Cotton Gearing Up for the 2023 Farm Bill

As the 2023 Farm Bill debate begins, the cotton industry likes its current legislative status. But there’s still work to be done to protect – and possibly improve – it.

Crushing it: North Dakota ready to ride wave of demand for soybean oil and meal

The North Dakota Soybean Processors plant at Casselton and the Green Bison plant at Spiritwood are signs of the growing demand for renewable fuel as well as feed for the livestock industry.

AFBF Foundation for Agriculture launches ‘One-stop Shop’ for STEM educators: The Food and Agriculture Center for Science Education

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has launched a first-of-its-kind online platform for K-12 and STEM educators who seek to bring science to life through the lens of agriculture.

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Russia/Ukraine war: Another test for Nigeria’s agric sector - New Telegraph

Nigeria’s presence in the global market cannot be underestimated due to her 90 per cent importation as a country. Therefore, whatever is happening in the international scene, there is every tendency of its multiplier effects being felt in Nigeria. That is the exact thing currently happening in the country following…

Ethanol: The Fuel That Powers Putin

Ending America’s foolish subsidies for ethanol could aid Ukraine.

EIA Data Confirm Record Ethanol Blend Rate in 2021

Data released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration show that ethanol comprised a record share of America’s gasoline in 2021, averaging 10.34 percent of every gallon sold. The final EIA data for 2021 also confirmed a significant rebound in both ethanol production and consumption after COVID-related shutdowns ravaged the fuel market in 2020. The Renewable Fuels Association said the EIA data also underscore ethanol’s ability to diversify the domestic fuel supply and keep pump prices in check. EIA’s data show that the U.S. ethanol industry produced 15.02 billion gallons (bg)in 2021, an 8 percent increase over 2020 and the largest annual volume growth since 2010. Domestic ethanol consumption grew even faster, jumping 1.26 bg over 2020 levels—a 10 percent increase. Meanwhile, U.S. ethanol exports dipped slightly from 2020 levels, but still registered as the fifth highest on record. RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper said the data underscore the resilience of the U.S. ethanol industry and highlight the fact that the so-called “E10 blend wall” continues to crumble. “Ethanol’s share of our nation’s gasoline continues to rise, as consumers are increasingly drawn to lower-cost, lower-carbon options like E15 and E85,” Cooper said. “Based on the EIA data, we estimate that 600-700 million gallons of ethanol were consumed in blends other than E10, proving that the oil industry’s so-called ‘blend wall’ is nothing but a figment of their imagination. As war in eastern Europe destabilizes global petroleum markets and crude oil prices continue to rise, our nation’s leaders should be taking steps to increase the use of cleaner-burning, homegrown ethanol. We have enough unused production capacity in the ethanol industry to entirely replace U.S. crude oil imports from Russia.” Cooper touched on many of these themes in his State of the Industry addressat last week’s National Ethanol Conference.

Future Meat | Bringing Cultivated Meat to the Table

Future Meat can bring delicious cultivated meat to the table by 2023! Our sustainable meat technology is reinventing agriculture as we know it.

Lab meat has 3 big problems. Is it time for a pivot? | Greenbiz

The cellular agriculture could be revolutionary for the food sector, but only if it overcomes immense scalability, cost and biological challenges.