Corn-State Congressmen and the Corn Farmers Coalition Discuss Why You`re Not Getting the Whole Story about America`s Largest Crop
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WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa), Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) and the Corn Farmers
Coalition will brief congressional staff and reporters at the Capitol June 9 on
several important issues affecting America`s largest crop, including how EPA may
have miscalculated the environmental impact of growing corn to make ethanol and
how new farm practices are contributing to clean water.
The Corn Farmers Coalition - an alliance of the National Corn Growers Assn. and
10 state corn associations - educates Washington policy-makers on how farmers
grow more corn every year with fewer resources and less environmental impact.
When: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m. ET
Where: HC-7 U.S. Capitol
Speakers:
* Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa), chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee
on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
* Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
* Ross Korves, economic-policy analyst and expert on farm and trade policy at
the research firm ProExporter Network (www.proexporter.com)
* Mark Lambert, director of the Corn Farmers Coalition
(www.cornfarmerscoalition.org)
For more information: www.cornfarmerscoalition.org.
for Corn Farmers Coalition
Burke Jensen, 202-261-2892
Burke.Jensen@mslworldwide.com
Copyright Business Wire 2009
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