Energy Issues

A recently-released report looks at the market-distorting Brazilian government subsidies provided to its sugar sector....More

Nine factors could affect the commodity markets in the coming years, with much of the influence coming outside the United States....More

On Jan. 15, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied petitions for rehearing in the case of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, et al. v. EPA, which challenged the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to permit the commercial use of E15....More

On November 16, 2012, the EPA denied the request of Governor Perdue and others. The short story is that while the EPA recognizes the impact of the drought on livestock producers, “the agency’s extensive analysis makes clear that Congressional requirements for a waiver have not been met and that waiving the RFS would have little, if any, impact on ethanol demand or energy prices over the time period analyzed.”...More

Along with the growing interest in biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, comes a growing list of questions from corn and soybean farmers about what it will cost them to switch....More