By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
ALTOONA, Iowa — Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, urged industry leaders and farmers at the association’s summit Feb. 4 to pursue expanding markets and to be wary of “looking in the rearview mirror.”
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