Energy lobbyists, who failed to get a range of expired breaks for biofuels to coal-fired power plants into the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul bill making its way through Congress, may get a second chance before the end of the year.…
Reactions across agriculture were mixed to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) blending targets for renewable fuels for 2018 and 2019, setting the total renewable fuel volume at 19.29 billion gallons. The 15 billion gallon target for convention biofuel, including corn-based…
Advances in electricity technology seldom focus on agriculture. This is to be expected for our industry that contributes less than 1% of GDP. The actual impact on us of these seemingly unrelated developments, however, could be considerable. For example, large…
Producers jittery about the fate of ethanol took comfort when President Donald Trump told EPA to back off proposed measures to cut federal biofuel requirements and lump fuel exports into domestic quotas. The decision, with projections showing steady demand for…
The USDA is calling for another record corn crop at 175.4 bushels per acre and near-record production for soybeans with an average of 49.5 bushels per acre. Now, the industry is looking for new opportunities and fresh demand which could…