Mississippi has a robust cattle industry that would benefit from the feed co-products of ethanol production.

The Mississippi incentive is 20 cents per gallon, started in the year 2005.

In his 2006 State of the Union Address, President Bush stated he believes new alternative fuel technologies should be part of the solution to "a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world."

Ethanol was specifically mentioned by President Bush as one of the new alternative fuel technologies that should get government investment.

State of Mississippi has 168 million gallon/year ethanol potential