13. Notes that 2% of EU cereal production was diverted to biofuels in 2007, compared with 25% of US maize production going to ethanol production in that year; calls for a global assessment of this trend and the impact on food prices and for policy coordination at the global level to ensure that food supply is not jeopardised by the push for renewable energy production; calls also for the inclusion in international and regional agreements of commitments that the subsidies granted for biofuel production will not jeopardise world food security and will be consistent with applicable rules so as not to affect competition between trading partners; calls, nevertheless, for firm commitmen ...[+++]t from the European Union in promoting second generation biofuels;

Ms. Cromey: On the certified organic farms, many are in the less than $25,000 category and some of our larger grain farms are in other categories also.

We farm about 2,300 acres, and our farm is one that probably falls within the category of a typical family grain farm.

We are talking about investment dollars in the millions, just under a million dollars to run a decent sized grain farm.