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Corn Growers Group Launches Innovation Challenge

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The National Corn Growers Association is relying on some friendly competition to crowdsource innovative ways to use corn products. billion bushels, the National Corn Growers Association is hosting a global open innovation challenge to explore new solutions for turning the crop into bio-sustainable chemicals and molecules. “We

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Ethanol Industry Suffers Setback as EPA Proposes Lower 2014 Target

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But the oil industry suggests the proposal doesn’t go far enough. The ethanol industry definitely wasn’t revving up for this. More details below: About the proposal: The EPA’s 2014 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) proposal released Friday would set the target total for renewable fuels in the U.S.

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Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance

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As of two weeks ago, the National Defense Industrial Association already had six cancelled events listed on its events webpage , all the result of sequestration and increased scrutiny on government spending around meetings. By leading innovation, we exponentially increase the amount of money poured in.

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Groups Denounce Texas Bill as Discriminatory Ahead of Special Session

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The pursuit of a bathroom bill represents a willful disregard for those vulnerable people and for businesses, workers, and communities all across our state,” Phillip Jones, president and CEO of VisitDallas, said in a press release. billion by 2026 if the bill passes.

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ASAE Calls for More Association-Specific Relief for COVID-19 Impacted Organizations

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The Centennial anniversary represents ASAE’s role as a leader and supporter of progress and innovation in the association industry. ASAE is a membership organization of more than 48,000 association executives and industry partners representing 7,400 organizations.

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APICS Aims to Fill a Need with its New Credential

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The aim of this new credential is to equip individuals with the essential knowledge they need to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, and achieve recognition as a logistics expert. The Georgia Center for Innovation estimates that the industry will generate 270,000 new jobs each year through 2018.

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Meetings Group Connects Associations and Hotels

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The Association Meeting Buyers Collective will take the hassle out of meeting planning by increasing association buying power and lowering costs for hotels. AMBC, which represents associations, will facilitate direct contact between meeting planners and hotels to meet both parties’ needs by lowering costs and barriers.