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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
U.S. ethanol exports increased by 38% through July to a cumulative 1 billion gallons, government data show, on the demand in many countries for lower-carbon fuel blendstocks to meet environmental goals.
Biofuel and farming organizations across the country want USDA to dismantle mandatory combinations of climate-smart agriculture practices to qualify for biofuel tax credits, and the groups suggest moving to a simplified accounting system to propel the industry's growth.
Ethanol champions are pushing the Biden Administration to place additional pressure on Brazil as they seek to loosen tariffs that have sent U.S. exports of the biofuel to the South American nation into a tailspin.
The latest outbreak of highly avian pathogenic influenza has now claimed a large layer operation owned by the nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods. Nearly 2 million birds will be killed at the Texas operation, the company said Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited action on a looming petition that would authorize the year-round sale of higher ethanol blends came Thursday, but with a caveat that frustrated the biofuels industry.
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper says 2024 will be “one of the most pivotal and consequential years” the ethanol industry has ever experienced.”
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a case challenging a November 2023 decision approving six small refinery exemptions from the nation's biofuel mandate.
The Renewable Fuels Association is criticizing what it calls “specious” claims by EPA’s Science Advisory Board about the benefits of corn starch ethanol.