EPA has sent the 2014 Required Volume Obligations (RVO) rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review. This rule establishes how much ethanol and biodiesel will be required to be blended into the gasoline supply for 2014. EPA has telegraphed its intentions at least twice now with the first being the proposed 2013 RVO that indicated excess carryover Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) would help meet the mandate for 2013, but that the situation would be different in 2014. The second time was with the final 2013 RVO that came out quite late on 6 August and stated that it would be difficult to mandate more than 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol for 2014.Of course, the issue is the expanding Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandate sp...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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