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Biofuels Provisions in the US Farm Bill

Posted on May 27, 2008

The US Congress last week overrode President Bush's veto of the US$289-billion Farm Bill (H.R.2419, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), putting it into effect as a law. The wide-ranging bill, the passage of which generated some criticism from countries at the World Trade Organization for increasing farm subsidies at a time when the WTO is trying to reach a deal to cut them, includes a number of measures related to biofuels, both current generation and future.Among the more than US$1-billion biofuel- and bioenergy-related provisions of the legislation are:Extension of the 14.27 /l...

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