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Shaw: Clearing the air on ethanol
A recent study commissioned by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and Iowa Corn Growers found that allowing E15 blends (15% ethanol) to be sold nationwide would boost corn demand and return profitability for farmers. You can find the study at https://iowarfa.org/ethanol-center/ethanol-facts/the-demand-gap-for-corn/. Unfortunately, it also brought out all the old, recycled attacks on ethanol from the corn-hating crowd. Let’s set the record straight on some of this misinformation.
As sustainable aviation fuel plant opens, get US ethanol into the game
Carbon capture and sequestration cuts U.S. ethanol’s carbon score by more than half. Carbon capture and sequestration alone gets us in the game. Monte Shaw Guest columnist Monte Shaw is executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. Imagine that after years of practice, sweaty scrimmages, lifting weights, and eating healthy you finally make it to the big game. You feel great. You are ready to contribute. Then nothing happens. Your number is not called.
Opinion: The future of Iowa ethanol production depends on carbon capture
I do not want my son, and his generation of farm kids, to come of age during an Iowa farm crisis of the 2020s. This time it would be self-inflicted. Monte Shaw Guest columnist Monte Shaw is executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. Growing up in the small town of Shenandoah, I came of age during the farm crisis of the 1980s. Simply put, it was not a fun time to be a farm kid.
Letter: Response to "Why are we still growing ethanol?"
Letter writer Monte Shaw responds to a recent Iowa State Daily column and explains why we need corn ethanol. Courtesy of Renee Fisher via Unsplash College is a great time to ask questions. That’s what it’s all about, right? Working with professors who have achieved expertise in their field and learning from their experience. Recently, Iowa State University student and Iowa State Daily columnist Jacob Mauren posed an interesting question: Why are we still growing ethanol?
DTN Grain Open: Markets Keep Pushing Higher
©Debra L Ferguson Stock Images Pre-6 a.m. CDT prices, CME Globex: July corn is up 6 3/4 cents, July soybeans are up 9 1/4 cents and July KC wheat is up 6 1/4 cents. CME Globex Recap: Early Friday, Dow Jones futures are trading higher, extending Thursday’s new high with higher trading in Europe with analysts expecting the Labor Department to show an increase of one million jobs in Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report.
DTN Livestock Close: Lean Hogs, Live Cattle See Modest Support
Heading into Friday’s trade and rounding out the week, the feeder cattle contracts are hopeful that the corn market might be idle so they won’t have to endure stark losses once again. GENERAL COMMENTS: It was a relatively quiet day for the livestock complex with both the lean hog and live cattle contracts seeing modest support carry the contracts higher into the day’s close, while the feeder cattle complex continued to sway lower as corn prices kept rallying.
DTN Cotton Close: Market Ends on Strong Note
The cotton market was sharply higher Thursday, driven by a host of fundamental and technical positives. Initially, the market saw a marketing-year-high shipment number, which simply means the available amount of physical cotton in the U.S. is becoming greatly reduced. Another strength was the surging corn and bean markets.
DTN Grain Close: New-Crop Soybeans Charge Higher, Break Above $14
November soybeans closed up 26 1/4 cents at $14.09 Thursday, showing concern about being able to meet demand in the new 2021-22 season. July canola was the other star of the grain sector, trading up 3.2% at a new all-time high and helping soybean oil to a higher close. GENERAL COMMENTS: July corn closed up 10 1/4 cents and December corn was up 20 3/4 cents. July soybeans closed up 27 1/4 cents and November soybeans were up 26 1/4 cents.
EPA Chief Visits Iowa Biofuels Plant - DTN
Ethanol plant. In one of his first trips as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Michael Regan met Tuesday with a group of Iowa ethanol producers who stressed the potential for biofuels lowering both emissions and cancer-causing chemicals. Regan, along with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, toured the Lincolnway Energy ethanol plant near Nevada, Iowa, and hosted a roundtable discussion with ethanol producers.
DTN Livestock Midday: Lower-Trending Lean Hog, Feeder Contracts
Photo: Soybean Checkoff Both the lean hog and feeder cattle contracts dipped lower heading into Thursday afternoon, while the live cattle contracts continued to flirt with the idea of trading somewhat higher. GENERAL COMMENTS: It’s been a quiet day throughout the livestock complex as the contracts are trending mostly lower, and the market isn’t in a hurry to jump higher or lower.
Big Oil misleading Iowans again
About a year ago, an Iowa front group for Big Oil tried to trick former state legislators into signing letters to the editor that sounded “pro-ethanol” but actually advocated for a policy approach that was opposed by every state and national biofuels/agriculture group and would have harmed every farmer in Iowa. It seems Big Oil is back at it with a new angle.
A higher ethanol blend should be your choice, not the government's
Imagine you're leaving Washington, D.C., for a weekend getaway on May 30. You pull into a Sheetz station and notice there's a new fuel option. It's 88-octane, 10 cents cheaper, and the fuel label tells you it's E15 (15 percent ethanol) and suitable for use in all vehicles made in 2001 or later. The station manager is coming out to empty a trash can, so just to be sure, you holler over to her, "what is this new E15?" She tells you that her customers love E15 and there's been no complaints.
Look for renewable fuel options when you fill up the gas tank
Growing up on a farm near Shenandoah, using ethanol and biodiesel was a no-brainer. It was simply the right thing to do to support our local economy and environment. As I got older and was fortunate that work sometimes took me around the world, it became even more clear to me the significant role renewable fuels play in keeping our air clean.
Low-cost E15 fuel is back in the Des Moines metro
Whether you spend time price shopping online, filling out questionnaires or signing up for mailing lists, we all look for ways to save a buck. With E15 now available again in the Des Moines metro, there is an easy and simple way to amass big savings for your wallet — you just have to choose E15 at the pump.
EPA approved E15, even if your manual disagrees
Recently, Leonard Poels questioned ASE-certified mechanic Charlie Good’s statement that E15 is approved for use in all 2001 and newer vehicles, asking “approved by who?” [What if E15 isn't approved by my car manufacturer? June 3] The answer is simple: After the most extensive testing regimen in its history, the U.S. EPA (which regulates fuels) approved E15 for all 2001 and newer on-road vehicles.
In Iowa, it's easy to choose renewable fuels
As we celebrate Earth Day today, Iowa’s farmers are taking extra steps to be even better stewards of the land. Things like investing in cover crops and precision farming equipment, participating in Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy, implementing better tilling practices and much more. The decision to make these investments isn’t always easy, but it’s something Iowa’s farmers do because it’s right.
Fuel standard is sound policy: Opposing view
Every four years, reporters from big-city news organizations flock to Iowa to cover our first-in-the-nation caucuses. And just as routinely, there are two types of stories filed by these reporters. The first type claims that agriculture-and-renewable-fuel issues no longer carry the sway they once did in Iowa. The second type bemoans that Iowa has too much influence over national energy policy because of leverage from the caucuses.
Fuel standard is sound policy: Opposing view
It encourages market competition and gives consumers choice. Every four years, reporters from big-city news organizations flock to Iowa to cover our first-in-the-nation caucuses. And just as routinely, there are two types of stories filed by these reporters. The first type claims that agriculture-and-renewable-fuel issues no longer carry the sway they once did in Iowa. The second type bemoans that Iowa has too much influence over national energy policy because of leverage from the caucuses.
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