Ideas??

[Thrasher]

I would gladly donate money to a fund that payed farmers to leave a small piece of their farmland unplowed/unplanted for birds. I have been pleasantly surprised the last two years by the number of Kansas WIHA fields that have a 30-50 yard buffer around them with grass sections down the middle.

 

[OKIEGunner]

Step #1

Repeal Federal Ethanol Mandate

Another Great Example of the Government involvement in the private sector business.

This chart shows it all. If you wonder where your wildlife habitat has gone, look no further.

 

[quail hound]

Step #1

Repeal Federal Ethanol Mandate

Another Great Example of the Government involvement in the private sector business.

This chart shows it all. If you wonder where your wildlife habitat has gone, look no further.

:10sign: How much ethanol would be being produced if it wasn't for the ethanol mandate? Hardly any I suspect. I wouldn't run that crap blend if I had a choice. The "savings" at the pump is negated by the lowered mileage per gallon. The only time I would burn ethanol is at the track and I don't have a race car.

 

[quail hound]

What if big companies could pay farmers to leave cattail sloughs, shelter belts, and grasslands in place for carbon credits? They're doing something similar to this in the valley by building artificial carbon storing wetlands.

 

[OKIEGunner]

If you take a look at all the economical numbers and impacts associated with the Ethanol mandate it is bad business and a train wreck waiting too happen.

Record land prices!
Corporate Farming taking the lead in the farming industry!
Ogallala aquifer depletion rate!
Lost of Wildlife Habitat!
Adoption andProliferation of biotech hybrids!
Increase demand for emergency grazing!
Increase in food prices!
Plantings decisions based on demand signals "land-use-shifts" from the marketplace altering other commodities!

Over 7 million acres plowed for Fuel just does not make sense!

Bottom line: The EPA bioenergy policies have serious impacts, including those on the environment, the livestock sector, and food prices due to increased competition for corn.