Renewable Fuel Standards

NCGA: Oil proposal would cut farm income $4B per year

· March 12, 2018

The National Corn Growers Association has reached out to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to help stop the cap on Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).  President Kevin Skunes explained to Perdue Friday that proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard would trigger significant losses in farm income and in rural jobs and asked the Secretary […]

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Syngenta: Corn kernel fiber essential for cellulosic ethanol

· April 11, 2017

According to Miloud Araba, head of Enogen technical services at Syngenta, cellulosic innovation could enable dry grind ethanol producers to capitalize on steadily increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for cellulosic biofuels, which are up 35 percent for 2017. Araba discussed opportunities for cellulosic ethanol at the 2017 National Ethanol Conference. “Approximately 10 percent […]

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