Kim Chipman

Renewable diesel producers are getting a potential boost in California after years of grappling with a massive glut in the country’s largest low-carbon fuel market. Still, producers are concerned about the California Air Resources Board's new 20% cap on credits for fuels made with fresh vegetable oil like soy.  

Brazilian soybean producers want to keep the recent gains they’ve made in the Chinese market even as U.S.-China relations improve. 

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.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., tells Agri-Pulse he’s ready to act swiftly if the Trump administration wants Congress to permanently move Food for Peace to the Agriculture Department.

Senate Ag Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., says storms and wildfires across the country make it more likely Congress will consider a supplemental spending bill this year. That’s important for the ag sector because the supplemental bill could be a vehicle for providing more aid to producers.

President Donald Trump says he’s trusting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to get a deal done on E15 that works for farmers, consumers and oil companies.

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.  

President Donald Trump will speak in America’s top corn-producing state today as growers plead for support of year-round E15 to drive market demand amid a challenging farm economy.