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Bump in dried distillers grains prices helped Neeley Biofuels improve its margins.

Domestic ethanol plant production backed off a better-than-six-month high and blending demand dropped nearly 6% in the final week of December while inventory was drawn down.

Valero Energy Corp. and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers have petitioned the United States Supreme Court on the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A strong rebound in global fertilizer demand is expected in 2020, led by more acres planted in the U.S. Despite that general trend, China is seeing its nutrient demand share falling.

Global fertilizer demand is increasing as the world's farmers attempt to feed an ever-increasing world population. Some areas of the world see increasing supplies, such as urea capacity in India, while other areas see...

Concern remains among agriculture groups about the waters of the United States rule and whether it will remain in legal flux.

Energy Information Administration reported a 300,000-barrel (bbl) draw from U.S. ethanol supply during the week ended Dec. 20 to a 21.5 million bbl three-week low even as plant production ramped up to a 6-1/2-month...

Much like the outlook for other nutrients, the world sulfur market appears balanced as it heads into 2020. However, several possible challenges in the coming year could change this situation.

Here are some practical tips for finding employees in this tough labor market.

North America is projected to account for the bulk of the gain of potash shipments to the Americas, with shipments rebounding from 9.4 million metric tons this year to 10.2 mmt in 2020.

David Hula set his fourth world record for corn yields this year.

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The world nitrogen market faced some large challenges in 2019. The outlook for 2020 is a balancing supply and demand situation that would support the nitrogen market.

EPA released a final rule revising 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations that the agency maintains will assure 15 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol will be used. Biofuel advocates maintain the strategy EPA...

Between lodging, ear drop, wildlife and crop insurance loss, letting corn sit in the field over the winter is a very risky endeavor.

Some state regulators are worn down after managing three consecutive years of off-target dicamba movement.

Natural gas held in U.S. storage was 3.518 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) as of Dec. 6, a net withdrawal of 73 billion cubic feet (Bcf) from the prior week.

U.S. ethanol supply increased to a five-week high as blending activity fell to the second-lowest weekly rate of 2019 while domestic plant owners ramped output up for a tenth consecutive week through Dec. 6.

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The Farm Service Agency will accept Conservation Reserve Program sign-ups starting on Dec. 9.