New RVOs Increase Ethanol Use, but Barriers RemainIn November 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set the final 2017 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for conventional biofuel at a level of 15 billion gallons under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The...
A sanitary inspection bribery scheme in Brazil means less options for global buyers of beef. That could mean more opportunity to export U.S. beef to nations seeking to block imports from Brazil. China has suspended imports of beef from Brazil after Brazil announced an...
More than 120 military veterans working and investing in the ethanol industry sent a letter to President Trump last week, urging him to include a prominent role for ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in his ?America First Energy Plan.?According to the...
Several Indiana Farm Bureau members are loading up trailers and making the 1,600-mile trip to Kansas to deliver donated hay to ranchers who have a desperate need for feed for their livestock. Ranchers and farmers in Kansas and other parts of the country have...
Leadership from 11 major agriculture groups met with the White House last week to discuss trade issues. The meeting followed a series of written communications to the Trump administration from the groups under the banner of the U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for...
Well, here we are again, the first day of Spring and the annual Ag Day event ? the once a year celebration sponsored by big Agribusiness where ag celebrities gather in Washington to pontificate about the benefits of American agriculture and the contribution of the...
The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary on Thursday, March 23. This marks the next step in confirming Perdue to the President?s Cabinet. Former Georgia Governor Perdue was announced as the nominee...
Bower Market Strategy Report: No Big Moves Likely Until the End of the MonthJim BowerOver the past several weeks, the grain and oilseed market has been in a trading range. While prices have trended higher and lower, the market has not engaged in a breakout either to...
Agriculture has a Communications IssueEmily BuckThe way farmers communicate with consumers is changing. For far too long, farmers have been apprehensive to talk about what they do, but Dr. Emily Buck, associate professor at The Ohio State University, says that...
President Donald Trump?s budget plan includes a $4.7 billion, or 21 percent budget cut to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The cuts would leave USDA with a $17.9 billion budget after cutting statistical and rural business services. But, the budget detail did not...
