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Corn Growers Making Headway in Alternative Energy
Ken McCauleyNational Corn Growers Association
PresidentOctober 2, 2006
Ken McCauley, NCGA PresidentFarms 3,500 acres corn & soybeans with his wife Mary and son Brad
Leadership positions:• NCGA Corn Board Member• NCGA Ethanol Committee vice chair • NCGA Research and Development Action Team• NCGA Finance Committee• Corn Board Liaison to the Biotechnology Working Group• Kansas Corn Commission
About NCGA
• Federation of grower associations and checkoff organizations in 26 states
• Membership of nearly 33,000 dues-paying farmers
• Represent nearly 300,000 farmers who contribute to state corn checkoff
NCGA’s Mission
“To Create and Increase Opportunities for Corn
Growers”
NCGA’s Key
Priorities Natural Gas
Research &
Development
Ethanol
Trade
Rural Development
Farm Policy
Transportation
Biotechnology
Key Issues
December 2002
In operation (66) 2.71 bgy
Under construction (11) .48 bgy
Ethanol Industry Production
• 316,000 barrels per day (b/d)
• 2006 production will likely exceed 5 billion gallons
AS OF: June 2006
In operation (102) 4.75 bgy
Construction (32) 2.03 bgy
Proposed (127) 8.21 bgy
Food and Fuel
How Much Ethanol Can Come From Corn?
• Increasing corn yields• Incremental acreage shifts• Demand for non-ethanol corn use is flat• DDGs will increasingly displace corn in feed
rations• Improved ethanol efficiency
Corn Growers are Producing Food AND Fuel
• Steadily increasing demand for corn is being met with a steadily increasing supply
• There is plenty of corn available for all uses• In addition to fuel, the ethanol process yields
high-quality livestock feed and food products
Corn Growers Are Producing Food and Fuel
• Corn demand for ethanol has little or no impact on food prices
• Larger supplies of corn will ensure continued availability of affordable corn
• Increased production will allow corn growers to satisfy both domestic and export demand
“15 x 15 x 15”
• 15 billion bushel corn crop
• 15 billion gallons of ethanol
• …by 2015
NCGA’s Vision
Ex: 80 m. ac.
188 bu./acre
~10% of gasoline mkt.
~5 billion bu. demand
9 Years for Infrastructure Development
Dozens of Yield-Acreage Combos
get us there
Summary: Lots of Things to Fear…..
Bird Flu Hits Trailer Park……
Running out of corn is not one of them……