There is much discussion these days about China not buying any US soybeans so far this marketing year. This is decidely not the norm. For…
Last Friday, the EPA released its decision on 2016-2024 SREs (small refinery exemptions) under the RFS. The EPA awarded 63 full SREs and 77 partial…
A fundamental component of agricultural productivity is genetic gain in crop yields. Improving the genetic potential of crop yields has been central to most of…
There has been a lot of leaking lately in DC about renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for the RFS in 2026 and perhaps 2027. These leaks…
A few weeks ago, my publishing imprint, Ceres Books, released It’s All Speculation by Tom Hieronymus. It is a collection of Tom’s writings across his…
Last week, my little publishing imprint Ceres Books released a new title—It’s All Speculation by Tom Hieronymus. It is a collection of writings by Tom…
I am very pleased to share this guest blog post from Dwight Sanders of Southern Illinois University. He wrote an extended review of the newly…
My colleague, Michael Roberts of the University of Hawaii, recently started a new Substack blog called “Grains to Gigawatts.” His first post is an important…
Agricultural productivity gains are the reason why famine and starvation are rare in the modern world. As agricultural economists like to say, problems with malnourishment…
If you want to get a rise out of a farm audience, just mention USDA reports. To people outside of ag this is mystifying. Why…