Articles by Stephanie Kelly | Manitoba Co-operator

Paul Hodgen (l) and his father Abe stand on their farm in Roachdale, Indiana.

How ethanol plant shutdowns deepen pain for U.S. corn farmers

U.S. ethanol mandate exemptions are starting to add up, resulting in plant closures

By Mark Weinraub, Stephanie Kelly December 20, 2019

Reuters – When the U.S. ethanol industry was booming, Indiana farmer Paul Hodgen made good money selling about a quarter of his crop to a local facility that produced the corn-based fuel. Now that plant has stopped churning out ethanol and has instead converted to a grain elevator for storage. Hodgen still sells his corn

Crops, Markets

White House to stick with 2020 biofuel plan, despite farmer objections

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly December 18, 2019

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration plans to stick with its proposed 2020 biofuel blending requirements, the White House said on Wednesday, despite anger among farmers that the plan does too little for corn growers. The decision could undermine President Donald Trump’s support among farmers, an important constituency in the November 2020 election.

Crops

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly November 15, 2019

New York | Reuters — When John Whittington shut his Indiana biodiesel plant this week, he knew the move would leave all 14 of his workers there looking for jobs heading into the U.S. holiday season. But he felt he had no choice. A $1-per-gallon subsidy that had been propping up the industry since 2005

Crops

Trump administration proposes plan to raise biofuels use, EPA says

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly October 15, 2019

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration, in an effort to mend fences with the powerful U.S. corn lobby, proposed a new formula on Tuesday to boost biofuels demand — but the proposal instead only provoked more consternation from the industry. Corn and soybean farmers have been angered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s

Crops, Weather

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly October 10, 2019

New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks transporting product use the fuel.

Crops, Markets

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Stephanie Kelly October 4, 2019

Washington/New York | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a plan to boost U.S. biofuels consumption starting next year to help struggling farmers, a move that cheered the agriculture industry but triggered a backlash from Big Oil. The plan would require an unspecified increase in the amount of ethanol that oil refiners must

Crops

Trump backs plan boosting biofuel quotas 10 per cent in 2020

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly September 16, 2019

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has tentatively approved a plan to increase the amount of biofuels that oil refiners are required to blend each year to compensate for exemptions handed out to small refiners by the Environmental Protection Agency, two sources familiar with the matter said. The plan is intended to

Crops

Trump promises ethanol-related ‘giant package’ to please farmers

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Stephanie Kelly August 29, 2019

Washington/South Sioux City | Reuters — President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is planning a “giant package” related to ethanol that would please U.S. farmers angry that many more oil refiners have been freed from obligations to use the corn-based fuel. Clashes between farmers and the oil industry over biofuel policy have posed

U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly July 29, 2019

New York | Reuters – The U.S. ethanol industry is about to break under the weight of the Trump Administration’s trade war with China and the surge in the number of small refineries exempted from the nation’s biofuel laws, said Todd Becker, CEO of Green Plains. The U.S. ethanol industry was preparing for growth in

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly July 10, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end up on firm cash trade

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Funds’ net long keeps growing in canola

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end up on firm cash trade

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Funds’ net long keeps growing in canola

Author Archives Stephanie Kelly

How ethanol plant shutdowns deepen pain for U.S. corn farmers

White House to stick with 2020 biofuel plan, despite farmer objections

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

Trump administration proposes plan to raise biofuels use, EPA says

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

Trump backs plan boosting biofuel quotas 10 per cent in 2020

Trump promises ethanol-related ‘giant package’ to please farmers

U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

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