The biodiesel tax credit will expire in December if not renewed. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) has proposed legislation, co-sponsored by 13 other senators, that will shift how it is applied. In Brazil, the tax exemption for ethanol sales also expires in December, and a change could occur there as well.Discussion of tax extenders, especially for renewable energy, and work on what might go into a bill has already begun as Congress has basically scheduled a great deal of time out of Washington. It will return for the month of September and adjourn by 1 October for the 2016 election. There will then likely be a lame-duck session in December to finish appropriations and consider a tax extender bill. During that month last year, there were five...
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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