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USDA to provide $7 million for advanced biofuel production
USDA announced Friday that it is making $7 million available nationwide to advanced biofuel producers through the Advanced Biofuel Producer Payment Program, Secretary Brooke L. Rollins said. The funding, authorized under the One Big Beautiful Bill, will support eligible producers by providing quarterly payments based on the actual production of finished advanced biofuels. The enrollment period runs from October 1 to December 15, 2025. “This home-grown biofuel production results in lower prices...
Growth Energy?s Emily Skor testifies on EPA?s ?set?
The EPA announced its biofuels rules and production targets late last year. These are part of a group of rules called ?the set.? Today The EPA heard public comments from stakeholders in the fuel and agriculture industries.From the ethanol side of the equation, there...
Farm Bureau, John Deere sign right to repair memorandum of understanding
The 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention is currently taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the convention The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere announced a memorandum of understanding that will allow farmers to repair their own...
Crop insurance important as ever amid price volatility
We?ve been seeing higher crop prices over the past few years, but there is still plenty of volatility in the ag marketplace. That means farmers will have to be flexible in the ways that they approach risk management, which is especially true when it comes to crop...
Pork exports continue to gain momentum as beef sets annual record
November exports of U.S. pork were the largest of 2022 in both volume and value, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). November beef exports were below the large year-ago totals, but 2022 export value already set a...
South American conditions look to hold for the near future
Last week, we looked at how the American weather models were shaping up as we head into the winter. Our concerns are mostly with replenishing water in our soils. We aren?t only paying attention to the weather in the United States. In South American production areas,...
Ethanol production hits lowest level since 2020
The Energy Information Administration says ethanol output dropped to the lowest level in more than two years, while inventories were down slightly during the last week of 2022. Production dropped to an average of 844,000 barrels per day. That?s down from 963,000...
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Statewide crop conditions update
Looking statewide at the Iowa crop conditions, there’s definitely been a lack of moisture lately. Hopefully, the recent weather patterns are providing an indication of wetter weather to come this month. But as for the current crop conditions, Kevin Sullivan of the...
National FFA membership reaches all-time high
The National FFA Organization Monday announced a record-high student membership of 945,988, an increase of 11 percent from last year. In addition, the number of FFA chapters continues to grow — increasing by 168 this year, resulting in 9,163 chapters in the U.S.,...
EATS Act is seeing pushback. Where do we go from here? (Part 2)
We talked last week with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst about where the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act stands in the Senate. We also talked about the concerns that some are having with the fine print.One of those groups that is concerned is the Organization...
New tool in the fight against the “billion dollar pest”
Throughout the Midwest and the Corn Belt corn root worms are known as “the billion dollar pest.” Here in the state of Iowa corn root worms live up to that moniker by robbing yields through damaging corn roots each growing season. And it doesn’t help that Iowa has the...
Celebrity chef tours South Dakota to promote U.S. beef in Japan
Japanese celebrity chef and social media influencer Rika Yukimasa recently spent a week traveling South Dakota with the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the South Dakota Beef Council, visiting ranches, restaurants, and butcher shops. The trip was the latest effort of...
