The price of New York’s main oil benchmark hit a nine-month peak overnight as traders worried that the Syria crisis could hit supplies from the crude-rich Middle East.Syria is expected to top the agenda at the Group of Eight (G8)…
With Senate passage of a new, five-year farm bill last week – all eyes are on the House this week. House Speaker John Boehner says he is prepared to vote on a new farm bill – which is a positive…
A recent study released by ABF Economics found no direct correlation between federal biofuels mandates and increasing food prices. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson says the report is an example of yet another study that confirms biofuels are not…
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced funding for rural electric projects in 16 states to provide reliable, affordable electricity for rural residents. Vilsack says USDA funding for rural electric utilities improves service to customers, makes the grid more efficient…
Biodiesel advocates were on Capitol Hill Tuesday to urge Congress to support a strong Renewable Fuel Standard. More than one-hundred biodiesel producers, distributors and feedstock suppliers representing more than two dozen states were participating in the Hill visit. Todd Ellis…
Brian Jennings, Executive Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) today released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the 2013 Farm Bill. “ACE thanks the members of the U.S. Senate who voted in favor of a Farm…
According to a recent study by the World Bank, crude oil prices bear the lion’s share of responsibility for most of past decade’s jump in food prices. Oil prices, not stocks to-use, exchange rates, interest rates or income, were the…
Several groups are expressing support for legislation introduced by Representatives Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Bruce Braley of Iowa to provide robust mandatory funding in farm bill Energy Title programs. The legislation would provide more than a billion-dollars in mandatory…
Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a subjective hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard and the blend wall. The hearing did not invite representatives from the renewable fuel…
A new study out of Rice University and the University of California at Davis that looks ahead 40 years at farming and climate change and draws some very specific conclusions needs to go back to the research table, according to…
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