One former Washington insider recently told me that Archer Daniels Midland, the grain processing giant and one of the country's largest ethanol producers, lobbied heavily for the blender's credit of 51 cents per gallon that ethanol receives.
EU. But separating contraband corn from acceptable varieties is no easy task, despite education campaigns for farmers and attempts by the country's big grain handlers, such as Archer Daniels Midland, to divert unapproved crops away from export channels.