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| leader_name = Neil Caskey<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCGA names Neil Caskey as new CEO |url=https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/ncga-names-neil-caskey-as-new-ceo |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Successful Farming |language=en}}</ref>
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|leader_name = Keith Bolin
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The '''American Corn Growers Association''' (ACGA) is a commodity and [[advocacy association]] founded in 1987 whichto represents the interests of [[maize|corn (maize)]] producers in the United States, where corn is used for human and animal food and to produce [[ethanol]]. A rival group, the [[National Corn Growers Association]], is seen as more closely aligned with the [[food processing industry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/29/us/new-trade-threat-for-u-s-farmers.html|title=New Trade Threat For U. S. Farmers |last=Petersen|first=Melody|date= August 29, 1999 |work=The New York Times| page =11|accessdate=8 January 2010}}</ref>
 
In 2008, ACGA endorsed [[Barack Obama]]'s candidacy in the United States presidential elections that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=4673|title=American Corn Growers Association endorses Obama|last=Bevill|first=Kris |date=August 26, 2008 |work=Ethanol Producer|accessdate=8 January 2010}}</ref>