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After a record year in Iowa, big ethanol asks for another handout

By Philip Wegmann
Published December 29, 2017 6:37pm ET
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After a record year in Iowa, big ethanol asks for another handout
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When demand peaks and production booms, normal businesses invest and expand. The ethanol industry just asks for a handout.

Even after the state produced a record-breaking 4.2 billion gallons of ethanol in 2017, the biofuel industry wants more. Touting that 100 million gallon increase over last year, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association is lobbying for more subsidies from the state government.

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