<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">summary</heading><title type="document">Ethanol Transforms Agricultural Markets in the USA</title>In the United States the volume of ethanol produced from maize is increasing at a very fast rate. The high crude oil prices explain some of this growth, but government policies have also been instrumental by fostering the growth of the US...

US energy policy mandates minimum levels of biofuel use. The four interdependent mandates of the 2007 legislation - EISA - are defined by their feedstocks and greenhouse gas reduction targets, and are each set to rise over the coming years. If the volumes of use would be below the mandated...