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.
The USDA on Oct. 6 announced a $180 million investment to launch the USDA’s Seed Sovereignty Initiative, a major effort to both strengthen U.S. agricultural security by protecting the plant genetic resources and enabling ag innovation.
According to the USDA, President Trump’s executive order that lifts taxes on dyed-diesel is expected to represent approximately $640 million in combined federal and state savings across about 224.6 million harvested acres.
U.S. biofuel producers consumed 31.275 billion pounds of feedstock in July, up nearly 3% when compared to June and up nearly 7% when compared to July 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 30.
The USDA on Sept. 30 released its latest quarterly Grain Stocks report, indicating that old crop corn stocks are up 35% when compared to the same time last year. Old crop grain sorghum crops are down 13%.
The USDA on Sept. 29 announced increased financial assistance for the Regenerative Pilot Program from $700 million to $1 billion in fiscal year 2027, providing more producers with the opportunity to adopt conservation systems.
A new report co-authored by the National Corn Growers Association and American Soybean Association documents ongoing economic pressures across farm country, despite recent price improvements in both commodity markets.
The volume of corn consumed by U.S. fuel ethanol producers reached an estimated 475 million bushels in July, according to the September edition of the USDA’s Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report.
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today launched AgInsights, a new data dissemination tool that will serve as a key component of NASS’s ongoing modernization strategy.
Be Noble Inc., Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative are pleased to announce the issue of a BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Noble County, Indiana. The region is rated for 475,000 bone dry tons per year of low-risk corn stover and spans a 75-mile drive radius.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2026-’27 corn use in fuel ethanol production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Sept. 11. The outlook for corn production is lowered, with corn prices forecast higher.
The USDA released its latest monthly Crop Production report on Sept. 11, predicting 2026 corn production for grain will reach 15.8 billion bushels, down 1% from the agency’s previous forecast and down 7% when compared to 2025.
The U.S. biofuel industry consumed 30.46 billion pounds of feedstock in June, up 4% when compared to May and up 6% when compared to June 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 31.
The BDO Zone Initiative on Aug. 31 released its 2025 Annual Report, Building the Bioeconomy Infrastructure. The report documents the year the network moved from expansion to execution, with CAD $10 billion in announced biomanufacturing investment.
Ahead of its planned separation on Oct. 1, 2026, Corteva Inc. on Sept. 1 unveiled the corn pipeline for its advanced seed and advanced genetics spin-off, Vylor. The multi-year innovation roadmap will strengthen Vylor’s corn market leadership.
A Quiet Shift Causes Major Implications
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. on Aug. 25 announced it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2026, which runs from Oct. 1, 2026, to Sept. 30, 2027.
Iowa corn farmer members from across the state met with Department of Justice Associate Attorney General of the United States, Stanley E. Woodward, Jr. about the pressures U.S. farmers are facing due to continued fertilizer price increases.
The volume of corn consumed by U.S. fuel ethanol producers reached an estimated 467 million bushels in June, according to the August edition of the USDA’s Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report.
Sioux Metro Growth Alliance, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative issued a BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Canton, South Dakota. The BDO Zone is the first rating in the state of South Dakota, rated for 700,000 bone dry tons per year of low-risk corn stover.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2026-’27 corn use in ethanol in its latest WASDE report, released Aug. 12. The agency increased its forecast for corn production, with an acreage increase partially offset by lower expected yields.
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.
CME Group on July 21 announced plans to launch sorghum basis futures. Trading is expected to start on Aug. 24, 2026, pending regulatory review. The new basis contract reflects the price difference between sorghum and corn.
Ammonia and urea price spikes are giving corn growers and ethanol producers cause for concern. Enzyme vendors have a solution for ethanol plants, but farm-level relief will be harder to resolve.
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall on July 16 sent a letter to congressional leadership calling for additional support for U.S. agriculture producers as AFBF analysis predicts farmer losses will deepen in 2027.
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