Since the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard almost three years ago – Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen says there have been dozens of new studies and modeling improvements. He says these new reports and data show that the corn ethanol process is far less carbon intensive that assumed by [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The final day of the 100th convention of the Kansas Livestock Association will include a report by an analyst on the drought’s effect on the nation’s cattle inventory and prices. CattleFax executive vice president Randy Blach was scheduled to address the gathering Friday morning. Blach will talk about how livestock producers [...]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new report shows that the nation’s worst drought in decades has worsened for a second straight week, after conditions had improved for more than a month. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that 62.7 percent of the continental U.S. was in some form of drought as of [...]
WACO, Neb. (AP) — Monsanto is investing more than $100 million to expand four of its seed processing plants in Nebraska, Iowa and Indiana. Monsanto officials say the expansion is needed to increase the company’s capacity to product corn and soybean seeds. The St. Louis-based company announced the expansion on Wednesday. Monsanto’s Shawn Schrader says most [...]
USDA data shows U.S. raw sugar prices dropped another nine-percent in October. The October 2012 average price is nearly 40-percent lower than the previous year. With sugar surpluses building and sustained low prices on the horizon – the American Sugar Alliance says industrial sugar users have lost a key talking point in their campaign to [...]
President Obama and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have received a request for a presidential declaration of emergency. The request came from the American Waterways Operators, National Waterways Conference, Waterways Council, Inc. and 15 other national organizations who are seeking immediate assistance in averting an economic catastrophe in the heartland of the United States. The [...]
For the cattle industry – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President of Government Affairs Collin Woodall says the denial of the Renewable Fuel Standard waiver by the EPA is an indicator of things to come. He expects cattle producers will soon see guidance on the Clean Water Act and the dust rule – along with [...]
Officials have said this week that private talks between the President and top Congressional leaders to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff are accelerating. House Speaker John Boehner has plans for top Republicans to meet with Erskine Bowles – a chief of staff in the Bill Clinton Administration. According to GOP aides – Bowles offered a [...]
Students studying for a future in the beef industry have a shot at 10 scholarships of 15-hundred dollars – but the deadline for applications is fast approaching. Submissions for the CME National Cattlemen’s Foundation Scholarship must be postmarked or received via email or fax by December 14th. The applicants must demonstrate a commitment to a [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 27, 2012 – Corn residue increases proportionally with corn yields, creating management challenges for growers. To help address those, agronomists and scientists from DuPont Pioneer and DuPont Industrial Biosciences teamed up to conduct research on the impact of residue removal on the long-term agronomic and environmental integrity of fields. Stover is also [...]