In California, the Sacramento Business Journal reports that Pacific Ethanol was amongst the grantees to receive funds from the Paycheck Protection Program. The $9.9 million federal loan is to help the company keep its staff despite losing 50% of its demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand is rising and is currently only […]
In South Carolina, soybean is one of the top cash crops grown in South Carolina and some Clemson University researchers have helped discover an “important milestone” in developing heat-tolerant soybeans. A paper about their study, Comparative Lipidomic Analysis Reveals Heat Stress Responses of Two Soybean Genotypes Differing in Temperature Sensitivity, appears in the April 4 […]
In Washington, the Biogenic CO2 Coalition is urging Members of Congress to seek assurances from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it will close a regulatory loophole that is hurting the U.S. agriculture industry and job growth in the broader bioeconomy. In its letter to Capitol Hill, the Coalition said that while it would […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuel Standard is being besieged again, and while it is starting to feel like a Siege They Never Stop Trying and Never Works out of a Monty Python episode, industry trade associations say it is time once again to man the ramparts and pour burning oil, throw stones and otherwise defend […]
If COVID-19 has taught us anything this year, it’s that a flexible supply chain and healthy workers are needed to ensure food security. In this illuminating slide guide, ADM shares it’s Q1 accomplishments, like the ability for thousands of global colleagues to be able to work virtually in this extenuating circumstances. But that’s not all! Achieving […]
In Minnesota, an innovation developed in the corporate R&D labs at P&G that converts lactic acid into bio-based acrylic acid could be a helpful step to shift everyday goods to be made from annually renewable crops. P&G has granted Cargill an exclusive license that allows Cargill to further develop and commercialize this technology, so that […]
In Washington, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (MINCIT) last weekend announced it will impose duties of $0.1997/gallon on U.S. ethanol exports to Colombia. The following is a joint statement from leadership of the Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. Grains Council and Growth Energy. “While we have cooperated fully with investigating authorities in Colombia […]
In Washington, DTN reports that ethanol production continued to be below consumption last week as the industry pulls together to work through massive stocks that have further pushed down prices in the wake of the global pandemic. Ethanol production rose 19,000 bpd on the week to 617,000 bpd but the stocks drawdown was a whopping […]
In Indonesia, with the price gap between biodiesel and diesel more than doubling since January, Reuters reports the country is looking at how to subsidize biodiesel because the current scheme won’t be enough. Biodiesel prices are subsidized by the government fund that levies taxes on palm oil exports but with the low price of palm […]
In Germany, Platts reports that CropEnergies’ 2019/20 ethanol production in the year ending in February rose above 1 million cu m, up 3.6% on the year. Higher ethanol prices mixed with increased demand for ethanol as European countries look to achieve the 10% renewable energy mandate under the Renewable Energy Directive in 2020 saw revenue […]
