The E-Xchange — Corn
The Chicago Tribune’s About-Face is Giving Bob Dinneen a Sore Neck
With the Tribune's flip flop on its position over the RFS, RFA chief Bob Dinneen has taken the initiative to point out how the policy has been good for farmers and consumers.
Posted in Corn, Gas Prices, Renewable Fuel Standard
What ILUC? Amazon Deforestation Rates Hit Lowest Point Since at Least 1988
Geoff Cooper responds to US ethanol causing "indirect land use change" and the continuous annual reduction in deforestation rates resulting in the lowest point since 1988.
Posted in Agriculture, Corn, Brazil, Ethanol, Energy, Environment, Land Use
Expanding Trade Opportunities in South Korea and Japan
Kelly Davis recounts her trip to northeast Asia as part of a trade mission to discuss U.S. ethanol policy, import and export capabilities, trends in corn co-products, and other important issues.
Professor Flunks Ethanol 101
In an op-ed in The Flint Journal on January 16, Mark J. Perry, an economics professor at University of Michigan-Flint, earned a failing grade in Ethanol 101.
Don’t Believe Everything You Read. Fact check on NYT’s Guatemala Corn/Ethanol Story
“Don’t believe everything you read.” Never have truer words been spoken. Here is a fact check of the January 6th New York Times article “As Biofuel Demand Grows, So Do Guatemala’s Hunger Pangs” by Elisabeth Rosenthal.
Posted in Corn, Corn prices, Ethanol
WASDE Report
Today’s WASDE report was a non-event as far as the corn balance sheet. However, there were some important surprises on the global side. Total global grain supplies were raised slightly to 2705.6 MMT, the second-largest on record.
Posted in Corn, DDGS, Production
Impacts of Waiving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on Household Spending on Food and Fuel
This summer, several governors have submitted letter to the EPA requesting a waiver of the RFS for 2012 and 2013. Analysis from the RFA shows that waiving the RFS requirements for 2013 would actually result in a net increase in annual household spending of approximately $24-$85 due to increased spending on gasoline. Thus, waiving the RFS in 2013 would do more harm to American consumers than if EPA allows the program to continue to function as designed.
Posted in Corn, Corn prices, Drought, Ethanol, EPA, Food, Renewable Fuel Standard
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