Aug 23
Oklahoma State Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Derrell Peel says several things jumped out to him in the August USDA Cattle on Feed Report- including the continuation of a smaller number of cattle on feed for the ninth month in a row. Peel also noted in his post report conversation with Ron Hays that the …
Aug 22
The president of the National Corn Growers Association released a statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to exempt some small refineries from blending biofuels in their supplies at levels required under the Renewable Fuel Standard. With today’s announcement EPA has taken an important step toward resolving a stubborn issue that has …
Aug 22
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to cut red tape on the temporary-use of Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators (CISWI) for natural disaster debris removal, providing state, local and Tribal governments with the ability to quickly and effectively clean up their communities. Debris left untouched …
Aug 22
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is acting on the backlog of 175 Small Refinery Exemption (SRE) petitions from 38 small refineries for 2016 – 2024 compliance years. In consultation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), EPA reviewed and considered information submitted by each petitioning small refinery. EPA then evaluated each SRE petition consistent …
Aug 22
Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America began carefully evaluating EPA’s grant to 38 small refineries of full or partial exemptions from compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standards for 2016-2024. EPA announced a new framework for granting small refinery exemption petitions and applied it to more than 175 pending petitions, including previously denied petitions. Clean Fuels expressed …
Aug 22
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, issued the following statement today in response to a decision from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “With more than 140 granted refinery exemptions, today’s decision alone does not give farmers and biofuel producers the certainty …
Aug 22
Jennifer Carrico of DTN writes in an article that the New World screwworm (NWS) has caused the U.S./Mexico border to be closed and opened and reclosed several times during the past year as the pest moves north in Mexico. The closure is to help prevent the insect from traveling into the U.S. on a beef …
Aug 22
In today’s Beef Buzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays speaks with longtime Manager Bill Barnhart of OKC West who says the current cattle market has been unlike anything he’s seen in years. “It’s been crazy good. It just seems like we blow through a price barrier every week, and it’s been like this …
Aug 22
As they typically do, the South Korean wheat buyers who explored Washington, Oregon and Montana in late July carried in the back of their minds a lengthy list – a long and growing lineup, actually – of food products back home that depend on high-quality wheat grown in the United States. The trade team hosted …
