photo credit: Arkansas Farm Bureau, used with permission. Vital to the overall food system, ethanol is far more than a home-grown fuel source for cars. Almost a third of the nation’s corn crop is used ...

Corn-for-ethanol use totaled 442.3 million bu. during June, falling shy of the average pre-report estimate of 450.0 million bushels. Corn ethanol use fell 13.1 million bu. (2.9%) from May and was only ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country, according to a new government report ...

This week the Environmental Protection Agency proposed higher mandated volumes and percentage shares for the amounts of ethanol and biodiesel used in America’s fuel supply, with public comments due by ...

As Congress prepares to hammer out differences between Senate and House versions of important energy legislation, it’s critical that House conferees revisit the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and join ...

The EPA may shift corn away from ethanol use to reduce demand on drought-impacted farms. Only months ago, the EPA was pressing hard to expand the use of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline supply, but in ...

In response to the May 29 letter about the merits of ethanol in gasoline: I have benefited greatly from the ethanol mandate. As the owner of a Midwest farm, our rent went up 50 percent annually due to ...

Floodlight reports that corn's heavy reliance on fertilizers for growth is driving greenhouse gas emissions, raising ...

Sixteen months ago, the ethanol industry was facing a demand crisis. COVID-19-related stay-at-home orders reduced ethanol consumption by 44% in four months. Ethanol plants across the country slowed ...

USDA reported corn-for-ethanol use totaled 457.4 million bu. during January, 8.4 million bu. less than analysts expected. Corn ethanol use fell 22.3 million bu. (4.6%) from the upwardly revised figure ...