ARLINGTON, Va. — "We are thankful and support the action that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken, and appreciate the one year volume reduction, but, quite frankly, chicken producers need a much longer term and permanent solution," said NCC President Mike Brown in testimony on Capitol Hill. "Congress created this mess, and ultimately, Congress must fix it."
Brown testified Dec. 5 at an EPA public hearing for the 2014 standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. EPA released on Nov. 15 a proposed 2014 RFS standard that will reduce the conventional fuel mandate (corn-based ethanol) from the. . .