With regard to government intervention into ethanol, the 5% renewable fuels standard is only one step. There needs to be access for farmers to funds so they can invest in farmer-owned ethanol or biodiesel plants.
Our farmers are coming off three years of negative farm income. They don't have money to invest in anything right now, let alone some ethanol or biodiesel project for their own area. I believe it's incumbent upon government to give them access to capital. It can be repayable, but we need to give them access so they can invest in local rural communities to make them successful again.