JEFFERSON CITY – Soybean farmers and consumers across the Midwest, including in Ray and Clay counties, could find a stronger market for soybean oil in Missouri, if legislation proposed by Sen. Denny Hoskins passes. The “if” looms huge, with the coronavirus having turned this year’s General Assembly session into a swamp that threatens to allow few of this year’s crop of bills to win approval. Hoskins’ proposed Missouri-Made Fuels Act, if it manages to get through the legislative process, would create a biodiesel fuel standard in Missouri. Beginning with a 5% biodiesel blend in 2022, the act would require all diesel fuel sold in Missouri to contain 20% plantbased fuels by 2024. “We’re looking to do something with that soybean byproduct, that oil,” he said. The measure, Senate bill 566, won approval in the Senate Agriculture Committee and headed to a floor vote before the virus struck. “We had representatives from the Ford Motor Co., we had convenience stores come and go, we’ve had…