Press Releases

July 20, 2009, Meat and Poultry Trade Groups Oppose EPA Petition to Increase Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

June 24, 2008, Texas Governor Perry, Food Industry Leaders Urge EPA To Suspend Ethanol Mandate, Food Producers, Environmentalists and Consumer Advocates Echo Perry’s call to Revisit U.S. Biofuel Mandates

June 13, 2008, NCC Sees "Severe Harm" From Ethanol Mandate, Supports Nationwide Waiver Requested by Texas

June 12, 2008, Cattlemen urge Senate committee to re-evaluate renewable fuels policy

June 3, 2008, USDA Analysis Understates Impact of Ethanol Boom on Food Prices, Economist Says

April 7, 2008, Soaring Food Costs Seen Linked to Rapidly Expanding Ethanol Sector

Mar 11, 2008, Expert Economist Says National Ethanol Policy Continuing to Drive Meat and Poultry Prices Higher

Cartoons

Fact Sheets

Iowa State University Biofuels Study Fact Sheet

NCBA Fact Sheet:  Senate Bill 1419, Cattle, Corn and Consequences

AMI Corn-Based Ethanol and Biofuels Fact Sheet

Letters

June 19, 2009, AMI and NTF Letter to the EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

May 8, 2007, NCBA Letter to Rep. Rick Boucher, chairman, House Subcommittee on
Energy and Air Quality

April 19, 2007, NCBA Letter to Rep. Richard E. Neal, chairman, House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

April 19, 2007, NCBA Letter to Sen. Max Baucus, chairman, Senate Committee on Finance

January 18, 2007, Coalition Letter to Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Opinion

August 3, 2010 Energy Subsidies -- Good and Bad (New York Times)

July 16, 2010 Consumers Are Paying for Federal Mandate in Food Costs (Farm World)

June 2010 Interference in Corn Markets Hurts Consumers in the Long Run (Food and Drink Digital)

April 18, 2010, Corn-Based Ethanol: Why the Federal Government Shouldn't Pick Sides (Feedstuffs)

April 5, 2010 Stop Big Corn (The Washington Times)

December 14, 2009 Feed Your Car or Your Turkey? (Denver Post)

October 27, 2008 Shoemaker: Food-to-Fuel Policy's a Failure (Rocky Mountain News)

October 23, 2008 Ethanol Bailout? (Riverside Press-Enterprise)

July 24, 2008 It's Time to Cut Quotas, Drop Tarrif on Imports (Union Tribune)

July 12, 2008 Guest Column: United, Farmers: Ease Up on the Ethanol Accelerator (Des Moines Register)

July 8, 2008 Here's One Farmer Hurt by Ethanol (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

June 30, 2008 Bio-insanity: Ethanol Subsidies Will Make Food Costs From Flooding Worse (Salt Lake Tribune)

May 11, 2008 Rethinking Ethanol (New York Times)

Coalition/Coalition Member Statements

July 14, 2009, Statement by the Balanced Food and Fuel Coalition on The Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act

June 11, 2007, Meat, Livestock and Poultry Coalition Launches Web Site Calling for Balanced Food and Fuel Policy

May 22, 2007, NMA Supports Food-Fuel Equity

May 17, 2007, NCC Urges Congress to Restore Balance In Food-Fuel Equation

May 17, 2007, Coalition Press Release: Study Warns U.S. Near Tipping Point in
Corn-Based Ethanol

May 17, 2007, NPPC Statement: Corn Ethanol Study Projects Further Hikes
For Input Costs, Retail Pork Prices

April 19, 2007, AMI Statement, Congress Should Take Steps to Minimize Impact of Ethanol Policy on Animal Agriculture

March 8, 2007, NCBA Statement, Cattlemen Voice Concerns on Rising Feed Costs

March 8, 2007, NTF Chairman Expresses Concerns About Renewable Fuels and Feed

Media Contacts

American Meat Institute, Dave Ray, 202.587.4243, dray@meatami.com

National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Bethany Shively, 202.347.0228, bshively@beef.org

National Chicken Council, Richard Lobb, 202.296.2633, rlobb@chickenusa.org

National Meat Association, Jeremy Russell, 510.763.1533, Jeremy@nmaonline.org

National Milk Producers Federation, Chris Galen, 703.243.6111, cgalen@nmpf.org

National Pork Producers Council, Dave Warner, 202.347.3600, warnerd@nppc.org

National Turkey Federation, Sherrie Rosenblatt, 202.898.0100, srosenblatt@turkeyfed.org