Under Secretary Dorr delivers keynote address at CUTC

High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal
By Doug Rich

Ethanol, once the poster child for biofuels, has come under attack recently as food prices rise in this country. In his keynote address at the Corn Utilization & Technology Conference, Thomas Dorr, U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development, defended the ethanol industry.

"One would think that with all of the contributions that ethanol has made to this country that it would be celebrated, but in recent weeks we have seen a substantial assault on biofuels," Dorr said.

Dorr said much of the food versus fuel controversy has been orchestrated by a slick public relations campaign funded by the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Unfortunately, this attack has fallen on fertile ground. There are a number of reasons why this attack has been so successful.

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