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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)

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

By GFM Network News December 14, 2017

New York | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers from states that produce corn for ethanol plants said on Wednesday they would consider proposals from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to help the oil refining industry cope with the nation’s biofuels regulation, but would never agree on anything that diminishes the program. The price of U.S. renewable […] 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: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 6, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy prices fell on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling amid a broad downturn across many commodities as the dollar climbed. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased from an earlier roughly four-month high while wheat futures declined for the third straight session, nearing their contract lows set in […] 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

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. EPA ups biofuel targets slightly

By GFM Network News November 30, 2017

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will require fuel companies to blend slightly more biofuels into the nation’s gasoline and diesel next year, angering oil refiners who view them as a competitive threat. The announcement follows weeks of lobbying by Midwestern lawmakers and representatives of the corn industry who wanted […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

By GFM Network News July 6, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed reducing the volumes of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel in 2018, in a move that could mark the first step towards a broader overhaul to the controversial energy policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal marked a slight decline […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Reuters

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

By GFM Network News April 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said on Wednesday it will exit the business of feeding cattle to direct capital toward other investments, the latest transformation for the global commodity trader. Minnesota-based Cargill struck a deal to sell its last two feed yards to ethanol producer Green Plains for US$36.7 million, after selling other feedyards to […] Read more

Columns, Markets

Selling your spring-threshed grain

Brian Wittal has talked to potential buyers of those cereal crops still out in the field

By Brian Wittal March 30, 2017

Another warm spell has some producers who face the unenviable task of spring combining calling to ask what they’ll be able to do with the grain they harvest in the spring. Farmers are wondering where they can sell it and what it will be worth. Some are wondering if they should even bother trying to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

By GFM Network News March 1, 2017

CNS Canada –– Rumoured changes to U.S. renewable fuels policy gave corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade a boost this week — but it will likely take confirmed fundamental news for the advances to be sustained. The unconfirmed reports circulating the market on Tuesday were that U.S. President Donald Trump was […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday and soyoil futures climbed about four per cent on prospects for changes to the U.S. renewable fuels policy that could boost demand for corn-based ethanol and soy biodiesel, traders said. Both markets pared gains following a White House statement that no executive order was in […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

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

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

Tag Archives ethanol

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

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

U.S. EPA ups biofuel targets slightly

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

Selling your spring-threshed grain

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

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