The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, grow the nation’s renewable fuels sector and reduce reliance on imported oil, based on required use of renewable fuels to satisfy Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) – volumes of fuels of various categories that the liquid fuel industry were required […]
Wyoming Lands World’s Largest Vertical Farming Research Facility
Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon has announced a historic economic development investment, as the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) approved a grant to support the development of the world’s largest and most advanced vertical farming research center in Laramie, Wyoming. The project will support the retention and creation of nearly 200 high-paying jobs in the community. The company, Plenty Unlimited […]
Canada to be Held Responsible for USMCA Dispute
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) commended the recent announcement that the U.S. Trade Representative has formally moved to advance a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement proceeding and establish a second panel to determine whether Canada has been in violation of its market access obligations under the agreement. Canada’s unwillingness to abide by […]
Farm & Food – U.S. Has the Muscle, Mexico Has the Law
If your best international customer – someone who accounts for 27 percent of your overseas sales – gave you three years to change the recipe of what it buys from you, it’s a safe bet you’d work together to meet their needs and deadline. Not Big Agbiz, however, which is pushing, pressing, and prodding the Biden Administration to squeeze Mexico, […]
Tucker Brown Named 2022 NCBA Advocate of the Year
Tucker Brown, from Throckmorton, Texas, has been selected by NCBA as the 2022 Advocate of the Year. The award recognized Brown for his creative use of storytelling across social media platforms, along with continuing his family’s legacy as a sixth-generation cattle rancher. Well respected across the industry, Brown is active in his family’s operation, R.A. Brown Ranch and serves on […]
Ramblins – Nothing to See Here
In the ‘90s, the UK suffered 140 deaths from Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, aka BSE) possibly made worse by their taste for kidney pie. I worried that a single case of BSE in the U.S. could collapse our beef market and then on December 23, 2003, it happened. A downer, Holstein cow pinged positive for the BSE prion […]