Alan Roebke (REB-key) - "Congressional Change for America" & "Legislative Change for Minnesota"!
"After 30 years of Far Right & Far Left Leadership, America is finally out of other people's money, as well as our own!" Alan Roebke
"After 30 years of Far Right & Far Left Leadership, America is finally out of other people's money, as well as our own!" Alan Roebke
If you really want sound Government change, you want Alan Roebke involved in the "Policy Debate!"
For this site is engaged in fixing the policies and conduct of our government, by one who is skilled in such matters,
yet kept from the podium!
For this site is engaged in fixing the policies and conduct of our government, by one who is skilled in such matters,
yet kept from the podium!
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Legislative review tape on KWLM Willmar!
TV Ethanol Subsidies -
Click on "Significance of Subsidies"
Ethanol Subsidies Flow
Obama's Corn Quiz?
For all to read!
New Legislative Audit Study!
Updated 3-12-09 Financial info on Subsidized Ethanol Plants
Summary of earnings
--2009 report!
--2008 report!
--2007 report!
--2006 report!
--2005 report!
See when Minnesota State Ethanol payments started
If it was really a 10 year program as explained in the video, it would be totally done in 2009.
Latest Ethanol data - must read!
Latest Ethanol subsidy chart.
Governor Continues Ethanol Subsidies in FY 2010-2011 budget.
Read pages 52 - 54.
Ethanol Producer Payments Made - Jan. 2009
See the remaining deficiency payments state leaders avoided in the video.
Cellulosic Ethanol Subsidies just starting!
Ethanol Program
Read some history that clearly shows the state has more than met it's obligations to the original program. Note in this background report the contract the house speaker refers to in the video was actually for the lenders.
Oct 2008 Newsletter
Compare Senator Senjem's comments on the video to the reality of the Al-Corn plant in his district. The newsletter shows that the state will give an additional $4.5 million to a plant that is paid for and is a closed Co-op or 'Private Club'.
Minnesota Dept of Agricultures view of Ethanol:
View with a grain of salt and it's typical failure to update plant production numbers as of date of release! For the plants still receiving producer payment subsidies are now averaging 45 million gallons of production per year. Or at least three times the plant size required to maximize State subsidy payments which was based on production of 15 million gallons per year!
Website info on a few plants still receiving subsidies:
Bingham Lake, MN
Glenville, MN
Pro-Corn Preston, MN
Corn Plus Courier, Jan. 2009
Corn Plus - About Us
Legislative review tape on KWLM Willmar!
TV Ethanol Subsidies -
Click on "Significance of Subsidies"
Ethanol Subsidies Flow
Obama's Corn Quiz?
For all to read!
New Legislative Audit Study!
Updated 3-12-09 Financial info on Subsidized Ethanol Plants
Summary of earnings
--2009 report!
--2008 report!
--2007 report!
--2006 report!
--2005 report!
See when Minnesota State Ethanol payments started
If it was really a 10 year program as explained in the video, it would be totally done in 2009.
Latest Ethanol data - must read!
Latest Ethanol subsidy chart.
Governor Continues Ethanol Subsidies in FY 2010-2011 budget.
Read pages 52 - 54.
Ethanol Producer Payments Made - Jan. 2009
See the remaining deficiency payments state leaders avoided in the video.
Cellulosic Ethanol Subsidies just starting!
Ethanol Program
Read some history that clearly shows the state has more than met it's obligations to the original program. Note in this background report the contract the house speaker refers to in the video was actually for the lenders.
Oct 2008 Newsletter
Compare Senator Senjem's comments on the video to the reality of the Al-Corn plant in his district. The newsletter shows that the state will give an additional $4.5 million to a plant that is paid for and is a closed Co-op or 'Private Club'.
Minnesota Dept of Agricultures view of Ethanol:
View with a grain of salt and it's typical failure to update plant production numbers as of date of release! For the plants still receiving producer payment subsidies are now averaging 45 million gallons of production per year. Or at least three times the plant size required to maximize State subsidy payments which was based on production of 15 million gallons per year!
Website info on a few plants still receiving subsidies:
Bingham Lake, MN
Glenville, MN
Pro-Corn Preston, MN
Corn Plus Courier, Jan. 2009
Corn Plus - About Us
Farm Policy views for rural residents!
Click here to find out more.
See Congressional failure to increase domestic crude oil production.
To all Minnesota residents.
Click here to find out more.
See Congressional failure to increase domestic crude oil production.
To all Minnesota residents.
