WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says he is confident that a clean fuels tax credit program set to take effect in 2025 will be finalized by the end of U.S. president Joe Biden’s administration in January. “I’m confident that we’re going to get ’er done,” Vilsack said at a summit in […] Read more
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U.S. firms fight biofuel cap
NEW YORK, (Reuters) — The National Oilseed Processors Association in the United States has submitted comments to the California Air Resources Board opposing a cap on the use of vegetable oils as feedstock for biofuel production. On Aug. 12, CARB issued a set of proposed amendments to overhaul California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, which […] Read more
Tyson Foods names new CFO
REUTERS — Tyson Foods has named insider Curt Calaway as its chief financial officer, succeeding John R. Tyson, who was suspended in June after police in Arkansas arrested and charged him for intoxicated and careless driving. Calaway has been with the company since 2006 and was most recently serving as interim CFO. He was also […] Read more
Ships struggle with emissions
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) — The ship Alette Maersk has become the first container vessel powered by low-carbon methanol fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean, a milestone in the shipping industry’s effort to reduce its climate impact. However, when the 1,148-foot vessel arrived at the Port of Los Angeles from China late last month, there […] Read more
Bird flu prompts U.S. state fairs to use fake cows
Producers face new testing rules and logistical challenges as worries continue over virus’s threat to country’s dairy herd
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (Reuters) — In Michigan this year, where dairy workers and herds have fallen ill from bird flu, a pair of unlikely prized cows are being prepped to take the state fair stage. State fair organizers are this year featuring Milkshake and Buttercup, two life-sized fibreglass cows complete with rubber teats and water-filled […] Read more
Illegal Brazilian soybeans sold on global markets
Multinational companies indirectly buy crop grown on illegally leased tribal lands as issue causes division and conflict
PASSO FUNDO, Brazil (Reuters) — Farm co-operatives in Brazil that supply some of the world’s biggest multinational agricultural firms are buying soybeans grown illegally on Indigenous reservations in the country, according to tribal leaders and court records. This comes despite the companies’ public pledges to respect the land rights and resources of Indigenous peoples. The […] Read more
Wheat output to increase
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Canadian wheat production will increase more than four per cent this year, Statistics Canada said last week, less than analysts had expected at a time when global supplies are expected to reach a nine-year low. Total output is projected to reach about 34.4 million tonnes, compared with 32.9 million in 2023, […] Read more
Slow growth expected for Brazilian soy
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — The area planted with soybeans in Brazil in 2024-25 will grow at its slowest pace in almost two decades, says agribusiness consultancy AgRural, forecasting a modest 0.9 per cent expansion when compared with the previous season. Farmers in the South American country, the world’s largest soybean producer and exporter, are set to […] Read more
Low Mississippi levels threaten exports
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Low water conditions have led to several barges running aground along a key stretch of the lower Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard said last week, just as the busiest U.S. grain export season gets underway. Low water levels are slowing export-bound barge shipments of grain and oilseeds from the Midwest […] Read more
Argentina may add to large soybean supplies
Country’s farmers are expected to grow more soy as they worry about an insect plague that has damaged the corn crop
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) — Argentine farmers are likely to plant more soybeans in the current 2024-25 season, trimming the area dedicated to corn after that crop’s last harvest was hit by a devastating insect plague and with rain forecasts looking rosier for soy. The trend could see the largest expansion in soybean planting in […] Read more
