White House hopefuls love Iowa ethanol
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Don't expect to hear much talk about farming from the presidential candidates who regularly tour Iowa, one of the nation's premier agriculture states.
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By Michael G. Mooney, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Jun. 6--They're not opposed to ethanol, just the way Stanislaus County has "fast-tracked" a proposal to build an ethanol plant in Keyes.
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IOWA CITY, July 3 -- Despite ongoing and determined attempts to spread the early nominating process across several states, the top Democratic presidential contenders are converging this week on a familiar patch of land: Iowa.
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WASHINGTON -- A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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President Bush stops to shake hands with supporters at the North Iowa Fairgrounds-All Season Building during a campaign rally Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004 in Mason City, Iowa.
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NEW YORK -- America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel.
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The good citizens of Iowa are getting an eyeful and an earful of political ads these days, far more than before, even for one of the epicenters of presidential politics.
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The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the White House.
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As President Bush nominated Samuel Bodman as the nation&#39;s next energy secretary Friday, the US Department of Agriculture reported more of the nation&#39;s corn crop will be used for ethanol production this year.
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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First voters weigh in Thursday on the longest, most gruelling White House race in history, as top hopefuls aim to charge out of the blocks with victory in the too-close-to-call Iowa caucuses.
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Los Angeles Times - PELLA, Iowa &#8212; In this week's frenzied competition to boost voter turnout, the quiet effort of companies like Vermeer Manufacturing could prove crucial for the Bush campaign.
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Iowa voters in two close nominating races began the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday, as the first test in the Democratic battle between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards came down to a nail-biting finale.
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Democratic presidential hopeful  Barack Obama fired up thousands of supporters across Iowa on  Wednesday, one day before the first of state-by-state votes to  pick nominees for the 2008 White House race.
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.
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DES MOINES -- In a land of corn and caucuses, where harvests are measured by bushels and buzz, the presidential campaigns march through the seasons in a curious rite of persuasion. First comes biography, then policy and, finally, a political pitch calibrated to the shifting climate.