There is more chaos for the RFS after a Federal Court rules the EPA’s 2016 waiver of ethanol volumes to avoid the 10 percent blend wall was invalid under the statute.As Gary Blumenthal mentioned (see Ag Perspectives, 28 July), the U.S. Court of Appeals decided against the U.S. EPA last Friday regarding how the agency interpreted its waiver authority in setting the Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for years 2014 through 2017. The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) statute grants the EPA general waiver authority for all four categories of fuel (total, advanced, convention ethanol, and biodiesel) under certain conditions that include:
when enforcing the mandated volumes would cause “se...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
