Fed: Farmers warn ethanol mandate would boost food prices From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: October 30, 2007 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
10-30-2007
Fed: Farmers warn ethanol mandate would boost food prices

CANBERRA, Oct 30 AAP - Mandated levels of ethanol in fuel would send food prices soaring,
farming groups warned today.

Politicians, such as Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile, have used the federal election
campaign to spruik the benefits of ethanol-blended fuel.

However, organisations representing Australia's feed grain users meeting in Canberra
today have issued a joint statement calling on governments to abandon plans for mandated
ethanol-blend levels.

The organisations say the plans will ...

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