Louisiana ahead on the ethanol curve

 B. The legislature finds and declares that the proper development of an advanced biofuel industry in Louisiana requires the following comprehensive “field-to-pump” strategy:

(1) Feedstock other than corn:

(a) Derived solely from Louisiana harvested crops.

(b) Capable of an annual yield of at least six hundred gallons of ethanol per acre.

(c) Requiring no more than one-half of the water required to grow corn.

(d) Tolerant to high temperature and water logging.

(e) Resistant to drought and saline-alkaline soils.

(f) Capable of being grown in marginal soils, ranging from heavy clay to light sand.

(g) Requiring no more than one-third of the nitrogen required to grow corn thereby reducing the risk of contamination of the waters of the state.

(h) Requiring no more than one-half of the energy necessary to convert corn into ethanol.