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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
In the first few months of the second Trump administration, there’s been a shift away from sustainability, DEI and climate-related initiatives in terms of federal programming and industry commitments. But agricultural and aviation groups hope Sustainable Aviation Fuel avoids the same fate.
Permitting issues at the state level have been a key barrier to carbon pipeline projects. Now a new law in South Dakota has complicated plans for a 2,500-mile pipeline designed to capture CO2 from 57 ethanol plants in five states.
Lawmakers face a deadline of this Friday to avoid a government shutdown. But the partisan impasse over how to keep departments and agencies funded has yet to be resolved.
Corn and soybean growers meeting at this year’s Commodity Classic wrestled with the potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions on trade and federal spending cuts.
Despite a flurry of last-minute action from the Biden administration on biofuel policy, producers are still uncertain on how reliable those moves are under Trump 2.0.
Across the biofuel industry, some sectors are optimistic the Biden administration's framework for the key 45Z tax credit will boost clean fuel production and support farmers. However, the proposals are not a slam-dunk, and groups are preparing to continue advocacy with the new Trump team.
USDA is making it easier for growers to qualify for a new biofuel tax credit by increasing the number of eligible crops and climate-smart farming practices and dropping a bundling requirement.
The Treasury Department on Friday proposed long-awaited guidance for the new biofuel tax credit known as 45Z, appearing to limit the use of imported cooking oil but omitting key eligibility requirements for agriculture-based feedstocks.
Today could be a big day for the biofuel industry. The Treasury Department is expected to release highly anticipated interim guidance for the valuable new clean fuel tax credit known as 45Z, industry sources say.