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Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice-President Joe Biden speaks at an event at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on June 11, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Jordan Gale)

As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters June 11, 2019

New York | Reuters — Joe Biden may have an ethanol problem. The former U.S. vice-president has pledged support for advanced biofuels as part of his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But Biden, who leads the crowded Democratic field in opinion polls in Iowa and nationally, faces lingering questions in the U.S. Farm

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U.S. refiner group sues Trump EPA over E15 gasoline

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 10, 2019

Reuters — The main U.S. refining industry association said on Monday it sued to block the Trump administration’s effort to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, arguing the move exceeded the administration’s authority. The legal challenge from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) association escalated a battle between the oil and corn

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

Crops, Weather

Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw May 31, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday lifted restrictions on the sale of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, keeping a campaign promise to farmers suffering from the trade war with China but inviting a legal challenge from the oil industry. The announcement allows gasoline stations to sell blends containing up to 15 per

Crops

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting decisions by U.S. juries that found it caused cancer in people. The EPA’s announcement reaffirms its earlier findings about the safety of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — The prospect of higher-ethanol gasoline blends year-round in the U.S., and a likely increase in production of the renewable fuel, would also result in more distillers dried grains (DDGS) looking for a home in global livestock feed channels. However, that won’t mean an oversupply of the ethanol byproduct, as feed markets will adjust,

Valero Energy’s ethanol plant at Aurora, S.D., about 90 km north of Sioux Falls. (Valero.com)

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Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw March 13, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released its proposed rule lifting a summer ban on higher-ethanol blends of gasoline to help farmers, putting the agency on a collision course with Big Oil which has called the move illegal. The proposal to broaden sales of the so-called E15 rule marks the latest flashpoint

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (Skyhobo/E+/Getty Images)

Crops

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw March 7, 2019

Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators quietly changed the way they assess applications from refineries for waivers from the nation’s biofuels law, making it possible for highly profitable plants to secure lucrative exemptions, according to court documents filed by a biofuels trade group on Thursday. The new documents, part of a lawsuit that began last year,

Crops, Markets

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk March 4, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had sent a draft of its proposed rule allowing year-round sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline to the White House Office of Budget for review. The rule expanding sales of so-called E15 was promised by President Donald Trump late last year

CBOT May 2019 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly February 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Wednesday after a U.S. trade official said purchase promises were not enough to solve U.S.-China trade issues and that it was too early to predict an outcome to talks between the two countries. Any deal between Washington and Beijing must include a way to ensure commitments

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops

U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel February 7, 2019

Reuters — The Trump administration has persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its recent decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, which critics say can harm children and farmers. In an order on Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it will again review former EPA administrator

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

U.S. refiner group sues Trump EPA over E15 gasoline

Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

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