(Prairie Public Radio) – President Biden will be receiving a letter from corn growers calling on him to use his authority to bolster renewable fuel production and sales.

The letter was forged by Corn Growers Association leaders from 18 states, including North Dakota. North Dakota Corner Growers President Rob Hanson says consumers currently have access to E-15 ethanol fuel. That provision is set to expire in June.

Hanson says the President has authority to keep the provision in place.

Hanson says the U-S has been buying small amounts of Russian oil. He says ethanol is a good way to help displace the need for those purchases.

Hanson says he is not expecting to hear back directly from the President, but he’s hoping it catches the President’s attention.