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Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing, says the sell off in bean oil was tied to unconfirmed rumors the draft proposal on the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for bio-mass based diesel were sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with lower than expected volumes.
The massive bill faced two major hurdles, passing out of both the House Agriculture and House Ways and Means Committees. While the legislation is filled with positive tax provisions for farmers, potential cuts to SNAP are creating controversy.
Misery loves company: commiserate with two frustrated row crop farmers who are fed up with equipment and technology outages, and learn about a simple fix that just might keep your planter up and running this spring.
Soybeans are down with soybean oil which touched limit down overnight on unconfirmed rumors EPA would setting RVO levels for biomass based diesel below anticipated levels.
“Whatever your case might be, it’s about how to help absorb potential unforeseen shocks and potential short term losses if they occur,” says John Steeves with Rabobank.
Our goal in drafting a declaration on regenerative agriculture is to show that farmers, who work all the time in the fields, know that this is the future of food production—and to inform policymakers, who often lack a background in agriculture, about what we’re doing and why.
“China and Brazil are getting together. They’re going to build infrastructure, and they’re going to make SAF and they’re going to build railroads, and it’s not good for us and our future. That’s why we need new markets,” says Iowa farmer Tim Burrack.
The newly released stocks-to-use ratios for corn and soybeans show we can expect the markets to be responsive to any threat to yields this summer.
EPA plans to rescind much of the Biden administration’s first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.