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RealAg on the Weekend: Cattle markets, biofuel regulations, and a dip in future optimism
10 May 2025 23:00 GMT
It's been just over 20 years since I showed my last 4-H calf at the Lethbridge Northen 4-H show and sale, as part of the Turin beef club. We struggled for years to keep that club going, but we did. It was a very important part of our upbringing. The …
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Biofuel industry still waiting on clarity and forward momentum on 45Z, year-round E15
09 May 2025 23:59 GMT
While the current U.S. administration has voiced support for biofuels, key policy pieces that underpin industry growth, such as guidance on E15 inclusion and Section 45Z tax credits, remain unresolved. That’s a problem for ethanol producers and corn …
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Breakthrough in biofuel production turns corn waste into low-cost sugar: Collaboration aims to transform agricultural residues into renewable energy
08 May 2025 17:40 GMT
… cellulose have historically made biofuel production costly. The … major step toward sustainable biofuel viability.
Scientists at … step toward making sustainable biofuels economically viable. Published … , sugarcane bagasse and forestry residues have represented a …
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RealAg Radio: Biofuel policy shifts, corn and bean markets, and a political update, May 7, 2025
08 May 2025 04:24 GMT
In this Episode 28 of The Truth About Ag, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with their first repeat guest, Dean Klippenstine, partner and business Advisor with MNP’s Agriculture team, for a wide-ranging and candid conversation about the …
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Getting biofuel policy right works for both Canada and the U.S., NOPA says
07 May 2025 21:52 GMT
While social media debates rage over seed oils, Devin Mogler says it’s science and affordability that should guide food and fuel policy. The CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) joined Shaun Haney to unpack what’s behind the U.S. …
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Soy complex pressure influences sunflower
10 May 2025 11:42 GMT
Favorable conditions and good planting progress has put the soy complex in the U.S. under pressure and that, in turn, impacts the sunflower market. Nearby sunflower prices were unchanged to up 30 cents with new crop prices unchanged at the crush plants for …
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Grain’s supply and demand ratio finds balance
09 May 2025 23:38 GMT
SASKATOON — The global grain outlook for 2025-26 is incredibly balanced, says an analyst.
The International Grains Council (IGC) is forecasting 2.373 billion tonnes of production and an identical 2.373 billion tonnes of demand.
“We’re looking at quite a …
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There is more canola in bins than what industry thought
07 May 2025 21:10 GMT
It appears that once again, the assessment of canola production will prove to be an under-estimate, continuing a multi-year trend.
I’ve pointed out in previous columns this tendency of the November Production of Principal Field Crops report to under- …
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Comstock Announces First Quarter 2025 Results and Corporate Updates
08 May 2025 20:15 GMT
… carbon, sustainable global biofuel system that integrates waste … solutions into existing agriculture, forestry, pulp and paper, … and an Oklahoma-based biofuels company.” CONFERENCE CALL … water, diesel, gasoline and alternative fuels and electricity); changes in …
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DNR clears trees from ice storm, threats loom to Up North forests
10 May 2025 10:53 GMT
… sales to forestall pine beetles. Biofuels facilities or other purchasers of … trailers for shipping to a biofuels energy facility in Gaylord.
… specialist with the conservancy.
DNR forestry officials urge the public in …