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Continued rail delays concern ethanol industry

One of the nation’s leading ethanol advocacy groups, Growth Energy, is expressing concern over continued delays in rail shipments of ethanol.

In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis says ethanol producers are still having problems getting enough rail cars to ship their product. He says the industry faced the same challenge earlier this year, which resulted in some plants having to reduce production

Buis expresses dismay that a recent STB decision requiring Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF Railway to resolve backlogs of their grain car orders did not also address the shipment of ethanol. With over 61 percent of all ethanol delivered by rail, Buis says it is “imperative” that the issues be directly addressed and given the same priority as grain shipments.

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