"It makes absolutely no sense to me that our country continues to rely on imported oil, the price of which is skyrocketing, while at the same time we have corn priced at $1.65 a bushel. We should be turning our corn into ethanol to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
"Farmers could use the help and it's a way to strengthen the economies of rural areas rather than the economies of OPEC."
Kevin Swanson,
Nebraska Corn Board Chairman
February 17, 2000
