News from February 2010

Agriculture’s concerns at the forefront in RMNP air quality concerns

February 25, 2010 - 10:32am

Rocky Mountain National Park is measuring higher levels of ammonia deposits that could be coming from agricultural operations.

Crop farmers, dairy farmers, and feedlot operators want to know how ammonia is reaching the park, and how much really comes from agriculture.

The early speculations to these questions were the topic of discussion at two Colorado Agricultural Air Quality Symposiums held Feb. 24 and 25 in Ft. Collins and Sterling, respectively.

EPA actions support viability, value of ethanol

February 4, 2010 - 10:10am

GREELEY, CO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action to expand the federal Renewable Fuel Standard further validates the value of corn-based ethanol as an environmentally sound renewable fuel.

“The EPA recognizes corn-based ethanol is clearly superior to regular gasoline when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,” said Mark Sponsler, CEO of Colorado Corn. Ethanol blended into gasoline has proven to be a viable and sustainable renewable fuel.

According to EPA, the Renewable Fuels Standard for 2010 will be set at 12.95 billion gallons.