I thought ethanol subsidies were gone. Expired.
Unless someone can prove otherwise, the article is a fraud.
At the time this article was written, farm subsidies were still enacted:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiLifnlyujJAhVI02MKHUdNAXAQFggiMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fshould-washington-end-agriculture-subsidies-1436757020&usg=AFQjCNEW2Wa3S4Fhk86fmFPXqvlwHEMznA&sig2=dLe-_SIEpU6dUiIKs0Q7Dw