VIEWPOINT | Our corn farmers suffer as leadership failures abound

Guest column by Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union

Let me get this straight: The ethanol industry is asking for what is essentially a clerical clarification applying Reid vapor pressure (Rvp) relief to all blends that would allow refiners and retailers the option, at their choosing, if they want to, at their discretion, if they feel like it, and not being forced — to use more ethanol. The oil industry, being the free market folks that they are, oppose such choice. Like the old example of the horse and buggy industry being outraged by the advent of the automobile, the oil industry remains adamant that there were actually 11 commandments, not 10, and the 11th was that they should have sole control of what goes in our cars.

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