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Kate Bolz

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The nation’s ethanol plants saw a 45% drop in demand as COVID-19 spread. Senators across the Midwest are standing up for farmers & pushing back on ethanol exemptions for small refineries. I'll stand up for farmers in #NE01 and across our state in DC.

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Nebraska and Iowa senators join flared-up fight over ethanol

Backers of the ethanol industry are fighting a federal government effort to exempt more small refineries from buying the corn-based fuel while also pushing Congress to offer pandemic-related aid.

1:46 AM · Jul 10, 2020

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What's the plan for five years from now, when demand for gasoline has plummeted due to electric vehicles? The world is changing. We need realistic, long-term ag policy... not a continuation of the best we could come up with a decade ago.

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