Items Tagged with 'Biofuels'

The government's latest report on global trade barriers reflects the Trump administration’s renewed focus on forced labor and industrial overcapacity and offers some insight into ongoing trade negotiations and new agricultural grievances.

President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises – an aggressive trade agenda, a renewed focus on food inflation, and the use of a Republican-controlled House and Senate to enact a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that included major new agriculture spending. Take a look back at Agri-Pulse's top stories in 2025. 

It was shutdown day at USDA, and the few workers at headquarters in Washington, D.C., were wrapping up office work in preparation for an indefinite leave of absence.

Amid central Iowa's lush green cornfields, NASCAR drivers and fans gathered around the “fastest short track on the planet” for The Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, a Cup Series race spotlighting the fuel powering the sport. 

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is eying more U.S. ethanol purchases as a way to erode the U.S. trade deficit, appease President Donald Trump, and meet the country's climate goals as U.S. growers watch with interest. 

Agriculture Secretary-nominee Brooke Rollins will use her confirmation hearing Thursday to call for "immediately and comprehensively"  containing ongoing animal disease outbreaks, and she will pledge to serve all of agriculture and all Americans, according to her opening statement. 
 

In this opinion piece, Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, argues that consumers would benefit from year-round E-15.

Tax and spending cuts are at the top of the to-do list for congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. But there are a broad array of other issues in play that are critical to food and agriculture, from farm bill and the next dietary guidelines to regulations for pesticides and gene-edited crops, and the future of the Biden administration's climate policies.

In this opinion piece, Kailee Tkacz Buller, President and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA), highlights the uncertainty facing the biofuels sector as it awaits 45Z guidance amid increased foreign feedstock imports and lack of strong RVOs.