The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) is a commodity and advocacy association founded in 1987 which represents the interests of corn (maize)

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

 producers in the United States, where corn is used for human and animal food and to produce ethanol

Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...

. A rival group, the National Corn Growers Association, is seen as more closely aligned with the food processing industry.

In 2008, ACGA endorsed Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

's candicacy in the United States presidential elections that year.

Related groups

• "Rethinking US Ag and Trade Policy, Changing Course to Secure Farmers' Livelihoods Worldwide"
• "Shafted Free Trade and America's Working Poor"
• Coalition for A Prosperous America
• Organization for Competitive Markets
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• National Family Farm Coalition