Ethanol Waiver & Canola Blocked

Ethanol Waiver & Canola Blocked

Ethanol Waiver & Canola Blocked plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

A new study by Purdue University economists says that an EPA waiver of the ethanol requirement for gasoline, sought by livestock producers and four governors, won’t guarantee lower corn prices. The study says the impact of an EPA partial waiver of the Renewable Fuels Standard on corn prices all depends on what refiners do. Purdue Economics Professor Wally Tyner.

TYNER: If refiners and blenders do not have or choose not to use ethanol blending flexibility, a waiver has very limited impact. But to the extent that there is flexibility either the use of prior rins or a waiver could produce the corn price.

The Oregon Court of Appeals has ordered a temporary halt to state rules that allow an oil-seed crop, canola, to be planted in parts of the Willamette Valley. The order is in effect until the court rules on a suit filed by opponents of canola planting. The court said Thursday the ruling could come later this month. Some farmers want to plant canola for processing into cooking oil or biodiesel fuel. Valley farmers who grow related plants for seeds to sell to production growers and gardeners fear canola will cross-pollinate their plants. Opponents also object to genetically modified plants.

Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

It certainly seems at times that Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society of the United States, speaks with a forked tongue. Meaning he deliberately says one thing, but means another. Those in the agricultural community have been aware of this interesting “affliction” of Pacelle’s for quite some time. The HSUS has found itself on the hot seat and in the news a lot recently over the fact that very little of what it collects in donations actually ever goes to help animal shelters. Instead, the majority of those dollars are being spent to create tougher production standards for animal agriculture. Pacelle continues to deny that the HSUS has a vegan or anti-meat agenda, and that he personally does not want to see the total obliteration of animal agriculture. But then how does he explain his most recent blog where he chastises the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development for not including any anti-meat discussions on the agenda, stating that “If you’d like to help animals and the environment, it’s as easy as starting with your next meal.” If that’s not an anti-meat, anti-animal agriculture statement, I’ll eat my hat.

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network. 

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