In Washington, Fastmarkets reports the USDA’s forecast for U.S. soybean-oil consumption in biofuel production implies the potential generation of 600–630 million additional D4 RINs in the 2026–27 marketing year. The agency maintained its estimate at 17.8 billion pounds, up from 14.8 billion pounds in 2025–26—a 3-billion-pound increase. Fastmarkets estimates that this additional oil could support […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has unveiled the American Biofuels Trade Outlook, a four-pillar strategy aimed at expanding U.S. ethanol and other biofuel markets overseas. USDA plans to target Latin America and Southeast Asia for new E10 markets while addressing barriers in countries already allowing E10. The department also intends […]
In Washington, DC, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced a comprehensive USDA initiative to strengthen the cotton farm economy, restore domestic textile manufacturing, expand cotton trade opportunities, and increase demand for products made with American-grown cotton. Dubbed the Great American Cotton Plan, the initiative includes four key pillars: encouraging consumers to choose […]
In the US, Sunday, March 8 marked the fourth annual National Biobased Products Day, an event created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to amplify the efforts of innovators and the economic benefits of the US bioeconomy. According to the USDA’s BioPreferred program, National Biobased Products Day is “designed to raise awareness of biobased products—how […]
In Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Tuesday that American farmers are expected to harvest a record-large corn crop of 16.7 billion bushels this fall, while the corn surplus is projected to rise to its highest level in eight years and prices are set to sink to six-year lows. According to the Renewable Fuels Association, the […]
In Washington, the US Department of Agriculture says United States exported record volumes of ethanol in marketing year 2023/24 (September-August), surpassing the record set in 2017/18. In the last decade, export volumes and destinations have shifted. Brazil was once the top U.S. destination, but as Brazil expanded corn ethanol production, the volume of U.S. exports […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently reintroduced legislation that would help accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to allow further growth for alternative fuels to […]
In Washington DC, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the publication of an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops grown in the United […]
In Washington DC, World Grain reported that US farmers last fall planted more acres to winter wheat for harvest in 2025 than they did for 2024, but fewer than 2023 and just shy of the five-year average acreage, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Seedings of winter wheat for harvest this year were […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s release of an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of corn, sorghum, and other biofuel feedstock crops grown in […]
