http://balancedfoodandfuel.org balancedfoodandfuel.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:22:58 CDT en-us http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55782 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55782 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:29:43 CST Cattle Network AMI, in partnership with a number of other trade organizations, voiced its opposition today to the use of mid-level ethanol blends in commerce in a full page print advertisement titled "E15? Bad for Consumers. Bad for the Environment. Bad for Rural Communities" in Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill. http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/55788 http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/55788 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:40:11 CST California Farmer A bill which would Legislation phase out government support for corn-based ethanol over five years has been introduced in the House of Representatives. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55790 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55790 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:46:34 CST Commodity Online Corn is a staple food in many countries not only for humans but also as feed for cattle. Lower yield of corn globally could create more hunger. Eventually the prices for both the corn and meat would increase. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55779 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/55779 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:41 CST Bloomberg A proposed increase in ethanol use in gasoline would require planting as much as 111 million acres of corn and using almost half of the crop for the fuel by 2015, according to a study by the U.S. grocery industry. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/50420 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/50420 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:06:59 CDT Wall Street Journal The Obama Administration is pushing a big expansion in ethanol, including a mandate to increase the share of the corn-based fuel required in gasoline to 15% from 10%. Apparently no one in the Administration has read a pair of new studies, one from its own EPA, that expose ethanol as a bad deal for consumers with little environmental benefit. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49007 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49007 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:40:16 CDT Worldmag.com If you think the Environmental Protection Agency knew what it was doing with its sweeping mid-April announcement about greenhouse gases, it might be good to go back and get yourself a refresher course on the EPA and ethanol. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49012 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49012 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:39:49 CDT Cattle Network AMI has joined a coalition of food and agriculture groups in signing a letter to Congressional leaders in support of the development of second generation biofuels. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49016 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49016 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:42:40 CDT To some, the ethanol industry is like an adult child still living at home, taking allowance from Mom and Dad. "It's time to cut the umbilical cord," said Joel Brandenberger, president, National Turkey Federation, Wshington, D.C., to a diverse group gathered last November to call on the next Administration and Congress to repeal subsidies for ethanol. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49014 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/49014 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:36 CDT Meatingplace Over the past year, an open and honest public debate has begun about corn ethanol. Unfortunately, when those of us in the animal agriculture industries have raised concerns about the effect corn ethanol policies are having on our businesses, our communities and our consumers, we are often branded by the ethanol indstury as "anti-farmer." We'd like to set the record straight. http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/44883 http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/44883 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:47:06 CST Wall Street Journal And we thought we'd seen everything. Along with Russia, Venezuela, Iran and the Dubai property market, add another name to the list of bubble economies hurt by the falling price of oil: the ethanol industry. And naturally, the ethanol lobby is looking for a bailout on top of its regular taxpayer subsidies. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/44974 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/44974 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:21:16 CST The LRC Blog I'm really baffled by this report by an economist at Purdue. It starts at the second sentence: The industry now must get past an imposing wall of federal regulations and market conditions if it hopes to grow http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/44540 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/44540 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:46:34 CST The world's largest conservation organization, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is aligning itself with large food producers to pare back ethanol subsidies through a major lobbying thrust aimed at persuading Congress to reconsider the U.S. biofuels mandate under a broad debate on "sustainability," say sources with the group. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/43502 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/43502 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:32:04 CDT A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute reveals massive food and land costs stemming from government rules mandating use of corn ethanol for fuel. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/40519 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/40519 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:11:26 CDT USA Today For the past quarter-century, U.S. energy policy has been generally non-existent. To the extent there has been one, it has been to keep gasoline cheap. But one element stands out as a dramatic exception to this minimalist approach. Through a series of generous tax subsidies and production mandates, the use of corn-based ethanol has soared. http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/40448 http://www.balancedfoodandfuel-old.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/40448 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:26:37 CDT The San Diego Union Tribune All it takes is a trip to the supermarket or a drive by any gas station to see that something has gone terribly wrong with America's fuel policy. http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/39801 http://balancedfoodandfuel.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/39801 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 CDT balancedfoodandfuel-old.org NY Times Editorial Thirty countries have already seen food riots this year. The ever higher cost of food could push tens of millions of people into abject poverty and starvation