date:Jul 19, 2012
uction in government mandates for corn-based ethanol production, Mr. Vilsack said. There has been recent speculation that a smaller corn crop might prompt the Environmental Protection Agency to lower the mandate in order to take pressure off of rising corn prices.
There's no need to go to the EPA at this point, based on the quantity of ethanol that's currently in storage, the USDA chief said. There's no problem in that area at this point in time.
Mr. Vilsack said the administration's tools to de