Articles by Spencer Chase

One of the nation’s largest producers of renewable fuels is under new ownership.

Producers across the country are in the most pessimistic about the farm economy since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized blending requirements under the nation’s biofuel mandate and is calling for higher usage of renewable fuels this year as consumers face skyrocketing gas prices at the pump.

The Department of Agriculture is taking steps to increase competition in the meat processing sector and reform the poultry industry's contracting practices.

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to a timeline for the publishing of future biofuel mandate blending targets and is expected to soon seek public comment on the proposed schedule.

Agribusiness giant ADM has jumped into the cultured meat fray with its first strategic investment in the industry that will partner it with Eat Just Inc.’s GOOD Meat division.

Producers looking to make their way into organic agriculture have until October to seek financial assistance from a pair of Department of Agriculture grant programs.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation Tuesday that biofuels supporters say will expand access to E15 and other options with higher blends of biofuels.

President Joe Biden has selected Stacy Dean to lead the Department of Agriculture’s nutrition programs as the next undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.

As stakeholders await the finalization of biofuel blending targets for 2021 and 2022 – as well as potential retroactive cuts to the 2020 RVO that enraged the biofuels industry – attention is shifting to how the agency might handle future announcements.