Ethanol Week - August 6, 2019

Ethanol groups focus on impact of SREs at RFS hearing The EPA held a hearing July 31 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to gather public input on its proposed rule to set 2020 RVOs and the 2021 RVO for biomass-based diesel under the RFS. Representatives from a wide range of biofuel groups testified at the event. READ MORE SHARE
Coalition seeks court action forcing EPA to account for SREs An agriculture and biofuels coalition has filed a petition asking the court to lift a stay it placed on joint petition filed in 2018 that urged the EPA to revise its RFS regulations for setting annual RVOs to account for retroactively issued SREs. READ MORE SHARE
	EPA’s final SAFE Vehicles Rule under OMB review The U.S. EPA submitted its final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Aug. 2. READ MORE SHARE
Ernst works to include ethanol in transportation bill The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act on July 30. The bill does not currently address ethanol, but Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a member of the committee, is trying to change that. READ MORE SHARE
Report: EU ethanol consumption to increase in 2019 A recent report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network discusses the current use of biofuels in the European Union and the potential for increased use in the future. READ MORE SHARE
Pacific Ethanol reports Q2 margins up slightly Pacific Ethanol president and said the company's second quarter crush margin improved, but the industry is still suffering from oversupply. READ MORE SHARE
ADM reports continued negative margins for ethanol Archer Daniels Midland Co. released second quarter financial results Aug. 1, reporting earnings for its bioproducts segment were down significantly due to continued negative ethanol industry margins caused by ample inventory and lower exports. READ MORE SHARE
UNICA: Ethanol sales continue upward trend in early July UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced ethanol production and sales remained relatively high during the first half of July. Sugar production and the volume of sugarcane processed during the period, however, were down. READ MORE SHARE
516 million bushels of corn used for ethanol production in May The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report with data from May, reporting that corn consumed for fuel ethanol was up from the previous month, but down when compared to May 2018. READ MORE SHARE
USGC: Feeding trials in southeast Mexico expand US DDGS use Utilizing Market Access Program and Agricultural Trade Program funds, the U.S. Grains Council’s Mexico office has invested in marketing U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) through strategic feeding trials in southeast Mexico. READ MORE SHARE