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Peter Welch: “So does that mean that if you have--the RFS standard requires more corn, obviously, to be going into the ethanol…”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
So does that mean that if you have--the RFS standard requires more corn, obviously, to be going into the ethanol production, and that means less corn going into feed.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch highlights the conflict between RFS requirements and feed availability during droughts.

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