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

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

By GFM Network News May 9, 2018

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump told a group of senators on Tuesday he is considering allowing exported ethanol to count toward the volumes mandated under the nation’s biofuels law, a move intended to appease both Big Oil and Big Corn by cutting the refiners’ regulatory costs while preserving demand for corn. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

POET unseats ADM as top global fuel ethanol maker

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Privately held, U.S.-based POET has overtaken industry pioneer and global grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland to become the top ethanol producer in the world, the companies told Reuters. ADM had been the biggest ethanol maker since the U.S. began requiring refiners to mix billions of gallons of biofuels into the nation’s […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

By GFM Network News April 12, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with the heads of the Environmental […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Trump seen putting biofuel reform push on ice, for now

By GFM Network News April 11, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration will delay any moves to reform the nation’s biofuel policy for about three months, according to three sources briefed on the matter — a decision one of the sources said was meant to shield farmers worried about a potential trade war with China. The decision comes after […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

By GFM Network News February 27, 2018

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy. Trump has called the talks between Big Corn and Big Oil amid rising concern in […] Read more

Machinery, News

Pursuing alternative fuels

New Holland continues development work for a world without diesel

By Scott Garvey February 13, 2018

New Holland has been pursuing alternate fuel possibilities for more than a decade. In 2006 it became the first ag equipment brand to announce its engines were fully compatible with 100 per cent biodiesel. In 2009 it first showed the world its hydrogen powered NH2 concept tractor at the SIMA machinery show in Paris, France. […] Read more

New Holland showed the latest version of its prototype methane-powered tractor at Agritechnica in November.

Machinery, News

PHOTOS: A look at New Holland’s biofuel future

Agritechnica offered attendees a close look (but not too close) of the NH2

By Scott Garvey February 13, 2018

Machinery editor Scott Garvey gets a good walk-around look at New Holland’s methane-powered NH2 tractor.

Country Guide in 2014 profiled Milligan Biofuels, whose Foam Lake, Sask. facility is shown here with the company’s first executive manager, local farmer Zenneth Faye. (Photo for Country Guide by Carol’s Photography)

Canola, Crops, Machinery

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2018

An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton. Alberta’s Crown lending agency […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump (r) and Vice-President Mike Pence meet with Congressional leadership Dec. 7 in Washington. (Video screengrab from WhiteHouse.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say

By GFM Network News December 7, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump is open to reforming the country’s biofuels policy if it can be done in a way that protects jobs in both the refining and agriculture industries, senators said on Thursday after a meeting with Trump on the issue. Nine lawmakers had requested the meeting to argue that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering at month’s end

By GFM Network News November 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday as fund-driven short-covering at the end of the month overshadowed disappointing export sales data, analysts said. Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ended mostly lower, with nearby contracts pressured by heavier-than-expected deliveries against the December contract on first notice day. Soybeans fell, led […] Read more

GFM Network News

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U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

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Tag Archives biofuel

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

POET unseats ADM as top global fuel ethanol maker

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

Trump seen putting biofuel reform push on ice, for now

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

Pursuing alternative fuels

PHOTOS: A look at New Holland’s biofuel future

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering at month’s end

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