
FARMER PERSPECTIVE: Lance Lillibridge, says that while the economics of corn farming are fickle, it is unlikely that farmers would abandon or abruptly rotate away from the crop when prices are tight. PHOTO: LANCE LILLIBRIDGE
July 22, 2026
BY Katie Schroeder
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Delegates of the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council elected Jay Reiners of the Nebraska Corn Board as chairman at its 66th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting. The event took place July 29-31 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Purdue and Deere have teamed up to launch the Purdue Biofuels Consortium. The three-year collaboration brings together prominent engine manufacturers, biofuel producers, trade groups and Purdue researchers.
The U.S. Forest Service on Aug. 5 awarded $300,000 to LanzaTech Inc. to support design work for a proposed biorefinery in Bellemont, Arizona, what would produce wood-based ethanol. The project would create a new market for low-value woody biomass.
The government of Brazil on Aug. 12 published a decree that establishes rules and regulations for the country’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate, formally referred to as the National Sustainable Aviation Fuel Program (ProBioQAV).
The USGBC recently hosted a high-level delegation from Guatemala for a trade and learning mission to Washington, D.C. and Indiana to strengthen bilateral cooperation and support the country’s national E10 ethanol blending program.