date:Jul 29, 2013
The Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on July 26 published its final rule on the Feedstock Flexibility Program (F.F.P.) that will allow the U.S.D.A. to purchase excess sugar to resell for use in ethanol production.
The F.F.P. may be used, if needed, to help the U.S.D.A. take excess domestic sugar off the market to avoid forfeitures of sugar pledged as collateral by processors for short-term commodity loans from the departments Commodity Credit Corp. The final F.F.P. rule