USDA Releases September Feed and Wheat Outlooks
This month’s 2024-2025 U.S. coarse grains outlook is for marginally higher supplies and slightly tighter stocks. A slight increase in corn yields isn’t enough to offset a reduction in beginning stocks driven by strengthening fourth-quarter demand in
Grassley on Possible Stabenow Farm Aid Add to CR
Details are thin, but there are rumblings on Capitol Hill that Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) is considering attaching temporary relief for farmers, in lieu of a farm bill, to a must-pass stop-gap spending bill. Farm
Ag Groups Urge Congress to Reauthorize Crucial Trade Program
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), joined by 25 other agriculture groups, sent a letter this week to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways & Means Committee encouraging them to reauthorize a lapsed trade
Growth Energy to STB: Ethanol Benefits Depend on Reliable Rail Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, today highlighted a number of issues currently plaguing the nation’s rail service—which have resulted in delayed shipments, longer wait times, and higher costs for America’s ethanol producers. In
RFA Seeks Update on EPA Feedstock Audits, Urges Tighter Regulations on Imported UCO, Tallow
In a letter sent today to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, the Renewable Fuels Association asked for an update on the agency’s investigation of certain biofuel feedstock imports and urged the adoption of more stringent feedstock verification
Spring Wheat Harvest Looking Good Across the Northern Plains
(FARGO, ND)– As many combines are starting to roll in the heart of the Corn Belt, spring wheat harvest in the Northern Plains is well on it’s way to wrapping up for 2024. According to USDA’s latest