Articles Tagged with ''soybeans''

The White House has finished its regulatory review of the Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit, known as 45Z, signaling that public release will soon follow. 

Key lawmakers are actively looking at injecting more money into the farm economy, possibly in an upcoming spending measure.

As farmers get a new round of bad crop market news, biofuel investment has stalled due to U.S. policy uncertainty. 

Here is how policymakers, and groups inside and outside the food and ag industries, responded to the guidelines. Soybean growers were alarmed by statements calling into question the potential for seed oils to harm Americans’ health. Other sectors raised concerns about the focus on highly processed foods. 

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson expects slumping commodity prices, not just export losses from tariffs, to be a top consideration in the Trump administration's formula in coming up with an economic aid package for farmers facing economic hardship. 

The holiday season is in full swing and 2025 in the final stretch as lawmakers and the Trump administration face a bundle of unfinished agriculture business. This includes key biofuel issues and financial relief for crop growers hurt by tariffs. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said an announcement on a support package for farmers is imminent and could land at soon as this week.

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.

The global trade outlook for U.S. soybeans is mixed as the Agriculture Department on Friday slightly lowered its earlier export forecast amid tough competition from South America, despite a pending U.S.-China trade deal.

Beijing on Friday announced it will reinstate export licenses for three U.S. soybean exporters and lift a ban on U.S. logs.

The  Environmental Protection Agency fully approved two of 16 exemptions sought from national biofuel-blending requirements, and partially approved 12 more.