Nations are calling for the end to government handouts for biofuels....More

Based upon current market conditions and federal renewable fuels policy, 10% ethanol blends (E10) are keeping gasoline prices $0.12/gal. cheaper than they otherwise would be....More

This week, the USDA will release a couple of very important reports about the supply of corn currently being stored in America as well as the planting intentions of farmers for the upcoming growing season....More

Certainly, ethanol is an issue that isn’t universally opposed; after all, lots of cattlemen also grow grain, and the benefit to the grain market for those producers will far override any negatives it creates on the cattle side. Also, if you operate in an area where ethanol byproducts are abundant and cheap, it provides you some competitive advantages over producers not so blessed, and helps negate the impact of higher grain prices....More

Record prices, tightening supply and steady demand – that’s a formula many of us on the cow-calf side of the business have been looking for!...More

Regarding GIPSA – “I can understand people wanting to take us back to the way we marketed cattle 30-40 years ago – after all, if we’re still around today, we had to be pretty successful back then. Yet when we all gathered in Fort Collins and debated about taking the industry back 30 years, Blockbuster Video was declaring bankruptcy because it insisted on doing business like it was being done 30-40 months ago, not 30-40 years ago.” Yikes...More

A coalition of 23 organizations asked the Environmental Protection Agency to deny a request by ethanol manufacturers seeking authorization for the sale of gasoline containing 12% ethanol (E12)...More

The American Meat Institute (AMI) has joined a number of agriculture associations in expressing serious concerns over a new proposal from the ethanol industry that would extend the expiring ethanol blenders credit and import tariff on foreign ethanol, create new corn ethanol subsidies and change the definition of advanced biofuels to include corn ethanol in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS)....More

“The abundance of relatively cheap ethanol by-products has totally changed the game, not only for finishing cattle but for backgrounding...More

“Although we support the need to advance renewable and alternative sources of energy, we strongly believe it is time that the mature corn-based ethanol industry operates on a level playing field with other commodities that rely on corn as their...More