Source:FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 12/4/17

Recall that in December of 2016, agricultural policy observers expressed some measure of unease with President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.  As The Wall Street Journal stated at the time, “After campaigning as a strong supporter of the use of ethanol and other biofuels in the nation’s gasoline supply, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a forceful adversary of those federal requirements to implement them.”  Nearly one year later, today’s update looks briefly at recent EPA action on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and Administrator Pruitt’s visit to Iowa on Friday.

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