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27 Jun 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The amount of biofuels gallons lost to small refinery waivers was worse than many had estimated. The EPA granted waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2016 and 2017, totaling 2.25 billion gallons of biofuels, according to the agency's latest renewable volume obligations proposal released on Tuesda...
27 Jun 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Every category of biofuels -- except corn ethanol -- would receive a bump in Renewable Fuel Standard volumes in the latest proposed renewable volume obligations for 2019 announced by the EPA on Tuesday. On the surface, the news is good for the biofuels industry and agriculture. But there was one numbe...
26 Jun 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- While the biofuels world waits for the release of the latest Renewable Fuel Standard volumes, a group of biofuels, trucking and fuel industry groups have united in their support for renewing the $1 biodiesel blenders tax credit. Congress has allowed the tax credit to expire on numerous occasions, ofte...
26 Jun 2018
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor What will drive beef demand in the years ahead? In short, start with the economy, then look at consumer preferences, and don't forget to factor in the fairly unpredictable "media driver." The answers can be surprising. In a report titled "Assessing Beef Demand Determinants," researchers point to ...
26 Jun 2018
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite widely varied weather across the U.S., overall conditions for the nation's corn and soybeans held mostly steady last week, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS lowered its good-to-excellent rating for corn just 1 percentage point, from 78% the p...