award
The Maryland Grain
Producers Association (MGPA) awarded its
prestigious Dr. James R. Miller award to
Doug Tregoning of Montgomery County at
the Maryland Commodity Classic on July
22. Established in 1988, this award
recognizes a professional, non-grower
for his or her contributions to the
grain industry.
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MGPA
Applauds Kratovil Vote on Cuba Trade and
Travel Bill
MGPA applauded the House Agriculture
Committee's passage of a bill that would
significantly ease agricultural trade
and travel restrictions with Cuba.
Congressman Frank Kratovil voted for the
measure to support Maryland agriculture
in spite of his concerns over the travel
restrictions in the legislation.
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