Farm Bill removes subsidies for rural blending pumps
In Washington, the Farm Bill contained a provision removing subsidies for biofuel blending pumps in rural areas. This provision, another in a series of struggles for ethanol industry beginning with the...
View ArticleUS Senate approves Farm Bill – heads to Obama for OK
Following House passage, the five-year Farm Bill and its Energy Title head to the White House for assent. In Washington, the U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to approve the bipartisan Farm Bill coauthored by...
View Article$956B Farm Bill signed, $881M in mandatory funding for energy
In Washington, the $956 billion Farm Bill was signed into law last week at Michigan State University. The Title 9 energy programs received $881 million in mandatory funding, provides incentives for...
View ArticleFarm Bill provides $250M to USDA for BAP, expands loan guarantees
In Washington, the Farm Bill provides $250 million to the USDA for the development and construction of commercial-scale biorefineries that produce advanced biofuels in Section 9003. Mandatory budget...
View ArticleUSDA announces $60M worth of payments for 195 projects
In Washington, the USDA announced $60M worth of payments through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program for over 195 producers across the nation. Agriculture Undersecretary Doug O’Brien announced the...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Committee slashes mandatory Farm Bill spending
In Washington, the House Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2015 Agriculture Appropriations Bill would reduce mandatory spending levels – agreed to earlier this year – for important Energy Title...
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Timely Implementation of Farm Bill Programs Is Vital for the Advanced...
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental, Biotechnology Industry Organization Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced funding for the Biomass Research and...
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Top 10 “Things to Do” While Waiting on the USDA 9003 Solicitation
By Cynthia Thyfault, CEO, Westar Trade Resources, special to The Digest The biobased products and fuels industry has been anxiously waiting for the new USDA Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and...
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Section 9003’s Success Helps Insure More Capital for Biorefineries
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Biotechnology Industry Organization USDA’s Section 9003 Program created by the comprehensive Farm Bill has successfully helped fund construction of biofuel...
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Farm Bill Energy Programs Enable New Feedstock Production To Help Fuel the...
By Brent Erickson, Executive VP, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Special to The Digest Congress has made it a priority to try and return the annual appropriations process to regular order,...
View ArticleBiofuels and biomass are big losers in Senate Ag Committee’s draft farm bill
In Washington, D.C., the Senate Agriculture Committee released their draft farm bill on Friday afternoon, The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which includes serious blows for biofuel and biomass...
View ArticleACE was key to getting carbon sequestration farming techniques into 2018 Farm...
In Minnesota, the Star Tribune newspaper reports that the new $25 million program under the recently-signed Farm Bill that encourages farmers to experiment with low-till and no-till farming methods...
View ArticleNew USDA program supports innovation in agriculture
In Washington, D.C., the Algae Biomass Organization reports that Congress has just begun to develop more programs that can give their efforts a boost. One that will be of interest to algae cultivators,...
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