DAK Renewable Energy CEO David Kolsrud has been involved in the biofuels business from the beginning and has seen the economic boost ethanol delivered to rural communities. With low commodity prices, Kolsrud believes many farmers, “especially, the newer ones,” want to press the easy button in the current farm bill debate. “They’re telling politicians to take the (Inflation Reduction Act) money out of the conservation and move it over to reference prices and raise our crop insurance. I think that’s a mistake.” Kolsrud is seeing growing demand from airlines for sustainable aviation fuel. “We’ve never had market pull like this before and we have to be more vocal about that rather than just trying to increase the safety net. That’s short-sighted.” Listen to the interview.
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