WASHINGTON — What Congress giveth, Congress also taketh away.

That’s the concern of Midwestern ethanol-makers and their corn  farmer brethren in the aftermath of a surprisingly strong report by the Government Accountability Office concluding  that ethanol’s 45-cent per gallon tax credit is unnecessary.

Congress’s…

WASHINGTON — Midwest farmers argue that the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t know beans about farming.

That’s essentially what the St. Louis-based American Soybean Association contends in an offensive opened this week aimed at persuading the EPA to back off proposed new rules that…

John Shimkus

WASHINGTON — If you’re getting millions in subsidies, tax breaks and federally guaranteed market share, you need to do a little work sometimes to keep the pump primed.

So it was today in Washington when members of the Corn Farmers…

Once seemingly satisfied to repel Sarah Steelman’s negative ads with subtle parries, Republican Kenny Hulshof is unloading his media arsenal on his party rival.

The subject once again centers on fuel costs.

Earlier this week, Steelman unveiled a spot attacking Hulshof on his support…

Sarah Steelman has a new ad out highlighting her fresh opposition to the state’s “ethanol mandate” on gasoline.

Earlier this year, Steelman offered tenative support for a state law, passed in January, that requires filling stations to sell fuel with 10 percent…

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, one of two Republicans running for governor, sent out an e-release this morning challenging rival “Sarah Steelman’s newfound commitment to repeal the state’s renewable fuel directive…”

Hulshof’s campaign contended that Steelman’s call to eliminate Missouri’s ethanol mandate…