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Trump EPA keeps change meant to boost ethanol

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg News
Mar 10, 2025
Mar 10, 2025

Corn grows in a Saline County, Mo., field next to the farmer-owned Mid-Missouri Energy ethanol plant.
Photo by Benjamin Herrold

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By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg News

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