Yesterday the U.S. EPA’s Office of the Inspector General released its report on a review to determine if the agency complied with the statutory reporting requirements of the RFS, focusing on three key components.Yesterday the U.S. EPA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its report on a review to determine if the agency complied with the statutory reporting requirements of the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The study, first announced last year (see Ag Perspectives, 19 October 2015), concluded that “the EPA has not met certain statutory requirements to identify the environmental impacts of the RFS.” It further noted that “Congress and other stakeholders lack key information on biofuel impacts needed to make science-based de...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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