NORTH DAKOTA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Advocate for changes to EPA's Draft Herbicide Strategy.

Maintain support for the Federal Crop Insurance program, including efforts to increase coverage and subsidies for producers; encourage changes to the USDA's 2nd round of payments under the Emergency Relief program; back increases in reference prices under USDA's Price Loss Coverage and Agriculture Risk Coverage programs; support year-round E-15 (ethanol blending) in gasoline known as the "Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023," S. 785 and H.R. 1608; advocate for the use of ethanol in sustainable aviation fuel; support an increase in funding for USDA's Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program; back changes to EPA's proposed Workplan for evaluating pesticides under the Endangered Species Act; and communicate importance of not mandating climate or conversation practices and not tying them to federal crop insurance.