November 20, 2012
BY Erin Krueger
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Corn growers continue to raise alarms about high fertilizer costs, including during a hearing on fertilizer affordability held before the Senate Agriculture Committee on May 12, according to the National Corn Growers Association.
The U.S. House of Representatives on May 13 voted 218 to 203 to approve the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailers Choice Act. The bill aims to enable year-round E15 sales and revamp the RFS small refinery exemption (SRE) program.
The Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition on May 13 announced it is pro-biofuels, pro-agriculture and pro-E15. The group, however, does not support the SRE provisions of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act.
The certainty of year-round E15 will help lower fuel costs for American families while bolstering the farm economy, the RFA stressed in a letter to all members of the House of Representatives, urging their support for H.R. 1346.
Members of Congress and leaders from several agricultural and biofuel organizations gathered outside the Capitol on May 12 to call on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation that will allow year-round sales of E15.