Julie Jastrow, Argonne National Laboratory
February 24, 2016
BY Argonne National Laboratory
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A comprehensive new study from S&P Global Energy finds expanded biofuel demand could transform American agriculture, reignite rural economies and provide global food and energy security. The study was commissioned by USFRA.
Louis Dreyfus Co. announced on June 8 a strategic investment in the construction of a new plant to process sunflower seeds and soybeans at the site of its existing facility in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
The International Air Transport Association highlighted Brazil’s opportunity to become a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) powerhouse as its 82nd Annual General Meeting gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2026-’27 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest WASDE report, released June 11. The agency revised up its estimate for the volume of soybean oil used to produce biofuel in 2025-’26.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on June 4 confirmed that release of the USDA’s feedstock guidelines to inform 45Z clean fuel production credit implementation “is imminent” with release scheduled for “this summer.”