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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Mexico is the largest foreign market for U.S. corn and distiller’s grains and the U.S. Grains Council has chosen its top representative there, Ryan LeGrand, to take over as president and CEO next month.
The USDA announced Friday that China is making a significant purchase of U.S. corn after years of deteriorating trade, spurring hope that the trade talks between the two countries are producing real progress that could have lasting effects.
After witnessing a presidential campaign that was big on bombast and small on concrete policy proposals, many – including ag organizations – wondered what to expect from the Trump administration’s first year in office.
There’s some good news today for the U.S. ethanol industry and exporters of the ethanol co-product known as distillers dried grains, coming out of China.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – For all the talk of Mexico ditching U.S. corn, soybeans and rice, there hasn’t yet been a major shift despite the faltering efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2017 – A trio of American organizations say the Trump administration should take action to address a Brazilian tariff on imported biofuels.
MEXICO, June 21, 2017 - The Mexican Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) says it will increase the maximum amount of ethanol that can be blended in gas supplies from 5.8 percent to 10 percent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - The U.S. Grains Council has always been one of the major voices for the country’s grain exports, but the last several weeks have brought some major changes to the requirements for that job.
