Trump Will Loosen Ethanol Rules, Aiding Anxious Farmers Ahead of Midterm Elections
Source: New York Times
By Lisa Friedman
Oct. 8, 2018
WASHINGTON When President Trump visits Iowa on Tuesday he will unveil a pro-ethanol perk aimed at soothing corn and soybean farmers in the heartland made anxious by his decision to impose tariffs on China, a move that kicked off a trade dispute with a major buyer of American agricultural products.
The trip to Council Bluffs, Iowa, which comes on the heels of campaign rallies in Minnesota and Kansas, is part of Mr. Trumps efforts help Midwestern Republicans facing tight midterm election races this November because of a backlash to his trade policies. Lawmakers acknowledged that the plan which will include lifting a federal ban on summer sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, something the industry has long sought will be critical to assuaging farmers in Iowa and elsewhere who have grown deeply worried about the falling prices of corn and soybeans.
There is anxiety about the presidents program on putting on tariffs, said Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, though he noted the administrations successful renegotiation of a trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico has allayed some of those worries.
Still, he said that for farmers, the ethanol announcement would be a big boost not only because of the anxiety of tariffs but because were having another record corn crop and that naturally drives down prices. Mr. Grassley has long pushed to allow the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline in summer months. The restrictions have been in place out of concerns that burning more ethanol in hot weather contributes to smog.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/climate/trump-ethanol-farmers-midterm-election.html
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)He owns one of the largest Blending plants in the US.
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)It still has a lot of greenhouse gas emissions and is wastefully produced.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Its bad for the fuel system of most vehicles and you get less mpg from since it only has 60 percent of the punch of petroleum hydrocarbons.
truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
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delisen
(6,046 posts)Farmers need to be growing food.