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Corn growers want to end dependence on foreign oil Keith Bolin, president of the American Corn Growers Association and a hog and corn farmer from Manlius, Ill., took exception to this week's statement by the National Pork Producers Council which called for the elimination of federal incentives for renewable energy. "I was shocked to hear that an organization of pork producers wants to dismantle one of the nation's most positive incentive programs for helping America move toward energy independence," said Bolin. "I believe that all American farmers want to end the nation's dependence on imported oil." On March 5, the NPPC called for the elimination of 51-cent per gallon ethanol blender's tax credit and the 54-cent tariff on imported ethanol. "I know that there are adjustments that must be made in order to deal with higher feed prices due, in part, to expanding ethanol production," said Bolin. "I raise hogs and I raise corn, but I have yet to meet a family farmer in this country that wants to continue what President Bush calls our addiction to imported oil." "Sure corn prices are higher these days, but at $4.00 a bushel, corn farmers are finally making a modest profit after selling corn at a loss for most of the past three decades," added Bolin. "And I cannot believe that a family farmer raising hogs, corn or any other commodity wants to make their living off of the under-priced crops raised by other farm families. I personally doubt that any family hog farmers would ever ask to remove the renewable energy incentives, and I suspect it was the integrated, industrialized livestock industry that has. I respectfully ask NPPC to reconsider their resolution."
The American Corn Growers Association works to expand the understanding, acceptance and expansion of many renewable energy sources such as biodiesel, ethanol, windgenerated electricity, biomass and solar power. ACGA represents 14,000 members in 35 states. For more information, or if you would like to join ACGA or help support our efforts, please see http://www.acga. org/ .
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