Insights and Stories on Ethanol

U.S. EPA ups biofuel targets slightly

Nov. 30, 2017 at 3:35 pm CST

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will require fuel companies to blend slightly more biofuels into the nation’s gasoline and diesel next year, angering oil refiners who view them as a competitive threat. The announcement follows weeks of lobbying by Midwestern lawmakers and representatives of […]

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

Jul. 6, 2017 at 9:53 am CDT

By Chris Prentice David Shepardson Jarrett Renshaw

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

Apr. 26, 2017 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

Mar. 1, 2017 at 5:04 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

Feb. 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. ethanol expected to be competitive in 2017

Feb. 22, 2017 at 5:37 pm CST

San Diego | CNS Canada –– Weaker commodity prices and less international competition are expected to lend demand and profitability to the U.S. ethanol market in 2017, one analyst says. But changing political and policy environments — in the U.S. and abroad — add an element of uncertainty to the […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. ethanol sector pumped on Trump

Feb. 22, 2017 at 3:01 pm CST

San Diego | CNS Canada — “Building partnerships and growing markets” was the theme of the National Ethanol Conference in San Diego — a theme members of the U.S. Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) believe aligns well with an increased focus on national security and protectionist policies under new President Donald […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Corn up on strong exports, ethanol demand

Jan. 20, 2017 at 4:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched a six-month high on Friday, buoyed by robust demand from exporters and ethanol producers, analysts said. Wheat followed corn higher in largely technical trade while soybeans eased on profit-taking. But all three markets posted weekly gains. Chicago Board of Trade March corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen Renita D. Young

China takes aim at corn glut with plastics, livestock feed push

Dec. 29, 2016 at 11:47 am CST

Beijing/Reuters – China plans to boost production of biodegradable plastics made out of corn and increase the use of the grain as an animal feed in the next three years, the government said on Thursday, the latest effort to absorb a domestic glut that has hurt prices. Outlining its five-year […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on profit-taking before USDA data

Dec. 8, 2016 at 5:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped two per cent on Thursday, the steepest decline in 2-1/2 months, on profit-taking tied to lower veg oil prices and extended weather outlooks for rainfall in Argentina, traders and analysts said. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

By Michael Hirtzer