The Corn in Biden’s side

Presidential candidates follow certain traditions: eggs at a New
Hampshire diner, ice cream on a hot summer day… and support for ethanol
if they’recampaigning in Iowa. But once a candidate gets to the White
House, a complicated reality will dawn on them: keeping both oil
refiners and corn producers happy is an almost impossible task. Today,
POLITICO’s Kelsey Tamborrino, on how the Biden White House is trying to
balance both interests and manage the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Kelsey Tamborrino covers Energy for POLITICO.
Raghu Manavalan is an editor for POLITICO Audio.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

Presidential candidates follow certain traditions: eggs at a New Hampshire diner, ice cream on a hot summer day… and support for ethanol if they’recampaigning in Iowa. But once a candidate gets to the White House, a complicated reality will dawn on them: keeping both oil refiners and corn producers happy is an almost impossible task. Today, POLITICO’s Kelsey Tamborrino, on how the Biden White House is trying to balance both interests and manage the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Kelsey Tamborrino covers Energy for POLITICO.
Raghu Manavalan is an editor for POLITICO Audio.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.