November 14, 2012
BY Erin Krueger
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After a prolonged period of implementation delays, the last pieces of the 45Z puzzle are finally coming together.
The USDA expanded its forecast for 2026-’27 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Oct. 9. The forecast for season-average corn prices was revised down.
The USDA on Oct. 9 released its latest Crop Production report, increasing its forecasts for 2026 corn production and corn yields. The agency also increased its 2026 forecasts for sorghum production and yields.
Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., Nikki Budsinski, D-Ill., and 37 of their colleagues on Oct. 8 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging the administration to follow through with SRE reallocations.
As carbon intensity (CI) becomes increasingly important to the value of renewable fuels, the industry is facing a new challenge: making carbon accounting more interoperable between countries, without the adoption of a single, identical model.