The ethanol industry would hang onto $232 million in federal subsidies over three years under a compromise agreement to abolish the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), the blender’s credit that has been costing the federal treasury billions of dollar a year, as well as a protective tariff on imported ethanol.
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United Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are calling a truce in the caged-layer wars and have agreed to seek federal legislation to phase out conventional cages and replace them over the next 15 to 18 years with “enriched colony” cages with perches, nesting boxes, and scratching areas.
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