Heading back to the food, fiber and fuel future?

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The current high prices and projections of low carry-over stocks have rekindled the food vs. fuel debate. The ethanol industry, directly, and corn farmers, indirectly, will face increasing calls for lowering the renewable fuels mandate and a reduction in or elimination of the blenders tax credit.

By: Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer,