Meat producers back RFS Flexibility Act, biofuel groups and corn growers fight it
October 05, 2011 | 06:52 PM | Filed in: Biofuels
Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., have introduced the Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act, which would reduce or eliminate the volumes of renewable fuel use required by the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) based upon corn stocks-to-use ratios.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Chicken Council, the National Pork Producers Council, the National Turkey Federation, the American Meat Institute all endorsed the bill.
The groups raised concerns about the impact tight feed supplies and high feed prices, partially because of the RFS, have had on livestock and poultry producers.
ActionAid USA, an international aid group, also endorsed the bill, saying that biofuels production mandates are one of the key drivers of global food price volatility.
The American Coalition for Ethanol, the American Farm Bureau Federation, Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association, the National Farmers Union, the National Sorghum Producers, and the Renewable Fuel Association all oppose the bill, and sent Goodlatte and Costa a letter saying that “numerous studies have concluded that the RFS is a minor contributor to corn prices” and contending that tethering public policy to frequently changing corn stocks-to-use ratios poses “inherent risk.”
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Chicken Council, the National Pork Producers Council, the National Turkey Federation, the American Meat Institute all endorsed the bill.
The groups raised concerns about the impact tight feed supplies and high feed prices, partially because of the RFS, have had on livestock and poultry producers.
ActionAid USA, an international aid group, also endorsed the bill, saying that biofuels production mandates are one of the key drivers of global food price volatility.
The American Coalition for Ethanol, the American Farm Bureau Federation, Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association, the National Farmers Union, the National Sorghum Producers, and the Renewable Fuel Association all oppose the bill, and sent Goodlatte and Costa a letter saying that “numerous studies have concluded that the RFS is a minor contributor to corn prices” and contending that tethering public policy to frequently changing corn stocks-to-use ratios poses “inherent risk.”
