University of Georgia

Georgia farmers will be voting by mail March 1-30 in a
referendum on whether to continue the Georgia Commodity
Commission for Corn and the checkoff that funds corn research,
promotion and education in the state.

Farmers who grow corn for grain are assessed 1 cent per bushel
sold to fund the checkoff. It and the commission must be
reconfirmed every three years.

Only Georgia farmers who grew corn in 2004 are eligible to vote.
These growers planted 335,000 acres of corn last year and
harvested an average 130 bushels per acre.