Jeremy P. Jacobs • E&E • Posted January 13, 2012
A bipartisan group of senators today urged U.S. EPA to hold off on new regulations that would cut air pollution from the tailpipes of cars and trucks because the rules would drive up the cost of gasoline. [ read more … ]
DAN PILLER • Des Moines Register • Posted January 13, 2012
Since mid-December, corn prices have risen 76 cents per bushel and soybeans are up $1.20 per bushel, restoring about $2 billion to the value of Iowa’s crops lost in a price decline that began around Labor Day. [ read more … ]
Susanne Retka Schill • Ethanol Producer Magazine • Posted January 13, 2012
Taking issue with the ethanol industry’s “overstating its net contribution to the nation’s and the individual state’s economic accounts,” Dave Swenson, Iowa State University associate scientist in economics, released his own calculations of the ethanol industry’s contribution to Iowa’s economy. [ read more … ]
Mario Parker • Bloomberg • Posted January 13, 2012
Ethanol futures fell the most in more than six months after a government report showing that supplies of corn were higher than forecast sent futures for the grain down the exchange-imposed limit. [ read more … ]
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