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Texans join call for EPA to waive ethanol mandate
Posted by Houston Chronicle: William Pack on July 31st, 2012
Houston Chronicle: Texas ranchers and dairy operators Monday backed a request by national agricultural producers to suspend the nation's Renewable Fuels Standard because it is causing corn prices to soar and livestock producers to suffer.
A coalition including the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency for a waiver "in whole or in substantial part" to the output requirements under the Renewable Fuels Standard for 12 months.
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