Unallotment Brief
It's time to end the Ethanol subsidies program and save $55 million for Minnesota tax payers!
New letter to Editors, Feb. 11th
Read letter to Editor in many Outstate newspapers before viewing video's!
Now observe our legislative leaders and Senator Clarke's silent smile of support. The classic example of St. Paul agitation, needed to secure "Minnesota Ethanol Subsidies". Part of the "well orchestrated political pot of enzymes", needed to protect their fermented Friends!
Alan is a strong corn based ethanol supporter for both Minnesota and the nation but without subsidies. Review Alan's analysis of Legislative Leaders on the video below:
This is the economics that Alan Roebke would like to address.
Financial Charts
Alan says this will help you understand the Mess: As Joseph Stiglitz joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the Obama administration's plan to deal with the toxic assets dogging some U.S. banks.
Click here to watch video.
Alan's view on the "Economic Crisis" before the election:
Minnesotans need to understand why over seven thousand 7th District residents voted for Alan in the September 9th Republican primary, yet Alan was blocked from the podium by special interest groups in the district.
Roebke is a progressive vote to put all the issues on the table for 7th District residents to see and understand before they vote for a new Congressman in November. After 18 years of Collin Peterson, we have a mess on our hands - $4 gasoline, an economic and housing crisis and continued lack of affordable healthcare. So vote for Alan Roebke on Tuesday in the Republican primary. Experienced as a Farmer, a leader and a candidate who truly understands what needs too change. See more at Congressional Change.com.
"Ethanol blending policy a $5 billion dollar cost for taxpayers!"
This week I visited a typical fuel terminal in Alexandria Minnesota, which sends semi-loads of 10% ethanol blended gasoline bound for western Minnesota stations. As a candidate for congress and strong supporter of corn based ethanol, I wanted to observe the blending process. For congress sends a tax credit of 45 Cent/ethanol gallon blended to gasoline or $382 for a tanker load of gasohol, to someone in the petroleum industry.
What I found was a simple loading and blending process. Conducted not by big oil but by the truck drivers, who safely load and deliver gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil daily to retail or wholesale outlets in the area. These drivers said adding ethanol was no problem just part of the job. As I watched them use the same terminal loading and metering equipment used for other fuels. I timed them, less than a minute's interruption of fuel flow for the ethanol blending process, yet no one new who got the tax credit!
For an hour and half I had the privilege, of observing at least a dozen trucks load. While talking with the people in this well run terminal and driver driven fuel delivery system. For once the trucks drove into loading position, it only took 15 to 20 minutes tops to load 8500 gallons of ethanol blended gasoline or a multiple load of gasoline, diesel or heating oil.
What is still missing in this release is ethanol has been selling for about 45 cents/gallon cheaper than 84 or 85 Octane gasoline. So with ethanol at 114 octane, ethanol actually helps the terminal reach the 87 or 89 octane fuel grade consumers need, at a cheaper price than the base fuel gasoline.
Then when I checked with the cost of delivering a typical load of gasohol, which I watched load, going to Willmar Minnesota 65 miles away the freight cost was $395. So the question for Congress is, do they think someone in the petroleum industry needs help paying the freight for $4/gallon gasoline? So with America needing a proven alternative fuel or additive anyway, like corn based ethanol, why are we paying for the process of blending? When this years corn crop will deliver enough corn based ethanol, for 8% ethanol in all the American gasoline used, even with out imported ethanol. Why not just mandate its use? The trucks said they'll gladly blend the ethanol, it's part of their job as good citizens. So I believe consumers would be outraged, if they could see what I have seen, even corn farmers. Alan Roebke (REB-key) Republican candidate in the 9-9-08 7th District congressional primary! www.congressionalchange.com
See how Congress failed to address energy reality in 2006, which has lead to the mess we are in today! Gas was $2.79/gallon, crude oil was $70/barrel.
Now compare the average citizen's $600 stimulus check in 2008 to the guaranteed direct payment farmers received even after having the best prices in 35 years. See what your present Congressman Collin Peterson did for Farmers in our Congressional District compared to the support he gave the average citizen in the following counties. The 2008 Farm Bill, that was just passed by Peterson/Congress gives Farmers the Direct Payments that you will see, by clicking on the counties below. The 2007 payments will continue in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 regardless of what crop prices are if the listed farmers stay with their 2007 acreage! Yet if prices crash they can lock in 2007 and 2008 high prices for a new costly subsidy option program called "ACRE" that the farm bill didn't include in it's budget process!
