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White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

Aug. 20, 2019 at 3:53 pm CDT

New York/Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allow numerous oil refiners to mix less ethanol into their gasoline, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Trump held a two-hour meeting […]

Ag-state senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers

Aug. 16, 2019 at 3:51 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

Apr. 15, 2019 at 6:46 pm CDT

By philip-blenkinsop

U.S. biofuels industry, advocates see hope in Pruitt’s successor

Jul. 6, 2018 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice Jarrett Renshaw

Corn-state senators seek Trump meeting as biofuel changes loom

Mar. 16, 2018 at 8:10 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

Feb. 27, 2018 at 2:39 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy. Trump has called the talks between Big Corn and Big […]

By Jarrett Renshaw

Key U.S. senator remains wary of China’s Syngenta play

Nov. 17, 2016 at 3:59 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — A powerful U.S. senator said he is concerned that state-owned ChemChina, which is buying Swiss crop protection and seed group Syngenta for $43 billion, could use U.S. sovereign immunity laws to shield itself from claims in U.S. courts. Some Chinese state-owned entities have argued that they […]

By Reuters

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

Sep. 26, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department is looking into concerns that global consolidation among major seed and agricultural chemical companies may squeeze supplies of the building blocks for widely used genetically modified seeds, a farm group told Reuters. The department has asked the American Soybean Association for details […]

By Tom Polansek