The U.S. Energy Information Administration maintained its 2025 and 2026 forecasts for fuel ethanol production, exports and consumption in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, which was released Aug. 12.
The USDA on Aug. 12 announced that U.S. farmers are expected to harvest a record high 16.7 billion bushels of corn this fall. According to the RFA, the report clearly highlights the need to remove regulatory barriers undercutting demand for ethanol.
Biofuel policy and trade have become inextricably linked. Success on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border requires understanding this new dimension while preserving the shared values that unite both country's ethanol industries.
Ethanol-to-jet volumes are expected to eventually match or surpass HEFA, but more incentives—even stacked together—are needed to make alcohol-based SAF profitable.
Returning to Omaha, the ethanol industry’s largest, longest-running event offered producers and exhibitors an opportunity to connect and learn.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by more than 1% the week ending Aug. 1, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 6. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down nearly 4% and exports were down 25%.
The U.S. exported 173.67 million gallons of ethanol and 917,307 metric tons of distillers grains in June, according to data released by the USDA on Aug. 5. Exports of both products were down slightly from the previous month.
The EU’s commitment to safeguarding its strategically important renewable ethanol industry in the trade deal with the U.S. is especially important given the recent rise in U.S. ethanol exports to the EU and U.K., according to ePURE.
The USGC 65th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting featured commodity sector meetings and discussions on the strength of American agriculture and the latest trade policy developments in Mexico, India and Southeast Asia.
U.S. Grains Council members on July 30 gathered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the 65th Annual Board of Delegates meeting. The event will spotlight impactful conversations around new markets and trade policy impact.
In July, U.S. Grains Council Deputy Regional Director for Latin America (LTA) Juan Diaz traveled to the Dominican Republic to join a USDA Agricultural Trade Mission with a focus on U.S. ethanol exports to the country.
On July 30, President Donald Trump announced another in a series of recent trade deals – this time with the Republic of Korea – that he says amounts to an investment in $350 billion in U.S. goods, including agricultural products.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up nearly 2% the week ending July 25, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 30. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up 1% and exports were up more than 42%.
ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association, on July 29 issued a statement on the trade deal announced between the U.S. and European Union, stressing that EU officials have confirmed ethanol is not included in the scope of the agreement.
President Donald Trump on July 27 announced the U.S. has reached a trade deal with the European Union that includes a provision indicating the EU will purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy, including ethanol.
The USGC recently sponsored South Korea SAF experts to tour the U.S. alcohol-to-jet Fuel (ATJ) technology supply chain. Participants met with stakeholders ranging from low-CI corn farmers to ATJ SAF production technology companies and airlines.
India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on July 23 announced the country has met its 20% ethanol blending goal five years ahead of schedule. India had previously set a goal to reach E20 by 2030.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down nearly 1% the week ending July 18, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 23. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up 3% and exports expanded by 15%.
President Donald Trump on July 22 announced new trade framework agreements with Indonesia and Japan. Both agreements are expected to benefit the U.S. agriculture industry, including farmers and ethanol producers.
The U.K. Department for Transport on July 22 awarded £63 million ($82.22 million) to 17 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) companies through the governments’ Advanced Fuels Fund. The funding is expected to support approximately 1,400 jobs.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane milling during the second half of June was down when compared to last year. Total ethanol production was also down, but corn ethanol production continued to grow.
There have been some very positive changes to ethanol advertising and promotion happening over the past several years, according to ACE.
As the USGC celebrates its 65th Anniversary this year and hosts its flagship biannual Global Ethanol Summit in October; it is an opportunity to reaffirm the Council’s steadfast commitment to developing export markets for agricultural products.
In June, U.S. Grains Council staff led a delegation of U.S. producers to Canada to participate in the Council’s annual Grain Export Mission and meet key end-users, council partners and government representatives.
President Donald Trump on July 17 nominated Julie Callahan to serve as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council have commended Callahan’s nomination.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up slightly the week ending July 11, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 16. Ethanol stocks were down 1% and exports fell by 22%.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on July 15 initiated an investigation into Brazil’s unfair trading practices, including those impacting ethanol market access. Growth Energy and the RFA are welcoming the investigation.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board on July 16 announced the publication of the interim report for Phase II of the E30 Demonstration. The project is demonstrating the viability of E30 fuel (a blend of 30% ethanol and 70% gasoline) in non-flex fuel vehicles.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on June 10 introduced an action plan to introduce E10 and E20 gasoline blends, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network.
U.S. Grains Council Vice President Cary Sifferath recently traveled to Mexico City to join USGC Director in Mexico Heidi Bringenberg at a USDA roundtable event on transportation logistics between the U.S. and Mexico.
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