The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Biden backs ethanol industry on low-emission aviation fuel tax credits

Aviation is seen as one of the few routes to increase ethanol demand amid rising electric vehicle sales

Reuters - The Biden administration said on Friday it will recognize a methodology favored by the ethanol industry in guidance to companies looking to claim tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a pivotal win for the politically powerful U.S. corn lobby.



Swathed canola dries down in preparation of harvest in Manitoba's Interlake.

Several factors weigh on canola prices

Will canola now recover, or continue to spiral downward?

After continuing to take a barrage of heavy hits during the week of Dec. 1 to 7, canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange are now faced with a fork in the road. They can either resume the downward spiral, busting through support level after support level, or they could see successive increases that could bring







Global Clean Energy owns 20 patented spring and winter varieties of camelina. One of the newest varieties has confirmed resistance to imazamox and imazethapyr, the active ingredients in BASF’s Beyond and Pursuit Group 2 herbicides.

Camelina boosters see bright future ahead

Largest firm in sector sees potential for quick acreage growth over next decade

Glacier FarmMedia – Camelina is poised for takeoff as the renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel industries ramp up, says a promoter of the crop. Mike Karst, senior vice-president of Global Clean Energy and president of its subsidiary, Sustainable Oils, has been promoting the oilseed since 2007. There have been many momentum ebbs and flows


U.S. ethanol needs carbon capture: Vilsack

American ag secretary says carbon capture and storage critical to biofuel hopes

Reuters – Carbon capture and storage (CCS) at ethanol plants in the U.S. Midwest is necessary if the industry and its farmers hope to have a role in the burgeoning sustainable aviation fuel market, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Nov. 29. Three CCS pipelines that would transport and store captured carbon from ethanol plants