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Renewable Energy Growth Stalled

Published February 20, 2025

Karla Krabbenhoft, business development manager at Gevo, highlighted the company’s focus on renewable energy and the growing demand for low-carbon fuels during the North Dakota Farmers Union Evolution Ag Summit. "We're a company that focuses on renewable energy, producing ethanol…

Ethanol Exports Reach Historic High in 2024

Published January 8, 2025

U.S. ethanol exports soared to a record 1.72 billion gallons in November 2024, surpassing the previous high of 1.67 billion gallons set in 2018, "It wasn't always the easiest times for corn producers because commodity prices came down, but that…

Increasing Demand for Grains

Published August 16, 2024

Renewable fuels are another way to increase demand for crops in the U.S. “Renewable fuel cuts across both corn and soybeans,” says Richard Syverson, past president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association. “But we need to make sure that the…

RFS ‘Strengthens Energy Security’

Published June 21, 2023

The Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are below the Environmental Protection Agency’s original proposal for corn-based ethanol and advanced biofuels. These volumes are one-third of what the biofuels industry recommended to the agency. EPA released a…

Vilsack: The Biden Administration Supports Biofuels

Published April 12, 2022

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Red River Farm Network the Biden administration understands the importance of biofuels in terms of dealing with current challenges. “This is an administration that has invested $700 million into the biofuels industry. I expect…

U.S. Canola Growers Vie for Renewable Fuels

Published March 9, 2022

The U.S. Canola Association held their annual meeting virtually earlier this week. Northern Canola Growers Association Executive Director Barry Coleman says the renewable fuels prospects are a big push on Capitol Hill for canola. "We want to secure approval of…

Minnesota Delegates Ready for Sessions at AFBF Convention

Published January 11, 2021

Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin Paap is anxious for this week's delegate session at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention. "There's a lot of important issues in policy right now. We're not that far away from a new…

COVID-19 Relief: What the Ethanol Industry Wants

Published July 20, 2020

The biofuels industry wants to be included in the next round of federal COVID-19 relief and they just may get it. The HEROES Act, passed in the House, offers at least one solution for the biofuels industry. "There's a program…

Positive Move in the Weekly Ethanol Numbers

Published May 28, 2020

The weekly ethanol production numbers showed a slight gain. According to Van Ahn and Company market analyst Kristi Van Ahn, that is a hopeful sign. "If plants were only shut down for one month or a month and a half,…

House Democrats Release COVID-19 Relief Bill

Published May 12, 2020

House Democrats have unveiled a phase four COVID-19 relief package. The bill is called the HEROES Act. Included in the $3 trillion bill are additional funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, market-ready livestock and poultry loss assistance, supplemental Dairy…

Articles tagged under: renewable fuels

Renewable Energy Growth Stalled

Ethanol Exports Reach Historic High in 2024

Increasing Demand for Grains

RFS ‘Strengthens Energy Security’

Vilsack: The Biden Administration Supports Biofuels

U.S. Canola Growers Vie for Renewable Fuels

Minnesota Delegates Ready for Sessions at AFBF Convention

COVID-19 Relief: What the Ethanol Industry Wants

Positive Move in the Weekly Ethanol Numbers

House Democrats Release COVID-19 Relief Bill

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