Very well put. And the truth that anti-ethanol people refuse to hear is that without ethanol there would be a huge oversupply of field corn and the price would plummet. Distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) or “mash” as you call it, is an excellent source of protein and energy supplement that is blended with other ingredients to make more nutritious feed than raw corn that is tailored to the needs of the animal and other factors.
Farmers used to say the best way to get more money for your corn is to run it through a cow. Beef and dairy products are more value-added thus more profitable. Now they add, “or run it through an ethanol plant”.
China is the largest consumer of pork (or was til the Asian Swine flu wiped out half or more of their livestock) and pork finishing is most efficient with tailor-made feed to accelerate the time to market. DDGS is used for that purpose so in fact it is “feeding the world”, much of which is exported so it also improves our balance of trade.
Make American. Buy American.
Run it through an ethanol plant....then run it through a cow.
I first learned of all this years ago, when visiting with a high school classmate turned big-time cattle rancher and County Commissioner.
He also told me that the windmill "turbines" couldn't exist without subsidies, and about the time they pay for themselves....they're worn out.