NPPC Delegates Call For End To Ethanol Subsidies

Producer delegates voted to:

• Support allowing the 51-cent per gallon ethanol blender’s tax credit and the 54-cent tariff on imported ethanol to expire. The blender’s credit is set to expire Dec. 31, 2010; the import tariff Dec. 31, 2008.
  
  
• Support – should the blender’s credit be extended – development of a countercyclical blender’s credit system based on the price of oil.
  
  Support the increased use of bio-diesel as a renewable fuel source.
  
  
• Will seek and support incentives for capturing and digesting methane from swine farms as an alternative energy source.
  
  
• Urge the federal government to appropriate funds for research on the use of bio-fuels co-products for swine feed rations and for research on swine utilization of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and their impact on meat quality and animal health.
  
  
• Support the findings of a Center for Agricultural and Rural Development study on the impact of corn-based ethanol production on the livestock industry and asks that they be considered during formulation of the 2007 Farm Bill.
  
  
• Support the incremental early release – without penalty – by USDA of Conservation Reserve Program acres back into crop production.

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