(You can check out my introduction to the RFS here.)
Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.
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Fear-based marketing isn't ok, regardless of whether it comes from radical environmental groups or farmers.
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Social media posts from direct-to-consumer beef producers show photos of their product purportedly next to store-bought beef and make nutrition claims.
Had to break for the snow earlier this week. But back at it and making progress.
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These commercials from Perdue were ALL OVER the TV this past holiday weekend. Did you see them?
Perdue Sells Alarmism Over Antibiotic Use - The Farmer's Daughter USA
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Perdue is selling alarmism of its biggest competitor's use of antibiotics. So what's going on here?
I totally disagree. As a farm owner I am embarrassed by this. If ethanol in gasoline was such a great idea then the market would have figured that out long ago. The current policy unfairly benefits farmers at the expense of people who pay more for gas than they should.People tend to respect farmers for many things, but the RFS is pure rent seeking and brings discredit to us all.
And that's okay if you don't like it, though you've not countered with anything except strong language.I think that renewable energy is something that agriculture can definitely play a role in and should play a role in. This is just one way we do that.
My embarrassment is a personal problem, admittedly. As is my feeling that while the RFS artificially increases the price I get for corn, it also forces prices higher for food, which is a hardship for people on budget, and I think that is wrong, too. But it is a factual statment that without laws requiring ethanol to be blended with gasoline, there would be no market for it.
I'm not so sure that using corn for the RFS raises prices for people on food. I think that's thinking too simply about it. The price of corn is dependent on everything from the weather in Indiana to the way some child sneezes in China. Do you think there would be a market for crop insurance without help from the federal government?
I'll share this with you: http://www.ethanolrfa.org/news/entry/rfa-releases…