AgriTalk Ethanol Pump Tour Rolls into Iowa (6-16-05)
After a stop
in Hutchinson, Minn., on Thursday, the AgriTalk Ethanol Pump Tour
heads to Spencer, Iowa, on Friday. Clay County corn growers will
pump E-10 and discuss ethanol use from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Cargo Express where AgriTalk host Mike Adams will broadcast live.
Motorists will benefit
from a 25-cent per gallon E-10 discount at the event. Last year,
Cargo offered E-10 at a reduced rate of 20 cents per gallon. This
Friday, motorists will be limited to 20 gallons at the reduced price.
Spencer is hosting its
second tour in as many years. Last year, Cargo Express had a tremendous
turnout. During a three-hour promotion, motorists pumped 3,744 gallons
of E-10.
“We had lines,”
said Grower Service Representative Pat McCord of the Iowa Corn Growers
Association. “We pumped gas for a solid three hours nonstop.
In the rain, too.”
Kent Thiessen, president
of the Clay County Growers Association, and growers from Clay County
and the surrounding areas, will perform quite a few tasks at Cargo
Express.
“They’ll
be pumping gas, cleaning windshields and promoting E85, as well
as answer questions about E10,” McCord said. “Last year,
the line was so long, growers were directing traffic.”
Rich Harves,
state director for the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and Judy Bodholdt,
state director of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, will also be
in attendance.
The pump tour
is aimed at bolstering public awareness around corn-based ethanol
and its use as a domestic, renewable-energy resource. Now in its
fourth year, the tour was started by Adams as a way to promote use
of the corn-based renewable fuel.
AgriTalk is
broadcast live to 72 stations across the country. It can be heard
locally on KICD 1240 AM in Spencer. Adams will broadcast live from
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.