Articles Tagged with ''ethanol''

America’s corn producers were expressing disappointment after legislation to allow year-round U.S. sales of higher ethanol blends, known as E15, was left out of a suite of fiscal 2026 spending bills unveiled Tuesday as lawmakers try to avoid another government shutdown. Lawmakers who support year-round E15 were working to salvage the provision. 

Could 2026 be a bust-to-boom story for U.S. biodiesel producers?

After a dramatic withdrawal of support from a key ethanol bill in October, the American Petroleum Institute is once again teaming up with ethanol stakeholders to push the Trump administration and Congress to help get the legislation over the finish line. And in a new development, the groups also are united in asking for a revamping of policy that allows small refiners to seek exemption from biofuel-blending rules. 

Using renewable fuels to power heavy farm machinery never took off during the initial surge in U.S. biodiesel and ethanol production. Now, with electric vehicles, including tractors, threatening liquid fuels, there's optimism that more home-grown fuels will soon stay on the farm.

Political and market forces are converging around the U.S. biofuel industry as farmers and refiners press Washington on policy decisions that both sides say will be critical to future growth.

In this opinion piece, South Dakota Farmers Union president Doug Sombke argues that ethanol producers and corn growers need to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to allow year-round use of higher ethanol blends. 

Carbon capture advocates are objecting to an EPA proposal to scrap a greenhouse gas reporting requirement for dozens of industrial sectors, arguing that energy tax credits would be negatively impacted.

A U.S.-China trade deal that would resume Chinese yearly purchases of U.S. soybeans back to recent levels was welcomed by American farmers and traders, though more details are needed, they said. Soybean futures exceeded the psychologically significant $11 a bushel Thursday.

Shipments of U.S. ethanol to Canada, the Netherlands and other countries are expected to give the industry a second consecutive year of record high exports, a bright spot for the corn-based fuel as domestic demand slumps amid tepid gasoline consumption. 

Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a nearly $10 billion carbon pipeline meant to boost the fortunes of the U.S. Corn Belt, is working to win support after a raft of setbacks. Meanwhile, a CO2 project with ethanol plants in Nebraska has started up operations, giving the No. 3 corn-growing U.S. state a potential edge over No. 1 Iowa.