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The Department of Energy has announced a conditional $1.46 billion loan guarantee to Gevo for a large-scale corn starch-to-jet fuel facility. 

USDA estimates nearly 1.2 million households could be eligible for disaster SNAP benefits following Hurricane Helene. 

Hurricane Milton, the fourth hurricane to strike Florida agriculture in 14 months, damaged citrus and other specialty crops as well as dairy operations and phosphate infrastructure.

The second of a two-part series on the impact of renewable natural gas on the agricultural sector.

Agriculture is expected to be central to the growth of the sustainable aviation fuel, but exactly what crops will benefit is a hotly debated subject.

Corn and soybean prices fell Friday following USDA’s release of its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which projects a record soybean crop and “smaller supplies, larger exports, and reduced ending stocks” for corn.

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry is still waiting for clear signals that the market is stable through the form of long-term policies and incentives. 

Renewable natural gas, or methane from non-fossil sources, continues to penetrate the nation’s energy system, led by a replacement for diesel fuel in California. 

USDA has directed crop insurance companies to expedite loss adjustments necessary to make payments to producers impacted by Hurricane Helene, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday.

Dockworkers and their employers appear to have made little progress in discussions over a new contract as the strike that started Monday at East and Gulf Coast ports continues to snarl supply chains for containerized agricultural products.