Peanut policy is a prime example of mis-guided farm policy that Collin Peterson was heavily involved in with his best buddy Senator Chambliss.
Voters, do you believe farmers in your county/area should still receive large subsidy payments as Collin Peterson does, even as they enjoy some of the highest incomes in rural America? Alan Roebke says 'No' to continued subsidies but believes his farm policy can replace subsidies with a sound commodity loan program, to better address the farmers new high cost of production. Similiar to how patents, copy rights, and trademarks etc. help business face their daily economic challenges!
See links to 7th District counties below.
Press Releases
Click here to read current
press releases.
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery - Part 2
Letter from US Dept. of Agriculture to Mr. Roebke
Senator Chambliss: Press Release/Letter to the Editor!
Read Peanut Backgrounder with a grain of salt.
Farm Service Agency National Peanut Prices
WEEKLY NATIONAL POSTED PRICES FOR PEANUTS
The following prices are effective from 11/12/08 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time until
the next announcement occurs. The next announcement is scheduled for 11/18/08 at
3:00 pm Eastern Time.
* $564.75 per ton for Runner peanuts
* $558.95 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Virginia peanuts
This week's NPP is unchanged from last week.
National Agriculture Statistics Service Peanut Prices
Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States
Oct 11, 2008 - Nov 8, 2008
Average Dollars per Pound:
Runners 0.197 ($394.00/ton)
Spanish 0.147
Valencias 0.195 - 0.220
Virginias 0.188 - 0.201
All 0.188 - 0.201
Farm Subsidies in the 7th District of Minnesota!
Send below to Governor Pawlenty. The same
to Ag Commissioner Gene Hugoson
budgetideas@state.mn.us or Gene.Hugoson@state.mn.us
Please copy and paste the following text into the body of
your email.
Governor Pawlenty and Commissioner Hugoson, Gentleman, please keep state Agencies strong to help those
taking "Unallotment Cuts". By simply cutting Ethanol
Subsidies by removing the remaining "Ethanol Subsidies" under the fiscal
2009 budget of $8,363,000 and the $12,168,000 scheduled for 2010 and the
additional $12,168,000 for 2011. Now you have a total saving of
$32,699,000 still in the 2009-2011 budgets that can be cut! And
remind Legislators they can also end the $19,790,000 still scheduled
for fiscal 2012-2013 budget. For all this money only goes to the "Ethanol
Plants" that enjoyed the best of times for Ethanol. And for the
last five years have been financially strong enough to send out over $100
million annually to their invester in the form of dividends!!!!!!! This will
make a immediate savings of $33 million you are asking of State
Agencies! This one simple cut will keep
State Agencies strong to help local governments, schools
and citizens best deal with the cuts they are taking. Thank You for
your leadership by cutting Ethanol Subsidies
---Signed ----- Your
Name--- Posted on www.congressonalchange.com for concerned Citizens by
Alan Roebke (REB-key) Alexandria Mn
It's time to end the Ethanol subsidies program and save $55 million for Minnesota tax payers!
New letter to Editors, Feb. 11th
Read letter to Editor in many Outstate newspapers before viewing video's!
Now observe our legislative leaders and Senator Clarke's silent smile of support. The classic example of St. Paul agitation, needed to secure "Minnesota Ethanol Subsidies". Part of the "well orchestrated political pot of enzymes", needed to protect their fermented Friends!
Alan is a strong corn based ethanol supporter for both Minnesota and the nation but without subsidies. Review Alan's analysis of Legislative Leaders on the video below:
This is the economics that Alan Roebke would like to address.
Financial Charts
Alan says this will help you understand the Mess: As Joseph Stiglitz joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the Obama administration's plan to deal with the toxic assets dogging some U.S. banks.
Click here to watch video.
Alan's view on the "Economic Crisis" before the election:
Minnesotans need to understand why over seven thousand 7th District residents voted for Alan in the September 9th Republican primary, yet Alan was blocked from the podium by special interest groups in the district.
Roebke is a progressive vote to put all the issues on the table for 7th District residents to see and understand before they vote for a new Congressman in November. After 18 years of Collin Peterson, we have a mess on our hands - $4 gasoline, an economic and housing crisis and continued lack of affordable healthcare. So vote for Alan Roebke on Tuesday in the Republican primary. Experienced as a Farmer, a leader and a candidate who truly understands what needs too change. See more at Congressional Change.com.
"Ethanol blending policy a $5 billion dollar cost for taxpayers!"
