Ag leaders ask for another opinion on ethanol mandate

The leaders of two Iowa ag groups have filed a lawsuit protesting the IowaAttorney General’s opinion that Iowa’s Ag Secretary does NOT have theauthority to mandate usage of ethanol fuel in Iowa. Iowa Farm Bureau President Ed Wiederstein (weed’-er-steen) believes thestate’s top lawyer has NOT interpreted Iowa law correctly.Wiederstein and others believe Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge has theauthority to set a “fuel quality standard” which would force gas stations tosell only ethanol fuel.Iowa Corn Growers Association president Ron Litterer of Greene has joinedWiederstein in the court petition.