A biofuels market expert says President Biden’s recent ethanol waiver opening summertime E15 sales will boost ethanol demand but maybe not as much as some expect.

Jarrett Whistance with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute says ‘consumers are creatures of habit’ and challenges remain.

“Finding ways to incentivize consumers to actually purchase the fuel, but then also, incentivizing retailers to actually sell the fuel,” Whistance said. “Given the temporary nature [of the waiver], it may or may not attract a lot of new retailers right away.”

He tells Brownfield there are scattered concerns of infrastructure limitations.

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