The Renewable Fuels Association elected officers and its board of directors today at its annual membership meeting in Milwaukee, Wisc. Erik Huschitt, CEO of Badger State Ethanol, was elected Chairman of the organization, replacing Jeanne […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its updated guidance on what methods should be used to determine the cellulosic converted fraction of corn kernel fiber in the production of cellulosic […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced sugar loan rates for crop year 2022 (fiscal year 2023). CCC also announced sugar beet and sugarcane allotments […]
ARLINGTON, Va. (Sept. 29, 2022) – Today the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) applauds the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for publishing reforms to the Seasonal Ag CDL program. Reforms to the Farm-Related Restricted Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program, more commonly known as […]
The deadline to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s atrazine proposal is next Friday. The National Corn Growers Association is encouraging growers to join its call-to-action and submit comments to the EPA on the […]
Senators Chuck Grassley and Sherrod Brown introduced legislation this week to prevent foreign individuals from obtaining credit and financial services through the Farm Credit System. The Iowa Republican and Ohio Democrat content that currently, certain […]
Story by Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor GRAND FORKS, N.D. (DTN) — On the northern edge of Grand Forks, North Dakota, dirt work is starting on roads and other infrastructure for a project that […]
Food inflation is skyrocketing on record input costs and supply and demand issues. American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall states the obvious: “All of us are feeling the pain of higher prices at the grocery […]
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow addressed the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Wednesday. The Michigan Democrat was part of a panel with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, […]
The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday proposed updated criteria for labeling foods with the nutrient content claim “healthy” on their packaging. The proposal comes the same day as the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, […]