Ethanol Blending Program in India Takes Off The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has finally approved a new ethanol blending program, making it mandatory for all gasoline to be blended with 5 percent ethanol. Per the CCEA's recommendation, the Ministry of Petroleum has been asked to ensure that the mandate is implemented. The program has been in force since October 2007 and has faced several hurdles. In November 2009, a financial penalty was advocated in instances when gasoline was not blended properly, but this was not enforced. Ethanol production in India in 2010/11 was at 2.2 billion liters.Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been blending 2-5 percent ethanol in gasoline in 13 states since August 2010. The purchase price w...
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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