Farm Energy

SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY (R, Iowa):
“Farmers are always looking for ways to make the most of natural resources. The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) helps farmers use what’s at hand to produce homegrown, clean, renewable energy. It’s an attractive program for efficiency and environmental reasons.”

SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D, Minnesota):
“Farmers have a strong desire for using modern clean technology to produce energy from agriculture’s abundant renewable resources. They use REAP to produce clean energy and energy savings, along with new opportunities for diversified and increased farm income, jobs and improved stewardship of our natural heritage.”

REP. TOM LATHAM (R, Iowa-3):
“The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides a unique public-private partnership. The program has leveraged billions of dollars of private investment in our rural communities. REAP helps rural electric cooperatives erect wind turbines, small businesses reduce energy costs and farmers invest in bio-energy production facilities and add solar panels to their buildings. Because of REAP, America’s rural communities are producing more renewable energy and being more energy efficient.”

SEN. DEBBIE STABENOW (D, Michigan), Chairwoman, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry:
“The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is one of the most effective energy programs in the Farm Bill. Thousands of farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses now produce renewable energy or have made their operations more energy efficient with this initiative. This is very important for our rural economies and for our long-term energy independence.”

SEN. JOHN THUNE (R, South Dakota):
“Each new generation of farmers demonstrates a growing interest in using modern technology to produce energy from agriculture’s abundant renewable resources. Farmers use REAP and a variety of other incentives to produce clean energy and energy savings, and to develop new opportunities for diversified and increased farm income, jobs and improved stewardship of our natural resources.”

REP. TIM WALZ (D, Minnesota-1): 
“Farmers have a strong desire for using modern clean technology to produce energy from agriculture’s abundant renewable resources. They use REAP to produce clean energy and energy savings, along with new opportunities for diversified and increased farm income, jobs and improved stewardship of our natural heritage.”