The new president of the National Corn Growers Association, John Linder, wants to help the U.S. corn and ethanol industries recover and grow from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s tough. Ethanol plants are feeling a lot of pain and we’re really looking at every avenue to support them,” said Linder. “We want to work with the industry to help keep those idle plants in place to where they can start back up and working diligently on ethanol exports.” Linder is impressed and challenged with the administration at the EPA. “It’s a double edged sword; they are open to our conversations and our dialogue. I’ll meet with the administrator in the next few days and I’ve found him to be friendly in dialogue. We have conversations and they’re healthy, but do we need more? Yeah, we need more.” Linder operates a fifth-generation farm in central Ohio.
