The Renewable Fuels Association is urging NASS to reconsider a move.
They are fighting to keep county estimates for crops and livestock. In a letter to the NASS Administrator, RFA President Geoff Cooper says, “With the rapid emergence of state and federal climate policies that will compel ethanol producers to carefully track certain feedstock characteristics, the availability of robust county-level data has never been more important.”
Cooper says these kinds of reports are especially helpful as federal agencies work on the GREET model. Renewable fuel groups and farmers have been waiting on that update in order to estimate the future of biofuels. Cooper says the county-level specifics could help with carbon scoring under the tax credit program in the future.
