Senate bill biofuel mandate boosts corn acres; sends ripples through farm sector

US - A federal mandate to use more biofuels, as passed in the US Senate version of the energy bill, would shift more crop acres into corn, boost corn prices, reduce soybean acreage, cut livestock production and have repercussions across all of agriculture.
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