Biofuels
Steady investment in ‘green’ biofuels has promised new market demand for farmers and ethanol producers, but will that continue in 2025?
A coalition of oil and biofuel industry groups is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase biofuel blending requirements for 2026 and beyond.
When Susan Stroud talks with farmers, she focuses on a readiness for change. “We need to embrace it instead of be so resistant because we’re constantly seeing changes we go through,” she says.
According to the new interim rule, farmers can choose one or more of the CSA actions — no-till or reduced-till, cover crops, and nutrient management. Unlike prior rules, farmers no longer have to use all three on the same field at the same time.
U.S. biofuels and corn groups criticized the overall guidance as lacking details on what qualifies for tax credits.
The world has changed—and for American farmers, it has changed in ways that require both resilience and innovation.
This delay in the 45Z program details is causing significant concern among producers and politicians alike.
John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, says corn failed mid-session with conflicting information about guidance being delayed for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credits, but it also hit chart resistance.
The question becomes whether threats of tariffs include barring used cooking oil imports outright or merely tariffing the product, especially from China.
Brazil’s amendments to its domestic policies and increasing biodiesel mandates are likely to reduce the availability of used cooking oil for export, potentially reshaping its role in the global biofuel market.