Need a quick catch up on the news? Here are seven ag stories you might have missed this week.
1. The Ever Given was dislodged on Monday after being stuck in the Suez Canal for six days. There are several theories on why the ship got stuck. More than 300 ships were unable to pass through the canal after the Ever Given blocked it. There s even an app to place the Ever Given in your back yard. – Insider, The New York Times, Mashable
2. Lean hogs are the world s top-performing major asset. Prices has risen by more than 60% over the past year. Prices rose to their highest level since September 2014 last week and there s still potential for prices to move higher. High prices aren t deterring consumers, with USDA forecasting U.S. per capita pork consumption at 52.5 pounds per person, the highest since 1981. – Axios
7 ag stories you might have missed this week - April 2, 2021
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(Biofuels International) William Tebbitt, CEO of Green Biofuels, looks closer at the energy transition strategy announcements from major companies that may come in the next 12 months. He added that he hoped we would see not only infrastructure and construction projects committing to the use of alternative and transition fuels to usher in that change, but other sectors, such as supermarkets announcing their plans for reducing their emissions.
He said: “We have to remember that there is not one silver bullet for the scale of the environmental problem we face, we cannot get rid of all our existing assets – trucks will still be in use in 2021, for example, but a mixed energy solution, which avoids an increase in our carbon footprint will be a necessity. “The conversation should also start moving away from how consumers directly use fuels, to the use of fuels in the supply chains that are still vital to our lives, such as in data centres and home deliveries.
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Advanced Biofuels Association, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, the National Biodiesel Board and a group of eight states on March 31 filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to affirm the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals’ January 2020 ruling on small refinery exemptions (SREs).
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 24, 2020, issued a ruling that struck down three SREs that the court said were improperly issued by the EPA and held that the agency cannot “extend” exemptions to any small refineries whose earlier, temporary exemptions had lapsed.
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In its amicus brief, the ABFA discusses the impact of SREs on producers of advanced biofuels, stressing that the petitioners in the case do not acknowledge the adverse economic impact that the renewable fuels industry must absorb when dozens of small refineries are excused from their statutory Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements. The maximum d
(Biofuels International) Vopak is investing in the Port of Rotterdam for the storage of waste-based feedstocks for the production of biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel. The market for energy from renewable sources in Europe is rising as a result of the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive II.
A total of 16 new tanks with a combined capacity of 64,000 cubic metres will be built at Vopak’s Terminal Vlaardingen.
The renewable feedstocks that can be stored in the new tanks are waste materials, such as used cooking oil and tallow.
The terminal is strategically located within the Port of Rotterdam and is well connected for logistics by vessels, barges, trucks and trains.
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