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Farmer leader hopes SAF use matches production growth

The new president of the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association hopes the growth in sustainable aviation fuel uses lines up with the ability to produce it. 

James Giese from Alma Center is on the National Corn Growers Association’s Ethanol Action Team.  He tells Brownfield it’s early in the sustainable aviation fuel development and says a lot of infrastructure will have to be built to meet the expected demand.  Giese says he’s concerned about demand possibly rising faster than the fuel can be made. “I think it will go slow so we can keep up to it, but if not, if we go too fast, we could have imports that take over our markets, and we don’t want that.”

Giese says as the infrastructure for producing ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel grows, it will mean more corn demand, and more dried distillers grains available for feed. “All I can say to that is, I hope our cattle get hungry.”

Giese spoke to Brownfield during the Wisconsin Corn-Soy-Pork Expo in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.