The road to the Presidential Election begins in Missouri with the upcoming Missouri Democratic and Republican Primaries on Tuesday, March 7. The Missouri Corn Growers Association encourages farmers and consumers of high priced gasoline to understand the positions of presidential candidates regarding ethanol. Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable, domestically produced fuel made from fermented agricultural products such as corn. Ethanol contains oxygen, which provides a cleaner and more efficient burn of the fuel. When used in vehicles, ethanol reduces carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming.
Ethanol can also help reduce our growing dependence on gasoline made from foreign oil.
Approximately seven percent of Missouri s corn crop is used annually to produce ethanol. Below you will find ethanol position statement summaries of the front running candidates. These are not complete statements of their positions, but rather summaries of their positions on ethanol prepared from the information available in the popular press and submitted by the campaigns. This information does not imply endorsement or opposition of any of the presidential candidates, but rather is provided to help Missouri voters in their decision making. The omission of information from the other candidates is not meant to imply anything other than information regarding their positions were not available at press time.