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Farmers and repair shops are allowed to temporarily override emission control systems for repair purposes, according to new guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday. 

A full U.S. Congress is back in session this week after senators passed a legislative package to fund most of the government through Sept. 30, though not in time to avoid what’s expected to be a brief partial government shutdown. USDA issues a new farm income forecast this week. European lawmakers discuss how to proceed with ratifying a trade pact with the U.S.  

Farm, biofuel and petroleum groups are urging lawmakers to act fast in coming up with legislation to allow full-year sales of higher ethanol blends across the U.S. and limit the ability of certain refiners to seek exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

States and the federal government are ramping up their preparedness for possible future New World screwworm outbreaks amid recent detections of the pest in northern Mexico.

The Make America Healthy Again movement is sweeping through statehouses as legislators seek to restrict certain food additives, bar food stamp users from using benefits on sugary foods, and limit the use of some ingredients in school meals.

The latest failed attempt to expand ethanol’s share of the U.S. gas tank is putting divisions within the petroleum oil industry on full display.  

State and county officials who administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are warning that changes to SNAP mandated by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will saddle them with additional costs for payment errors that they have little opportunity to correct.

Archers-Daniels-Midland has agreed to pay $40 million to resolve a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices.

Trump is set to head to Iowa on Tuesday as the green diesel lobby presses him to move fast in finalizing key biofuel policies.

President Donald Trump kicks off a series of weekly campaign trips across the U.S. with a visit to Iowa even as the ethanol industry and corn producers are angry about the failure of an E15 provision to move in Congress. In Washington, Trump faces the prospect of another partial government shutdown after a second fatal shooting in Minneapolis involving immigration agents.