Ag Energy Coalition urges House Ag Committee to support bio-based jobs through Farm Bill Energy programs.

Biobased Digest
Tom Saidak
July 17, 2012

In Washington, the Agriculture Energy Coalition has urged Members of the House Committee on Agriculture to ensure that energy title programs receive sufficient, mandatory funding as they mark up the next Farm Bill. Lloyd Ritter, co-director AgEC stated:

“Farm Bill energy programs have helped the renewable energy industry create thousands of jobs across the country in rural communities where they are very much needed. They have also helped farmers put more than 160,000 acres of underutilized farmland across 12 states back into production. And they have helped hundreds of new American businesses generate 100,000 jobs producing home-grown biobased products. These effective programs are a vital part of the overall Farm Bill. The Coalition thanks Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) for offering an amendment to the committee’s mark that would ensure strong, mandatory funding”.

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