AgribusinessThe US Environmental Protection Agency wants to add 770 million RINs waived through small refinery exemptions back onto refiners' 2026 and 2027 obligations, a move biofuel and soybean groups say protects demand for farm crops.
AgribusinessA bipartisan House letter asks the EPA and Energy Department for a supplemental Renewable Fuel Standard rule by 15 October, warning that delay could weaken demand for corn and soybean oil.
AgribusinessThe Farms and Fuels Alliance has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to finalise a minimum 1.4-times credit multiplier for Canadian-made ethanol under the Clean Fuel Regulations, saying US imports backed by the 45Z credit are taking market share.
A National Lab of the Rockies report finds ethanol a viable low-carbon fuel for ocean-going ships and estimates the existing methanol dual-fuel fleet alone could use about two billion gallons a year.
CropsUSDA data show 528 million bushels of corn used for alcohol and other products and 210 million bushels of soybeans crushed in August, both up on a year earlier.
CropsStoneX expects corn to supply a third of Brazil's ethanol by 2027/28, and Inpasa, the world's second-largest producer, turns second-crop corn into fuel, cattle feed and oil for other biofuels.
At a government grower imbizo, the deputy trade minister promised talks with lenders on finance suited to cane growers, and more predictable reviews of the sugar import tariff.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has sent the Agricultural Act of 2026 to the full Senate on a 12-11 vote, and feed, soybean, corn, dairy, pork, sorghum, cattle, fertiliser and specialty-crop groups have lined up to back it while pressing their own priorities.
The Republican-controlled committee cleared the bill on party lines on 17 September; farm groups welcomed the step and pressed for speed, while pork producers want a national answer to California's Proposition 12 and the Meat Institute is fighting an amendment to bring back country-of-origin labelli
The US Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026 on a party-line 12-11 vote after a failed attempt last month, drawing praise from grain, dairy and biofuel groups, opposition from the Meat Institute over country-of-origin labelling, and disappointment from young farmers.
AgribusinessThe US Department of Agriculture has published an American Biofuels Trade Outlook after ethanol exports reached 2.2 billion gallons worth $4.7 billion in 2025, the largest year on record.
The IRS has ruled that USDA-recognised low-carbon farming practices count towards the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit and the Energy Department has updated its carbon model accordingly, a step corn, soybean and sorghum groups say finally makes the credit usable for farmers and biofuel plants.
Sugar has reached 70 rupees a kilogram in several West Bengal districts, and many on social media are blaming ethanol made from sugarcane.
