Gary Marshall, MCGA Executive Director, looked to the future. What we re doing here today is not just about us, it s about young farmers. We re creating an opportunity for them to stay in agriculture and be successful in the future. It s the first venture in the state of Missouri where we have this many producers that came together, and invested their own money to make this happen. The reason we re doing this is to create opportunity.
Ethanol is just the vessel.
The real challenge and the real opportunity was getting you folks to work together to create opportunity, to add value, so you could stay in business in the future and so young farmers could get into this business and continue the way of life that we all love. It s about farmers helping to take control of their own destiny, and adding value to a product. Instead of just selling a bushel of corn, you own part of a plant where you can sell gallons of ethanol. Ethanol will go into the cities to help clean the air, lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It s good for rural.