The American Soybean Association said it “cannot support” legislation that would expand higher-ethanol gasoline, creating a split with corn farmers who stand to benefit from an expanded biofuels market.
The relatively rare rift between growers of America’s two biggest crops comes ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Representatives this week that would allow year-round, nationwide sales of E15 gasoline.
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A spokesperson for the ASA pointed to research by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri, which found that small ...
