The agency said it would not meet a July 24 deadline for ruling on a request to reduce a federal mandate on how much ethanol must be blended into gasoline this year.
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21:17
July '08
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12:26
July '08
Unable to cope with feed costs, southern catfish farmers are draining their ponds and wondering what comes next.
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1:13
July '08
Unable to cope with the soaring cost of feed, catfish farmers across the South are draining their ponds and wondering what comes next.
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16:17
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
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16:13
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
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2:52
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
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1:48
July '08
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
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1:22
July '08
Recent floods were likely to have damaged the corn and soybean harvest less than feared and farmers have planted more corn than previously expected, the government said.
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23:50
June '08
Farmers will harvest nearly 9 percent fewer acres of corn this year than last year, in part because of Midwest flooding, the government reported Monday.
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6:42
June '08
The ethanol industry has provided some top advisers to Senator Barack Obama, who has delivered ringing endorsements of ethanol as an alternative fuel.