In Illinois, corn farmers are selling crops at a loss to makers of ethanol or animal feed because of excess supply of food-grade corn. Many farmers switched or added different strains of corn in order to diversify and get premium prices for nice products like white corn which can often be sold at a premium, […]
In Texas, Platts reports that U.S. net export sales of current and next crop corn totaled 1.531 million mt in the week that ended January 18, down 19% from 1.891 million mt in the previous week, according to Department of Agriculture data. Of total net exports sales, 1.446 million mt were for the current corn […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association launched an “Ethanol in the Classroom” course, providing an interactive way for students to learn about the renewable fuel. The e-Learning program is broken down into three levels: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. After selecting the appropriate level, students can choose a vehicle that runs on […]
In Switzerland, the World Trade Organization ruled against EU duties on Indonesian biofuels, challenging the anti-dumping duties authorized by the EU’s General Court in 2013 and causing great celebration in Indonesia, the largest producer of palm oil in the world. Jakarta appealed the 2013 rule and this WTO decision is for that appeal. The EU […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the current marketing year is likely to see the world’s second largest soybean crop on record, and that while the weather in Argentina spawns uncertainty, the Brazilian outlook is surprisingly positive. There are signs that global soybean supply will again be ample in the 2017/18 marketing year. Whereas the US […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.062 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 44.60 million gallons daily, according to government data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is up 1,000 b/d from the week before and a 4-week high. The four-week average for ethanol production decreased to 1.038 million b/d for an annualized rate of […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about the “lack of transparency” in EPA’s management of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) small refinery exemption provisions. The letter from RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen warns that “an ill-conceived and unauthorized expansion of this exemption could destabilize the […]
In Connecticut, Yale University researchers in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology found that by accounting for changes in an organism’s plasticity they can develop better population predictions for phytoplankton, which can prove beneficial for biofuel operations. Higher biofuel yields could be obtained by growing algae in environments with fluctuating temperatures rather than by […]
In Pennsylvania, two owners of a Pennsylvania biofuel company were charged in a superseding indictment with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and aiding and assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent fuel tax credit refund claim. According to the superseding indictment, Ben Wootton, of Pennsylvania, and Race Miner, of Colorado owned and […]
In Minnesota, an ethanol production plant in Heron Lake is working to reduce above-limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Heron Lake BioEnergy replaced existing equipment to burn off HAPs in its industrial exhaust, and has agreed to ensure future compliance with emission limits. Numerous above-limit test results for hazardous air pollutants in 2016 brought […]
