Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Oct. 7 announced that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program board has approved an additional 48 grants, totaling more than $1.86 million, to support biofuel infrastructure projects.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Oct. 1 called on members of Congress to include language enabling permanent year-round sales of E15 on a nation-wide basis in any legislation introduced to make ad hoc payments to agricultural producers.
Mid America Agri Products/Wheatland on Oct. 3 announced the start of carbon dioxide capture at its Madrid, Nebraska, ethanol facility, with volumes to be transported on Tallgrass’ Trailblazer Pipeline for permanent sequestration in Wyoming.
The Renewable Fuels Association on Oct. 3 congratulated member company Western New York Energy, based in Medina, New York, for reaching an incredible milestone. The company recently produced its billionth gallon of ethanol.
USGBC recently welcomed two teams, based in Africa and Latin America (LTA), to Iowa State University for simultaneous feed manufacturing and milling training courses aimed at improving operational efficiency in participants’ domestic industries.
Advanced Biofuels Canada on Sept. 22 released the 10th annual Navius Research Biofuels in Canada report, the national report on Canada’s renewable and low-carbon fuel markets that shows biofuels have reached record use in Canada.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 2 signed AB 30, a bill that allows E15 to be sold in California while state agencies work to study whether the fuel blend can meet the state’s clean air requirements. E15 is now approved for use in all 50 states.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Sept. 30 sent a letter to the U.S. EPA urging the agency to maintained proposed biomass-based diesel RVOs and move forward with plans to boost the domestic ag industry in its upcoming RFS “Set 2” rule.
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. on Sept. 26 announced it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2024, which runs from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by 3% the week ending Sept. 26, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 1. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down 3% and exports fell by 21%.
The U.S. EPA on Oct. 1 held a virtual public hearing to gather comments on its supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) that considers several options for reallocating RFS RVOs waived under the SRE program.
Much of the federal government shutdown in the early hours of Oct. 1 after federal lawmakers failed to reach a funding deal. If the shutdown persists, work related to federal data reporting, rulemakings and other regulatory initiatives could face delays.
California Ethanol + Power on Sept. 24 announced it has reached an agreement with Hoffman Construction Co. on a target price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its proposed biorefinery in Imperial County, California.
The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry’s biggest players gathered at the North American SAF Conference and Expo in Minneapolis on Sept. 22-24 to confront the sector’s steep challenges and chart its path forward.
Old crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2025, were at 4.53 billion bushels, down 13% when compared to the same time last year, according to the USDA NASS’s latest quarterly Grain Stocks report, released Sept. 30.
Total operable U.S. biofuel production capacity fell slightly in July, with declines for biodiesel and renewable diesel. Ethanol capacity was up slightly and total feedstock consumption was up 2% when compared to June.
Conestoga Energy on Sept. 30 announced the submission of its full Class VI permit application to the U.S. EPA for its CCUS project, which is located near the company’s Bonanza BioEnergy ethanol plant in Kansas.
The RFA on Sept. 30 elected officers and its board of directors for the 2026 fiscal year at its annual membership meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Derek Peine, CEO of Western Plains Energy in Oakley, Kansas, was elected chairman.
LanzaJet Inc. has been awarded more than $13 million (£10 million) from the U.K. Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund to accelerate development of Project Speedbird, a major SAF biorefinery in Teesside, U.K.
The California Air Resources Board has announced it will hold a virtual public workshop on Oct. 14 to discuss introducing E15 fuel blends in California. The agency will also open a public docket for written comments.
Germany-based Verbio SE on Sept. 25 announced the company produced a record 1.2 million metric tons of biodiesel and ethanol during its recently concluded 2024-’25 fiscal year. Biomethane production reached 1,190 gigawatt hours (GWh).
As the global race to decarbonize aviation intensifies, new research from PA Consulting reveals the significant benefits of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with 83% of U.S. respondents believing SAF holds promise for job creation.
POET on Sept. 26 announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 120 MMgy ethanol plant located in Rives, Tennessee, from Green Plains Inc. The facility is now known as POET Bioprocessing – Obion.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has achieved the target performance of over 99.5% ethanol purity by volume at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems installed at MHI's Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park.
LanzaJet Inc. on Sept. 23 announced it has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan-based Kazmunaygas (KMG) to advance the country’s first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project featuring LanzJet’s ATJ technology.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for September, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in July was down approximately 6% when compared to the same month of last year.
The STB on Sept. 24 published a notice announcing its intent to renew the charter of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee, which serves as forum to discuss issues related to rail transportation of energy products.
An overwhelming majority of corn growers from across the United States say that the nation’s farm economy is possibly already in a crisis or on the brink of one, according to a new survey released Sept. 17 by the NCGA.
U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council Multilateral Ethanol Policy Manager Linda Schmid recently traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to participate in a conference hosted by the American Coalition for Ethanol.
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