Vilsack Calls to Reform Ethanol Subsidy to Support Advanced Biofuels

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works heard from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack this month on the domestic ethanol policy, with the focus on moving from corn ethanol to advanced biofuels. Much of the April 13th hearing revolved around the benefit of the 45 cent-per-gallon subsidy for blending ethanol into gasoline and the 54 cent-per-gallon…