Government grants might speed local interest in biofuels

Beaumont Enterprise (Texas)
By KYLE PEVETO
January, 4, 2009

Rice and cattle were once the agricultural kings of Southeast Texas, but some local farmers now are looking forward to potentially lucrative crops - harvests that can be used as renewable energy sources, such as sorghum, cane and some types of rice.

A rush to meet federal standards designed to increase the country's energy independence has made some of these farmers optimistic that new refineries and acres of energy crops could be in the region's future.

Growing thousands of acres of new energy sources could be a "shot in the arm" for agriculture in the area, said Mike Doguet, an advocate for biofuels.

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