This time of year, we tend to analyze the upcoming corn crop like an NFL coach heading to the Super Bowl. With the trade calling for a monster crop in 2025, every kernel -- or lack of it -- is ripe for conjecture and the term "tip back" is on the tip of everyone's tongue.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the findings of the Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2024, the eighth in a series of annual reports documenting the quality of biodiesel from U.S. and Canadian producers participating in the industry’s voluntary BQ-9000® accreditation program.

Following a months-long investigation and ongoing negotiations, Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully ensured that WK Kellogg Co. (“Kellogg’s”) will permanently remove toxic dyes from its cereals.

A vice president of agribusiness banking says many producers are facing difficult decisions due to ongoing uncertainty in the economy.

Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of August 2025 were mixed. No fertilizer price was substantially higher or lower than a month ago for the ninth week in a row. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Southern rust has continued to spread across Iowa and increase in severity since the disease was first reported in mid-July.

The World Food Prize Foundation recently announced Derek Barchenger, Senior Scientist and head of the Global Pepper Breeding Program at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), has been named the 2025 Recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.

The USDA is projecting the largest U.S. corn crop on record.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin Tuesday announced new action to protect American farmers, truckers, and other diesel equipment operators from sudden speed and power losses caused by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) systems.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is intensifying its call for action from Congress and the administration after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest World Agriculture and Supply and Demand Estimates report projected a record 16.7-billion-bushel corn crop this year, further threatening the livelihood of farmers already facing record-low corn prices.

Calley Means, a White House adviser to President Trump, told Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) followers on Tuesday they should criticize the "deep state" in agriculture and food, not Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Donald Trump.

A series of hefty yield estimates from private firms over the first week of August have sunk corn and soybean futures to multi-month lows. At 11 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 12, USDA will throw its hat into the ring when it releases its August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports.

Clean Fuels Alliance America recently filed comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2026 and 2027. Clean Fuels expressed appreciation for EPA’s intent to provide consistent RFS growth in recognition of U.S. farmers’, feedstock providers’, and biomass-based diesel producers’ investments in new capacity.

The USDA’s national crop condition ratings generally declined over the past week.

Last week, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) notched a legal victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirming protections for cattle farmers and ranchers from onerous and unnecessary air emissions reporting requirements.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited the Iowa State Fair on Saturday and became the first cabinet member to exhibit in the Governor's Charity Steer Show.

House Ag Committee Chair "GT" Thompson wants to take action on a skinny farm bill this fall. We spoke with ranking members of both the House and Senate Ag Committees, Rep. Angie Craig and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, at the Minnesota FarmFest about their priorities within a skinny farm bill and their willingness to negotiate after nutrition program cuts in reconciliation.

The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) commemorated three decades of partnership between U.S. Soy and Vietnam with milestones including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a keystone conference.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has paused an increase to feedlot permit application fees.

President Trump has signed an executive order that increases tariffs on India from 25% to 50%.

The Renewable Fuel Standard turns 20 today and a celebration is underway in recognition of the monumental contributions the law has made in American life.

Exports of U.S. pork bounced back in June, finishing the first half of 2025 on a high note, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef export volume was the lowest in five years, due in part to China’s failure to renew registrations for the vast majority of U.S. plants.

Iowa landowners along the proposed route for the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon dioxide pipeline are expected to soon see a new right-of-way proposal, the new chief executive officer of the company said in a letter sent to property owners this week, as the company takes a new approach.

The reconciliation package included a significant boost to USDA’s trade promotion programs.

The initial Make America Healthy Again Commission report said glyphosate and other pesticides may have a negative impact on children's health, but the upcoming MAHA report on recommendations for action will "continue to respect regulatory frameworks" that have found glyphosate is safe, a high-ranking Environmental Protection Agency official said here Tuesday at the American Sugar Alliance's International Sweetener Symposium.

U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.-5) recently led a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of 84 of their fellow federal lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the Department of Labor to roll back enforcement of Biden-era regulations that have dramatically increased costs for American farmers.

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is working to eliminate unnecessary barriers and make it easier for Americans to fuel their vehicles with homegrown E15.

The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate Ag Committees suggest a lot of work needs to be done to complete a new farm bill.