Potential Impacts of a Partial Waiver of the Ethanol Blending Rules
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Four years ago, as the temperature of rhetoric in the food-versus-fuel debate rose with the prices of corn and oil, Farm Foundation asked three economists from Purdue University to take an objective look at the complex forces that were driving food prices. While oil prices are not at 2008 levels this summer, drought and high temperatures are pushing corn and soybean prices to record levels, and the food vs. fuel debate is once again heated.
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