National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirements:
From the Renewable Fuels Assn. to the National Corn Growers to the National Farmers Union, reaction was swift today when the Environmental Protection Agency released the proposed 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumetric requirements. And as you might guess, it was particularly complimentary.
The biofuels industry contributed $277.3 billion to the global economy in 2010 according to a new report commissioned by the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
An in-depth analysis of U.S. land use patterns released earlier this week by the USDA shows total cropland decreased by 34 million acres from 2002 to 2007, the lowest level since USDA began collecting this data 1945.
The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) today pushed back on a National Academy of Sciences report asserting that America will not meet the cellulosic ethanol targets of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
In an exclusive interview with Ag Equipment Intelligence, Howard Dahl, president and CEO of the Fargo, N.D., manufacturer of farm machinery, says it’s developing machinery that will help improve the economics of transporting biomass. This is a major hurdle in expanding use of biofuels produced from cellulosic materials.
Farmers supplying the nation's largest biofuels producer with corn crop residue that can be converted to cellulosic ethanol can double their income under a program approved recently by the USDA.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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