Ruling in favor of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit overturned part of a 2019 rule permitting the year-round sale of gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol.
As the container shipping crisis cripples U.S. exporters, nearly 300 ag and forest producers in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, to urging immediate action now to remedy the situation.
**Higher corn prices muddied the U.S. ethanol industry, but the full impact of the corn price spike might not be felt for weeks.
The Renewable Fuels Association estimates about two dozen of the 200 U.S. ethanol plants are idled and another two dozen have reduced production.
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Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between the USDA and the Department of Labor to help facilitate the identification of foreign and domestic workers
Registered voters oppose the Trump administration’s exemption for oil refineries from renewable fuel blending obligations by a margin of nearly two to one.
Austrian lawmakers banned glyphosate, the key chemical in Roundup. That’s a first in Europe and a fresh blow to Bayer AG, which has lost several lawsuits in the U.S..
The impact of China's African swine fever outbreak has grown, as the disease arrived in one of the country's largest production areas as pork stockpiles fall rapidly.
The Renewable Fuel Standard has lowered gas prices by an average of 22 cents per gallon in recent years and saved the typical American household $250 annually.