Midwest farmers demand larger share of infrastructure money

 

Midwest corn growers who rely on the biofuels industry for a large part of their product aren’t exactly happy with the Biden administration’s push for Electric Vehicles.

That’s because the biofuels industry is nearly left out of the administration’s infrastructure package and Iowa Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne is fighting the omission.

“To not see [biofuels] listed as part of an infrastructure piece, I’m hoping is just an oversight and a misunderstanding — because I know that there’s support for it,” said Rep. Axne, the only Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation reported POLITICO.

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