MONROE - Badger State Ethanol hosted the 2014 Foreign Agricultural Attaché Tour last week.

The group is part of the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service and is made up of 26 agricultural attaches from more than a dozen countries. These countries include: Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, France, Angola, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ghana, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and also the Delegation of the European Union to the United State of America.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection hosted the group for the week and are helping to educate them about the quality and diversity of Wisconsin agriculture.

The DATCP and USDA'S FAS visited Badger State Ethanol Monday, Sept. 22 to take a tour of the facility and learn about the importance of biofuels to the world economy.