Court Rules Against EPA in RFS Exemption Case
A Washington, D.C., Circuit Court panel vacated a swath of government decisions denying requests from small fossil fuel refineries to be temporarily exempt from the Renewable Fuel Standard. In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency denied all pending
California Proposes Credit Cap on Renewable Diesel
Farm Policy News says the California Air Resources Board is proposing to cap the amount of renewable diesel made from soybean or canola oil that would qualify for the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Some of the
Almost One-Quarter of Farmers Don’t Have Internet Access
U.S. Census data says American producers saw moderate improvement in internet access from 2017 to 2022. Across rural America, the percentage of farm operations or operator residences with internet access increased from 75.4 percent in 2017 to
Cattle Producers Argue for Electronic ID Tags
Electronic ID tags may be the only thing standing between a national catastrophe and a rapid response to an animal disease outbreak in the U.S. That’s according to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in defense of a
Certified Hereford Beef Names a New CEO
Ernie Davis, Jr. is the new president and CEO of Certified Hereford Beef. He brings three decades of merchandising experience to his new role from across all animal proteins. Much of his experience revolves around developing premium
NCC Responds to Campaign Rhetoric on Price Gouging
Recent political rhetoric in the presidential race came from the Democratic ticket and blamed the meat and poultry industry for rising meat prices. Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris says the food industry’s “corporate price gouging”
New Soybean Yield Record Set
Southwest Georgia farmer Alex Harrell surpassed his own world record soybean harvest of 206.79 bushels an acre set in 2023. Now, he’s a back-to-back yield champ, growing the highest-yielding soybeans in agriculture history. He cut a bin-busting
Sheep Wool: An Unexpected, Yet Effective, Natural Fertilizer for Your Plants
Lawrence, Nebraska, August 2024 –When you think of sheep wool, you probably think of clothing and yarn, but most sheep in the Midwest don’t produce the fine wool needed to make that high-quality fabric. Sheep producers get
Growth Energy Marks IRA’s Birthday with Call for Action on 45Z
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy—the leading voice of America’s biofuel industry—urged the White House to swiftly finalize clear, flexible guidance for the 45Z clean fuels credit, which was signed into law two years ago this week. “After two long