Interesting articles. Corn growers are now protesting the EPA’s “war on corn.” Hard to believe the EPA would EVER back off on one of its babies.
November 2013 — The Obama administration announces it wants to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply, acknowledging the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 is not working as well as expected. The change would require almost 3 billion fewer gallons of biofuel to be blended into gasoline in 2014 than the law mandates.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20131117/GREEN01/311170014/?nclick_check=1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3077610/posts
ETHANOL timeline -
http://www.whig.com/story/24024448/a-timeline-of-recent-ethanol-events
Don’t get too excited. It’s a reduction in the amount of increase demanded, not a net reduction.
Low gas prices and low corn prices make expansion of ethanol production out of the question.