
(NAFB.com) – During a press conference this week, the National Corn Growers Association called on Congress to pass legislation that will allow for the year-round sale of E15. Farmers and the ethanol industry are ready to deliver a solution to high prices at the pump, impacting all American drivers, and support farmers’ profitability. It’s a win-win and an easy solution for Congress to deliver. The group also called on U.S. fertilizer companies to ask the Trump administration to remove duties on phosphate imports from Morocco to help reduce fertilizer costs for farmers, a move that some reports say is already under consideration by officials. “With corn prices low and input costs high, Iowa’s corn growers are facing a fourth year of negative profitability, a situation made even more uncertain by the volatility in the Strait of Hormuz affecting global trade,” said Mark Mueller, the president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.
