Vilsack: Ethanol sustainability crucial to industry survival

Farmweek - Illinois Farm Bureau
Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Greater “sustainability” in the field and the “factory” are crucial to sustaining ethanol production and profits, new Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack maintained last week.

Vilsack, a former chairman of the Governors Ethanol Coalition, recognized the biofuels industry currently is under “a particular strain.”

Efficient resource management will reduce the environmental footprint of ethanol production and help progressive biofuels producers survive difficult times, he said.

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