At the recent Bio Innovations Midwest Event in Omaha, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced the winners of the Consider Corn Challenge 5 and the $300,000 prize pool.
According to the Kansas Corn Growers Association, three winners were chosen, each with a unique way to improve a product or process using corn to produce biobased materials.
Developing new uses for corn is key for growers through their involvement with NCGA and Kansas Corn, according Chad Epler, Columbus, who chairs NCGA’s Research and New Uses Action Team and represents southeast Kansas on the Kansas Corn Commission…