Biofuel producers at last have access to cheap American sugar

In Washington, the Farm Service Agency announced the final Feedstock Flexibility Program(FFP) rule went on public display Friday was published in the Federal Register on Monday, July 29. Congress created the FFP in the 2008 Farm Bill, allowing for the purchase of excess sugar to produce bioenergy in order to avoid forfeiture of sugar pledged as collateral by processors when securing short-term commodity loans from USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).