Corn groups are incentivizing California fuel retailers to add ethanol infrastructure.  

Corn checkoffs of Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas are providing California fuel retailers nearly $1.3 million over the next year to implement E85 pumps to increase ethanol demand. 

Missouri Corn Merchandising Council Chairman Jay Schutte tells Brownfield California’s low carbon fuel standard adds cost to gasoline and increases demand for higher ethanol blends, increasing its demand. 

“When we were there in California, we went to a filling station in San Diego; regular gasoline was $4.15 a gallon, E85 was $1.75 a gallon,” he said.

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