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Four years ago, there were high hopes in agriculture for the future of sustainable aviation fuel. The airlines joined the Biden administration in announcing a commitment to use 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. But SAF is still struggling to take off.

The sustainable aviation fuel industry needs to harness the political power of U.S. agriculture and rural America, and take up the Trump administration’s goal of American energy dominance, an ethanol industry leader says.

President Donald Trump has announced on social media that Coca-Cola is switching to cane sugar. That would, of course, be a lost market for the corn sweetener industry.

Jamison Cruce left his position as vice president of government relations at USA Rice to launch his own firm, Cruce Capitol Consulting. Jake Westlin, former vice president at the National Association of Wheat Growers, will succeed Cruce at USA Rice. The Senate Ag Committee Republicans hired Carlye Winfrey as a legislative aide. Growth Energy hired Jared Henderson and Emma Keiser as directors of government affairs. 

Martha Smith was promoted to vice president of North America agricultural affairs and license to operate at Bayer Crop Science. The National Pork Producers Council hired Shannon McMurtrey-Belson as senior director of international affairs and Dillon Davidson as director of state policy. Jeremy Witte was sworn in as deputy under secretary of marketing and regulatory programs at USDA.

In what has turned into an annual tradition, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15 nationwide this summer, ending any lingering suspense over whether the Trump administration would fail to grant an emergency fuel waiver.

Ultraprocessed MAHA ingredients * Reciprocal tariffs could undermine egg efforts * Dem FTC commissioners to sue over firing

U.S. ag groups flagged non-reciprocal tariff rates and trade barriers and weighed in on the design of new duties and what the U.S. should do with the revenue in submissions to trade officials.