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Paper: Decarbonize agriculture by expanding policies aimed at low-carbon biofuels

Researchers propose planting cover crops after harvesting corn as a climate-smart practice that can lower the carbon intensity of corn and the ethanol produced from it. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

October 10, 2025

BY Diana Yates, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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California Senate subcommittee hears testimony on proposed SAF tax credit

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The California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee’s Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy on April 9 heard testimony focused on California. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed SAF tax credit.

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Reps. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., and Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., on March 27 introduced the Biobased Materials Investment and Production Act, which aims to create tax incentives to support the production of biobased chemicals and materials.

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The USDA maintained its forecast for 2025-’26 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released April 9. The estimated season-average price for soybean oil was revised up.

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