Ag News
Corn Growers on Indirect Land Use
Tue, 18 May 2010 7:29:13 CDTThe National Corn Growers
Association says it’s time to throw out the disputed theory of indirect land use
change. NCGA President Darrin Ihnen says the theory ignores grower ingenuity and
modern agronomy - noting USDA expects the nation’s corn growers to produce more
than 300-million more bushels than just three years ago on nearly five-million
fewer acres. What’s more - Ihnen says a recent study released by Purdue
University shows the California Air Resources Board overestimated the greenhouse
gas impact of land use changes related to corn ethanol by a factor of
two.
NCGA
says the updated research utilizes the Global Trade Analysis Project model and
estimates that average corn ethanol land use emissions were 13.9 grams CO2
equivalent per mega joule - less than half the land use change value of 30 grams
CO2 equivalent per mega joule adopted by CARB in the controversial Low Carbon
Fuel Standard.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ihnen says there are lots of reasons
to support corn ethanol. Not only is it a renewable domestic alternative to
foreign oil that provides significant greenhouse gas reduction compared to
gasoline - but it creates and supports jobs in rural America. He says ethanol’s
time is now
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