Food processors band together to eliminate ethanol tariff

April 15, 2008

Minnesota Public Radio ran a report on lobbying efforts by food-related organizations supporting the elimination of the 54-cent ethanol tariff; the importation of cheap Brazilian ethanol into the United States would reduce grain costs for food processors.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Policy