Today's announcement met the EPA's committment under its proposed consent decree, which was intended to settle the lawsuit filed by two major petroleum trade associations regarding previously missed deadlines. However, the agency is now likely to face a lawsuit from the Biotechnology Industry Council (BIO).U.S. EPA today announced the proposed Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 along with the 2017 proposed volume for biodiesel. The 2014 proposed volumes were re-issued from the original proposal released in November 2013.The final volumes for 2014 were to be issued on 30 November 2013 and for 2015 on 30 November 2014. The two major petroleum trade associations, the Ame...
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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