The EPA published the 2020 Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) for ethanol and biodiesel in today’s Federal Register, an unusually long lag after publically releasing the pre-publication announcement on 5 July. It will hold a public stakeholder hearing this Wednesday on the RVOs in Ypsilanti, Michigan and then accept public comments on the proposal for the next 30 days (through 30 August). That deadline lines up with the end of the summer driving season, which typically has high demand for motor fuel. So far this summer, finished motor gasoline demand is down 0.03 percent from last year, but that is no different from the rest of the year to date. Ethanol blending, however, is up 0.7 percent.
The increase is blending is the good new...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
