August 23, 2010
MO Corn to urge President on E-15
Published in Brownfield Ag
Like the Illinois Corn Growers Association, Missouri corn leaders will be writing to President Obama urging him to get the EPA moving on higher ethanol blends. Gary Marshall, CEO of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, says on E-15 and many other issues, the EPA “is not ag friendly.”
“We think the EPA right now is just a hotbed of activism and we’re very concerned about that,” Marshall told Brownfield at the Missouri State Fair. “So, we want to see the White House intervene and help straighten out those folks over there. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have E15 today and that’s what we’re going to tell the White House.”
Illinois corn and ethanol groups, along with fuel retailers have sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to approve the immediate use of 12 percent ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply since EPA continues to delay its decision E-15....
