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RFA cautiously optimistic about EPA’s renewable volume reallocation proposal
The Renewable Fuels Association today said it is encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposal to ensure that renewable fuel volumes lost to small refinery exemptions in 2023-2025 will be reallocated to future RFS standards. EPA is co-proposing two options to account for renewable fuel blending volumes lost to SREs: Reallocate all of the exempted volume and add it to 2026 and 2027 RFS requirements, or reallocate half of the exempted volume. “While we continue to question...
USDA invites producers to respond to the 2022 ag census
The USDA mailed survey codes to all known U.S. ag producers with the invitation to respond online to the 2022 Census of Agriculture at agcounts.usda.gov. The ag census is the nation?s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county, and...
South American Weather and Crop Update (11-22-22)
Same old song and dance this week as far as South American weather goes. It?s still a tale of two countries: Brazil has favorable conditions, and Argentina is still dry. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns for the...
Logistics challenges still present for shipping fertilizer
While input costs are high across the board, fertilizer prices have continued to climb. Josh Linville, Vice President ? Fertilizer with StoneX Financial, says that transporting fertilizer has not been easy.The Mississippi river has started to move more traffic and...
Mexico now open to importing some Brazilian pork
As part of its ongoing effort to attract more meat suppliers to the Mexican market, the Government of Mexico is now allowing some imports of Brazilian pork. Erin Borror, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) vice president of economic analysis, explained that all...
Iowa farmer talks NCGA priorities for next Congress
Now that the elections are behind us, we know that we are going to be dealing with a divided Congress. Democrats have the majority in the Senate, but Republicans took back the house. Many say this is a referendum on how citizens want to see more cooperation than...
Electric vehicles won?t have AM radios
People shopping for electric vehicles will see that most don?t have AM radio, and it?s a move not sitting well with rural farm broadcasters. Nathan Simington is a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission who spoke to broadcasters at the National...
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Farm Bureau continues advancing farmers? right to repair with another MOU
The American Farm Bureau Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with CLAAS (CLAHS) of America regarding the right to repair. This brings the number of signed MOUs with ag manufacturers to five. Combined, the agreements cover about three-quarters of the...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-15-23)
Contrary to the recent export sales, this week?s report was actually positive. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.Now, the numbers weren?t exactly excellent per se, but McBride said they are relatively...
Examining the current state of the hog marketplace
The hog market made a turn for the better just before last week?s World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. The upturn certainly made for more smiles at the expo but is this a sign of things to come or a short term turnaround?Hog market futures did...
Tentative agreement reached on West Coast port labor contract
Last night, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced a tentative agreement on a six-year contract. The agreement, which covers all of the West Coast ports, brings an end to a year-long negotiation that...
Southeast Iowa water quality project accelerates toward new phase
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that a successful Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Southeast Iowa is progressing toward its next phase, with a specific focus on the seeding of more cover crop acres as well as implementing additional...
