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The House of Representatives Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research held a hearing May 6 to review the impact of indirect land use provisions in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This hearing came one day after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would revise the current RFS program and implement several changes to renewable fuel requirements.

 

 

As our nation's lawmakers and regulators debate the future of corn ethanol in Washington, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and several other organizations have been stressing how corn-based ethanol gets biofuels right. This campaign now includes a full-page ad running in Politico, a Capitol Hill newspaper.

 

Collaborating with NCGA on the advertisement are Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association, the American Coalition for Ethanol, and the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
 
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NCGA urges policymakers in our nation's capital to acknowledge the benefits of corn ethanol in helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As the debate surrounding the future of biofuels continues, it is imperative that policymakers recognize the important role of corn ethanol as demonstrated through numerous studies.  

 

 

A supplement to be published in the June issue of the Journal of Nutrition encourages the scientific community and the general public to stop demonizing high fructose corn syrup as the culprit of obesity and to rethink the myths about high fructose corn syrup's impact on the American diet.

 

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Guy Davenport, of Creswell, N.C., is running for re-election to the NCGA Corn Board. He is a former member of the NCGA Grower Services Action Team and a former director of the Corn Growers Association of North Carolina.  

 

In his latest "Our View" column, National Corn Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Rick Tolman addresses some of the myths surrounding higher ethanol blends, explains why the petroleum industry is opposed to it, and amplifies our call for farmers and others to tell the Environmental Protection Agency they support corn ethanol.