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Renewable diesel boom creates surge in feedstock imports

06/26/24 6:44 AM By Noah Wicks

The renewable diesel boom driven by a slate of federal and state policies has brought with it a surge in demand for imports of animal fats and vegetable oils to be used as feedstocks that could continue growing in 2025 as tax credits shift to incentivize in-country production of the fuel.

Iowa OKs Summit Carbon Solutions' pipeline route

06/25/24 1:23 PM By Steve Davies

Iowa has approved Summit Carbon Solutions’ main liquid carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, a significant step forward for the carbon capture and sequestration project.

Daybreak June 24: Lots of action in DC ahead of July 4 recess

06/24/24 10:29 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Rebekah Alvey

There’s a big week in Washington ahead of the July 4 recess, including appropriations action on the Hill and potentially, a Supreme Court opinion limiting agencies' discretion to interpret laws.

Microsoft, Indigo Ag announce record soil carbon credit transaction

06/21/24 4:34 PM By Lydia Johnson

Software giant Microsoft agreed to buy 40,000 agricultural soil-based carbon credits from Indigo Ag, a single-transaction purchase record.

Farm groups, oil industry file suit over truck emission standards

06/18/24 10:25 AM By Philip Brasher

Farm groups have joined with the oil industry and independent truck drivers in filing a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles.

Renewable fuels industry cheers D.C. Circuit opinion upholding 2020-2022 volume obligations

05/15/24 1:14 PM By Steve Davies

The renewable fuels industry is welcoming a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding EPA’s renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020-2022, including a 250-million-gallon supplemental volume requirement for 2022 that the agency added to comply with a previous decision from the same court.

Rural electric co-ops sue to stop EPA power plant regulations

Carbon capture and sequestration still unproven, group says

05/15/24 6:15 AM By Steve Davies

EPA’s new power plant rule relies heavily on carbon capture and sequestration to meet stringent new carbon dioxide reduction requirements, but rural electric cooperatives and 23 states say it’s unproven and are fighting in court to get it stopped.

EPA's Regan touts carbon capture in defending power plant rule

05/08/24 3:36 PM By Steve Davies

EPA Administrator Michael Regan faced skepticism from Republican senators Wednesday about the potential for power generators to use carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Ag feedstocks gain toehold in SAF tax policy, but uncertainty lingers

05/01/24 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

The Biden administration’s long-awaited guidance for a new tax subsidy for sustainable aviation fuel does little by itself to jump-start the production of SAF made from ag feedstocks like corn ethanol. The most important set of rules are yet to come.

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NTIA studies proposals as states wait on broadband funding

05/01/24 6:18 AM By Noah Wicks

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is working its way through state-level proposals that seek grants from a $42.45 billion program aimed at building out broadband networks in underserved areas.

Open Mic: Representative Dusty Johnson

This week’s Open Mic guest is South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson. Last week hundreds of farmers were in Washington calling on legislators to press forward to approve a new farm bill. Johnson says deadlines drive achievement in Congress and the challenges farmers shared with their elected leaders was more than enough to try and beat the political odds to deliver new risk management tools and nutrition programs. Johnson shares concerns about farmer use of Chinese drone technology. He is critical of the Biden administration’s immigration policy saying rules are too stringent to legally enter the country and too easy to enter illegally.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 13, 2024: Sen. John Hoeven on trade, farm bill; farmer panel

North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven joins the show to discuss the potential impact on agriculture of Donald Trump’s tariff proposals.

Then, incoming National Sorghum Producers Chairwoman Amy France and American Soybean Association director Ronnie Russell discuss the unique farm bill push from coalitions of row crop farmers on Capitol Hill this week.

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