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		<title>Commodity Classic Shatters Attendance Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than two weeks before the 2012 Commodity Classic kicks off in Nashville, Tenn., the show has broken all registration records. Last year, total attendance set a record of 4,826 show participants. This year, registrations for the 17th annual event have already surpassed the 5,000 mark with two more weeks left until onsite registration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=161&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Country Music Names in the Commodity Classic Spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of Nashville’s top talent will take the stage at the Grand Ole Opry for Commodity Classic’s closeout Evening of Entertainment, an exclusive event for Commodity Classic attendees on Saturday, March 3, sponsored by Monsanto. The roster of stars includes: Darryl Worley, who has sold nearly two million albums, earned nominations for five major ACM [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=151&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early Registration Discount Ends Soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commodity Classic is less than two months away, and growers are encouraged to take advantage of the lowest rate by registering before the early discount deadline of midnight, January 20. Registering early will save attendees up to $50. To take advantage of the early registration discount, register now at www.CommodityClassic.com. Corn, soybean wheat and sorghum [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=124&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Farmer&#8217;s Meet With Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers who attend the 17th Annual Commodity Classic, March 1-3 in Nashville, Tenn., will get the inside scoop on what’s new from the people making it happen at America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. “Commodity Classic is unlike any other agricultural event,” said Commodity Classic co-chair Martin Barbre. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=128&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vilsack To Keynote 2012 Commodity Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Farlee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commodity Classic organizers announced Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will join the annual convention again in 2012 as a keynote speaker. The 2012 Commodity Classic is scheduled for March 1 to 3, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn., with National Association of Wheat Growers policy committee meetings beginning Feb. 29. The annual event is the nation&#8217;s largest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=113&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General session</title>
		<link>http://commodityclassic.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/general-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Carrico</dc:creator>
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		<title>Defending the Thin Green Line</title>
		<link>http://commodityclassic.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/defending-the-thin-green-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larfromhays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A famous general turned ethanol advocate has called for holding what he calls the &#8220;Thin Green Line&#8221; and members of the National Sorghum Producers should do so, too. Tom Sell quoted the line of  Gen. Wesley Clark (USA, Ret.), during the NSP&#8217;s annual general session held during the Commodity Classic. &#8220;The words of Gen. Clark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=49&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NAWG begins committee meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Commodity Classic  officially begins today, March 3, but commodity groups were already starting to gather in committee meetings to review policy for the coming year. The National Association of Wheat Growers began March 2 with the Research and Technology Committee meeting, followed by the Domestic and Trade Policy Committee, and the Environmental and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=25&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorghum producers board confident of checkoff passage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larfromhays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Sorghum Producers board March 2 expressed general optimism about approval of the sorghum checkoff. The group, however, expressed some impatience in awaiting results of the vote concluded Feb. 28 by The U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Agricultural Marketing Service. &#8220;We&#8217;re in a hurry up and wait mode,&#8221; said Tim Lusk, USP CEO. &#8220;We lost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=35&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food, Inc. director addresses media</title>
		<link>http://commodityclassic.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/food-inc-director-addresses-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The director the documentary Food, Inc., Robert Kenner said, as a society, we have monumental challenges ahead. &#8220;How do you feed everyone and how do you do it in a sustainable way?&#8221; Kenner said. He addressed a group of agricultural media professionals at the Ag Issues Forum, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. Food, Inc. has won dozens of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commodityclassic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20417941&amp;post=27&amp;subd=commodityclassic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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