Insights and Stories on Ethanol

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather wreaks havoc on crops

Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:37 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Unusual weather, both in North and South America, has significantly affected commodities this week at the Chicago Board of Trade, according to a broker. A brutal cold snap, extending from northern Canada to the U.S.-Mexico border, has slowed down soybean crushing, halted production at ethanol refineries and raised […]

Some U.S. ethanol producers cut production to sell natural gas for profit

Feb. 16, 2021 at 9:00 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. oil industry seeks unusual alliance with Farm Belt against electric vehicle agenda

Jan. 29, 2021 at 3:41 am CST

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

Biden transition team holds talks with biofuel groups -sources

Dec. 24, 2020 at 9:33 am CST

By Stephanie Kelly

Husky, Cenovus shareholders approve merger deal

Dec. 15, 2020 at 7:47 pm CST

Reuters — Cenovus Energy’s $6.07 billion deal to buy Husky Energy was approved by the shareholders of the two companies on Tuesday, creating Canada’s No. 3 oil and gas producer in a rapidly consolidating industry. Cenovus said 93 per cent of shareholder votes were cast in favour of the merger […]

New greening programs planned for ag alongside carbon tax hike

Dec. 14, 2020 at 8:12 pm CST

A new federal climate plan which further cranks up taxes on carbon emissions also includes pledges of new programs to help sink more carbon into farmland. The government on Friday released the sequel to its 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change — a “strengthened” climate plan, titled […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. fuel industry frazzled as EPA misses biofuel volumes deadline

Nov. 30, 2020 at 7:59 pm CST

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to miss a deadline Monday to announce how much renewable fuel the nation’s refiners must blend into their fuel mix next year, raising uncertainty in the fuel market and prompting one biofuel association to threaten to take the […]

By Stephanie Kelly

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets could go higher after U.S. Thanksgiving

Nov. 25, 2020 at 4:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, the Chicago Board of Trade was pulling back a little, generating double-digit losses in most wheat contracts, while corn and soybeans were down by smaller amounts. However, from Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at Fort McHenry, Ill., […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Cenovus to get Prairies’ biggest ethanol maker in Husky sale

Oct. 27, 2020 at 6:20 pm CDT

A proposed takeover of Husky Energy by Cenovus Energy is expected to create not only Canada’s third-biggest oil and gas producer but also a new owner for the Prairies’ biggest ethanol business. The two Calgary companies on Sunday announced a friendly all-stock deal which would see Husky shareholders get 0.7845 […]

By Dave Bedard