The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has announced that Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will give a keynote address at the organization’s national ethanol conference set for next month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

ACE’s 22nd Annual Ethanol Conference & Trade Show will be held August 11-13 at Milwaukee’s Midwest Airlines Center and registration is now open online at www.ethanol.org.

As Under Secretary for Rural Development at USDA, Tonsager oversees programs that provide financial assistance to America’s ethanol producers and will be a key participant in the new Biofuels Interagency Working Group recently announced by President Obama.

Tonsager will speak on Wednesday afternoon, August 12. View the full agenda here.