Congressmen and Corn Farmers Coalition Call on EPA to Reconsider Ethanol Rules Using Better Information

Business Wire
June 09, 2009 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corn farmers and two veteran corn-state congressmen asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider new rules on ethanol in light of the phenomenal productivity and declining environmental impact of America’s largest crop.

Reps. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.) said farmers don’t get enough credit for growing more corn every year on the same amount of land with less energy and fewer resources.

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