Ag Groups Fear Trade Losses
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:30PM CDT
A letter from farm groups draws a fine line of supporting the president's trade goals while fearing the worst ramifications for the ag economy.
Fuel Groups Jockey for RFS Position
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 12:19PM CDT
As biofuels, agriculture and petroleum groups are expected to meet at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, a group of fuel distributors have raised alarms about what increasing RFS volumes for biomass-based diesel could mean to consumers.
Rollins Readies for Trade Retaliation
Monday, March 31, 2025 5:18PM CDT
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spent Monday in Iowa touting investments in biofuels as a way to increase demand for farm products. Rollins acknowledged USDA is getting ready for possible trade retaliation as President Donald Trump readies his tariff announcement on Wednesday.
USDA Report Review
Monday, March 31, 2025 2:52PM CDT
USDA's March 1 (2025) Prospective Planting and quarterly Grain Stocks report held little fanfare for the corn market despite the prospective corn coming in 1.1 million acres above the Dow Jones average estimate. Wheat, on the other hand, got a boost from an all-wheat planting number that was 900,000 acres lower than expectations. Soybean acres held little in the way of surprise, estimated to be just slightly below pre-report expectations. March 1 stocks for all three ag commodities finished close to expectations.
