Munzlinger Says Missouri Biodiesel Announcement Highlights Value-Added Agriculture (AUDIO)
by Brian Hauswirth (MissouriNet) The Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee chairman is praising Governor Eric Greitens (R) for releasing the $4 million budget restriction on biodiesel.
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Chairman Munzlinger tells Missourinet the governor’s announcement is big for his sprawling northeast Missouri district.
“Whether you actually deliver to a crush plant to get the biodiesel out of the soybeans, you still benefit from the price of soybeans and if you’re a livestock feeder, you benefit from all of the meal that’s coming out of that plant,” says Munzlinger.
Munzlinger represents 14 counties in the Senate.
Governor Greitens says Missouri produces about 200 million gallons of biodiesel, in eight production facilities.
Missouri and Texas are the second-largest biodiesel producers in the nation, behind Iowa.
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“The livestock industry couldn’t function without the grains, and really without the livestock industry the grain crop industry wouldn’t function either,” Munzlinger says.
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The governor says biodiesel has supported about 2,500 Missouri jobs, since 2007. READ MORE includes AUDIO