by Ky Corn | Feb 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Ethanol, Exports, Market Development, Policy, Tarrifs, Trade, Transportation
The Trump administration moved on Feb. 1 to place a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico. A couple of days later, the president agreed to a 30-day pause as the U.S. continues to negotiate with the two countries. On Feb. 3, the Trump administration...
by Ky Corn | Feb 28, 2024 | Exports, Partners, Transportation
Kentucky’s corn growers have been on the front lines to improve our Nation’s lock and dam infrastructure for nearly a decade. After all, with almost 1,590 miles, the Bluegrass State ranks fourth in the Nation in navigable waterways. Major waterways include the...
by Jennifer Elwell | Nov 1, 2021 | Market Development, Transportation
KyCorn is proud to partner with the Waterways Council Inc and others to help audiences understand the importance of inland waterways and efficient infrastructure. A new 30-second TV commercial is currently running in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, as well as a...
by Jennifer Elwell | Sep 7, 2018 | Market Development, Transportation
After over 30 years of planning and construction, one of the most important segments of the U.S. inland waterway system—Olmsted Locks and Dam (L&D)—has been completed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for this milestone on...
by Jennifer Elwell | Jun 12, 2017 | Policy, Transportation
Corn growers applauded President Trump’s recent pledge to make rebuilding America’s infrastructure a national priority and committed to work with his Administration on the issue. “It’s time to recapture our legacy as a nation of builders, and to create new lanes of...
by Jennifer Elwell | May 11, 2017 | Leadership, Transportation
KyCorn Leader Attends USDA Reorganization Announcement KyCorn past president and KyCorn Promotion Council member Russel Schwenke, a farmer in Union (Boone Co.), attended the announcement made May 11 by US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue that the USDA was...