In separate developments this month, a federal appellate court and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, have weighed in with actions that could impact how biofuel waivers that exempt oil refineries from Renewable…
Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported this week that, "The Trump administration on Thursday set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said…
Reuters writer Richard Valdmanis reported this week that, "The U.S. oil and corn industries continued a long-running public battle over America’s biofuels policy on Tuesday during a Congressional hearing about…
Last week, Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported that, "Administration officials warned that an EPA plan for boosting biofuel-blending requirements violated the spirit of a deal brokered by President Donald…
Reuters writer Stephanie Kelly reported yesterday that, "The Trump administration, in an effort to mend fences with the powerful corn lobby, proposed a new formula on Tuesday to boost biofuels…
Wall Street Journal writers Kirk Maltais and Jacob Bunge reported on Friday that, "The Trump administration outlined a plan to boost biofuel demand, aiming to ease Farm Belt frustrations over…
Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy, Mario Parker, and Jennifer Jacobs reported yesterday that, "The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting…
Last week, Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported that, "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted some refineries full waivers from biofuels regulation for the 2018 compliance year, even…
Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy, Jennifer Jacobs, and Josh Wingrove reported last week that, "Global disputes over trade and nuclear weapons have consumed plenty of President Donald Trump’s time and…
Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported last week that, "White House officials on Wednesday urged U.S. biofuel producers and oil refiners to accept a deal to lift biofuel…
Reuters writers Chris Prentice and Stephanie Kelly reported late last week that, "U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency officials late…
Late last month, Des Moines Register writer Stephen Gruber-Miller reported that, "Gov. Kim Reynolds called President Donald Trump 'an advocate for farmers' on [August 27th], but said he may not have…
Late last week, Bloomberg writers Jennifer A Dlouhy and Mario Parker reported that, "Top Trump administration officials met Thursday to consider options for quelling a backlash in politically important farm…
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Humeyra Pamuk reported this week that, "President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after…
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted 31 small refinery biofuel waivers for 2018, an action relating to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that has caused concern among…
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue visited an Iowa farm on Friday and took questions from producers. In his remarks, Secretary Perdue addressed a number of issues; today's update focuses more…
Last week, DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported that, "Biofuel supporters largely keep pointing to President-elect Donald Trump's campaign statements on ethanol, but the stack of nominations coming from…