House Ag Chair Aiming for Late February Farm Bill 2.0
House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson has tentatively scheduled a farm bill markup for the week of Feb. 23, according to three people familiar with the plans.
Trump Says Congress ‘Close’ to Deal for Year-Round E15
President Donald Trump called on Congress Tuesday to resolve differences over year-round sales of E15 fuel and to finalize an agreement that would be a boon for struggling corn farmers.
Congress Creating Ethanol Task Force After Year-Round E15 Deal Fails
Republican U.S. lawmakers plan to create a task force to study potential year-round sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline blends in the U.S., after an attempt to pass such legislation in…
Proposed Gov’t Funding Bills Don’t Include Farm Aid, E15
A package of funding bills assembled by House and Senate appropriators that needs to pass before the end of January does not contain any more aid for farmers. It's also…
US Ethanol Production Reaches Record Levels to Start 2026
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 9%, reaching a record high 1.196 million barrels per day the week ending Jan. 9. The week ending Jan. 9 marks the fourth time…
EPA Likely to Propose RFS Volumes Below Industry Expectations
The EPA will propose new biofuel blending requirements for oil refiners for the coming two years that will likely include a lower biomass-based diesel mandate than industry groups had requested,…
Trump Admin Issues Waiver for Summertime E15 Sales
Reuters' Stephanie Kelly reported that "the Trump administration on Monday…
Ag Groups Suing Over Biden Emissions Rules
Reuters reported Tuesday that "the top U.S. oil and corn…
Community Benefits Agreement Reached for Nebraska Pipeline Project
The Iowa Capital Dispatch's Paul Hammel reported last week that…
Ag Disappointed in Tailpipe Emissions Rule
Progressive Farmer's Todd Neeley reported Wednesday that "the Biden administration finalized…
Biden Administration Preparing Policy Shift on Rule to Boost Ethanol
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported yesterday that, "The Biden administration is expected on Wednesday to recommend for approval a rule that would allow expanded sales of gasoline…
EPA Proposes Cuts to the Renewable Fuel Standard
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed scaling back the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to…
EPA Proposes Biofuel Blending Compliance Extension
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed giving oil refiners more time to prove compliance with the nation's…
Democratic Lawmakers Call On Biden Administration to Halt Plan to Cut Biofuel Blending Volumes
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to halt a plan to slash the amount…
Biden Administration Considers Biofuel Blending Cuts, According to Reports
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported this week that, "The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering big cuts to the nation's biofuel blending requirements, according to…
EPA to Propose Biofuel Blending Mandates for 2021 to Below 2020 Levels, Sources Say
Late last week, Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to recommend to the White House reducing federal biofuel blending mandates…
Expansion of Summertime Ethanol Sales Struck Down in Court Ruling
Late last week, Wall Street Journal writer Timothy Puko reported that, "A federal appeals court Friday struck down a 2019 rule-change to expand summertime ethanol sales, saying the Trump administration…
Supreme Court Setback for Biofuel Producers
Late last week, Reuters writers Andrew Chung and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a…
U.S. Refiners Accumulate $1.6 Billion Shortfall in Biofuel Credits, as Biden Administration Weighs RFS Volume Cuts
Late last week, Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "U.S. merchant refiners have amassed up to a $1.6 billion shortfall in the credits they will need to…
Biden Administration Reportedly Considering RFS Relief for Oil Refiners
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported late last week that, "President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of…