Per the Renewable Fuels Association’s analysis of EIA data, U.S. ethanol production for the week ending April 18, rose 2.1% to 1.03 million barrels per day (b/d), or 43.39 million gallons daily, up 8.3% from last year and 7.5% above the three-year average. While higher than the previous two weeks, the four-week average production dipped 0.5% to 1.03 million b/d, …
California Receives LCFS Comments
This week was the final deadline to provide comments to the California Air Resources Board regarding proposed modifications to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The Renewable Fuels Association filed comments on the proposal Monday. In its comments and an attached analysis, RFA said empirical data clearly undermine CARB’s rationale for including the new sustainability requirements for grain-based ethanol. CARB …
Unleaded 88 Saved Minnesotans $24 Million in 2024
Unleaded 88, or E15, saved Minnesota drivers over $24 million at the pump last year, with prices an average of 17 cents per gallon less than 87 octane, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association reports that the annual volume of Unleaded 88 sold in Minnesota last year hit a new record of 142.75 …
Iowa E15 Momentum Continues
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP) awarded almost $1 million in grants this week to add E15 to 94 Iowa retail fuel sites throughout the state. Momentum toward compliance with Iowa’s E15 Access Standard continues to build as these 94 grant follow the record 111 grants awarded just last month. To date, there have been a total of 297 …
Ethanol Report on E15 Optimism
U.S. sales of E15 reached a record 1.24 billion gallons in 2024, an increase of 11% over 2023, according to a Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) analysis of data released by state agencies in Minnesota and Iowa. While it appears the Trump administration will have to continue the practice of issuing waivers this summer to keep E15 at the pump, there …
Rollins Talks Ethanol With Fox News
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has taken a much more visible role in the new Trump Administration than previous agriculture secretaries, appearing three times this month already on Fox News, most recently this past Sunday. In a wide-ranging interview with Shannon Bream, Rollins talked about a number of issues, from tariffs and trade to the price of eggs, and spent …
Kansas Team Makes First ACE Fly-in
A group of ethanol supporters from Kansas made their first American Coalition for Ethanol DC Fly-in last month and were pleased to be able to have their voices heard on Capitol Hill. Doug Sommer and Tiffany Brooks from East Kansas Agri-Energy were joined by Taylor Williamson, Kansas Corn Growers, and Jessica Monserrate with BASF on their Hill visits, which included …
Ethanol Exports Top One Billion Gallons in 6 Months
U.S. ethanol exports have already topped one billion gallons just halfway through marketing year 2024/2025, up 27 percent increase from the previous year, according to the latest information from USDA. U.S. Grains Council (USGC) director of global ethanol export development Alicia Koch says the sharp rise in ethanol sales contributed to an 11 percent increase in U.S. grains in all …
Stakeholders and Congress Want 45Z Extension
Wednesday was the deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Treasury on the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit and some members of Congress commented by introducing legislation that would extend the tax credit and limit it to renewable fuels made only from domestically sourced feedstocks. Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reintroduced the bipartisan and bicameral Farmer …
Nebraska Ethanol Board Welcomes New Executive Director
The Nebraska Ethanol Board (NEB) has confirmed Ben Rhodes as its new executive director. Rhodes had been serving as interim executive director since Feb. 12 and was made permanent by a vote of the NEB on April 9. “I’m honored and excited to lead the NEB moving forward,” Rhodes said. “This is a transformative time in the renewable fuels industry, …