Ethanol

Corn growers are positioned to meet the needs of the sustainable aviation fuel industry, but hurdles remain.

If the third time is a charm, Michael Happ might finally make an impression on federal lawmakers and administrators with his fact-filled, 24-page report on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s continued financing of Big Ag’s big manure habit.

There’s not a day that goes by, when farmers aren’t thinking about how to leave the land better than we found it.

Snowfall and rain showers during the past month have improved the soil moisture conditions for Rahn family farm in northern Illinois.

A coalition of business, labor and agriculture groups have united behind legislation that would provide a regulatory framework to advance carbon capture and storage projects in Illinois.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will soon meet with farm officials from key trading partners Canada and Mexico.

To make sure farmers’ voices are heard and their ideas are understood, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced the creation of an Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The summertime ban on gasoline blended with 15% ethanol has been lifted in eight Midwest states, effective in April 2025.

A trio of farmers tackled issues ranging from soil management to grain marketing during a panel discussion at the Illinois Soybean Association’s Soybean Summit.

Traders’ expectations of an increase in corn for ethanol didn’t reach fruition, and ending stocks across the board were higher in the agricultural supply and demand estimates report.

Farmer leaders and staff with the Indiana Corn Growers Association and the Indiana Soybean Alliance discussed hot topics with state lawmakers at the annual Bacon Bar and Brunch legislative breakfast.

The prices for corn and soybeans have been grinding downward since the summer of 2022.

More supply, less demand, where do we go from here? Larger supplies of corn and soybeans and less demand will bring hard questions — and harder decisions — for farmers in 2024, according to a former Iowa State University Extension economist.

Traders expected slight reductions in the size of the U.S. corn crop and no changes in the nation’s average soybean yield when the crop production annual report came out — but the opposite happened.

U.S. farmers produced a decent corn crop in 2023 that has led to a substantial increase in supplies compared to last year.