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Right now, biofuels are being made from crops grown by our farmers. They are being made in American cities and rural communities, reinvigorating our local economies, and by American workers, offering them good-paying, stable jobs in a growing industry. In fact, American ethanol helped create 70,000 jobs in 2010, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
 
Advanced biofuels offer the ability to expand these benefits with feedstock and fuel production in all 50 states while helping to free us from costly foreign oil â€" and you from paying for it.
 
But bringing these biofuels to market takes a partnership, where the private sector provides the innovation and lion’s share of capital to develop it â€" and the public sector provides consistent policy support to grow it.

That’s why the farm bill is so important.
 

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