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Responding to concerns about higher food prices, higher costs for farmers and the need to boost global food production, the White House laid out three initiatives meant to encourage farmers to plant more and ideally lower input costs in the future...

Farmers answering the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index show a slight uptick in optimism, but input costs weigh heavily on their minds.

A small refinery company based in Louisiana has sued the EPA on its decision to retroactively deny 2018 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

After an uproar from agricultural groups, the Securities Exchange Commission on Monday extended the public-comment period on a proposed climate reporting rule from May 20 to June 17.

Renewable diesel demand explodes to trigger a rapid expansion of soybean crush. The growth could spark a domino effect of changes to farm revenue, the soybean complex, exports, future planting intentions, existing biofuel plants and more.

A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City finds that a record number of operating loans surpassed $1 million in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting soaring prices for inputs.

Domestic ethanol inventory retreated for a fifth straight week through April 29, easing 0.4% to the lowest level since mid-January with demand reaching a seven-week high.

Archer Daniels Midland was ordered by a federal court on Tuesday to turn over information in connection with the 2019 suspension of an accounting employee, in an ongoing ethanol markets case.

Many farmers market a portion of their crops before they're even planted, and while that's a good idea in most years, it might not be the best for the current market.

Most of the 2 million acres offered contracts under the latest CRP General signup were already in the program. More than 1.6 million acres were already under an existing CRP contract. USDA stated fewer than 400,000 new acres are being offered a...

USDA isn't making any statements about provisions in the White House aid package to Ukraine sent to Congress late last week. Commodity groups also are still examining the package, which would boost loan rates for certain commodities to spur more...

A South Dakota ethanol company is asking the state's congressional delegation to press EPA to look at the viability of E30 and work toward allowing the fuel to be sold nationally.

The EPA on Friday granted an emergency waiver to allow E15 sales to continue through this summer.

President Joe Biden put forward a $33 billion package of aid for Ukraine. The package, which the White House pitched for Congress to pass, also includes provisions to help with global food security, which includes aid for U.S. farmers to boost production.

Governors from eight Midwestern states formally asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to begin a rulemaking that would eliminate the summer fuel waiver and put E10 and E15 on equal regulatory ground. The move would allow permanent year-round E15 sales...

Agriculture groups are expressing concern farmers and ranchers would be required to report personal information and business-related data as part of a U.S. Securities Exchange Commission proposed rule.

EPA Agriculture Adviser Rod Snyder said this week the agency plans to release a proposed rewrite of the definition of waters of the U.S. yet this year despite an ongoing wetlands Supreme Court case.

With oral arguments likely to take place in October or November, hundreds of interested parties have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Idaho couple Michael and Chantell Sackett and their wetlands determination battle.