This week I visited a typical fuel terminal in Alexandria Minnesota, which sends semi-loads of 10% ethanol blended gasoline bound for western Minnesota stations. As a candidate for congress and strong supporter of corn based ethanol, I wanted to observe the blending process. For congress sends a tax credit of 45 Cent/ethanol gallon blended to gasoline or $382 for a tanker load of gasohol, to someone in the petroleum industry.
What I found was a simple loading and blending process. Conducted not by big oil but by the truck drivers, who safely load and deliver gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil daily to retail or wholesale outlets in the area. These drivers said adding ethanol was no problem just part of the job. As I watched them use the same terminal loading and metering equipment used for other fuels. I timed them, less than a minute's interruption of fuel flow for the ethanol blending process, yet no one new who got the tax credit!
For an hour and half I had the privilege, of observing at least a dozen trucks load. While talking with the people in this well run terminal and driver driven fuel delivery system. For once the trucks drove into loading position, it only took 15 to 20 minutes tops to load 8500 gallons of ethanol blended gasoline or a multiple load of gasoline, diesel or heating oil.
What is still missing in this release is ethanol has been selling for about 45 cents/gallon cheaper than 84 or 85 Octane gasoline. So with ethanol at 114 octane, ethanol actually helps the terminal reach the 87 or 89 octane fuel grade consumers need, at a cheaper price than the base fuel gasoline.
Then when I checked with the cost of delivering a typical load of gasohol, which I watched load, going to Willmar Minnesota 65 miles away the freight cost was $395. So the question for Congress is, do they think someone in the petroleum industry needs help paying the freight for $4/gallon gasoline? So with America needing a proven alternative fuel or additive anyway, like corn based ethanol, why are we paying for the process of blending? When this years corn crop will deliver enough corn based ethanol, for 8% ethanol in all the American gasoline used, even with out imported ethanol. Why not just mandate its use? The trucks said they'll gladly blend the ethanol, it's part of their job as good citizens. So I believe consumers would be outraged, if they could see what I have seen, even corn farmers. Alan Roebke (REB-key) Republican candidate in the 9-9-08 7th District congressional primary! www.congressionalchange.com
See how Congress failed to address energy reality in 2006, which has lead to the mess we are in today! Gas was $2.79/gallon, crude oil was $70/barrel.
Now compare the average citizen's $600 stimulus check in 2008 to the guaranteed direct payment farmers received even after having the best prices in 35 years. See what your present Congressman Collin Peterson did for Farmers in our Congressional District compared to the support he gave the average citizen in the following counties. The 2008 Farm Bill, that was just passed by Peterson/Congress gives Farmers the Direct Payments that you will see, by clicking on the counties below. The 2007 payments will continue in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 regardless of what crop prices are if the listed farmers stay with their 2007 acreage! Yet if prices crash they can lock in 2007 and 2008 high prices for a new costly subsidy option program called "ACRE" that the farm bill didn't include in it's budget process!
Peanut policy is a prime example of mis-guided farm policy that Collin Peterson was heavily involved in with his best buddy Senator Chambliss.
Voters, do you believe farmers in your county/area should still receive large subsidy payments as Collin Peterson does, even as they enjoy some of the highest incomes in rural America? Alan Roebke says 'No' to continued subsidies but believes his farm policy can replace subsidies with a sound commodity loan program, to better address the farmers new high cost of production. Similiar to how patents, copy rights, and trademarks etc. help business face their daily economic challenges!
See links to 7th District counties below.
Press Releases
Click here to read current
press releases.
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery - Part 2
Letter from US Dept. of Agriculture to Mr. Roebke
Senator Chambliss: Press Release/Letter to the Editor!
Read Peanut Backgrounder with a grain of salt.
Farm Service Agency National Peanut Prices
WEEKLY NATIONAL POSTED PRICES FOR PEANUTS
The following prices are effective from 11/12/08 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time until
the next announcement occurs. The next announcement is scheduled for 11/18/08 at
3:00 pm Eastern Time.
* $564.75 per ton for Runner peanuts
* $558.95 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Virginia peanuts
This week's NPP is unchanged from last week.
National Agriculture Statistics Service Peanut Prices
Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States
Oct 11, 2008 - Nov 8, 2008
Average Dollars per Pound:
Runners 0.197 ($394.00/ton)
Spanish 0.147
Valencias 0.195 - 0.220
Virginias 0.188 - 0.201
All 0.188 - 0.201
Farm Subsidies in the 7th District of Minnesota!