September 12, 2023
BY Erin Voegele
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U.S. biofuel producers consumed 30.749 billion pounds of feedstock in May, up 10% when compared to April and up 8% when compared to May 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 5.
U.S. fuel ethanol producers consumed 472 million bushels of corn in May 2026, up significantly when compared to both the previous month and May 2025, according to the USDA’s latest Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report.
NCGA recently released a strategy for generating new corn demand in three emerging sectors. One of those sectors is the maritime industry. The same cargo ships that carry corn, ethanol, and other goods could soon run on corn-based ethanol.
The USDA is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects.
The Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 was introduced in both the House and the Senate on July 22. The bill aims to expand the RFS’s definition of renewable biomass to include additional low value woody materials.