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Letter supporting farm bill orphan programs

NASDA

These vital programs operate in all fifty states and a failure to fund them in a farm bill or farm bill extension in 2024 negatively impacts countless farmers, ranchers, and food system stakeholders.

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Model Illustrates Supply Chain for Second-Generation Biofuels

ATTRA

Researchers at Princeton University and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center modeled a supply chain for second-generation biofuels that addresses both the crop and processing aspects of biofuel production.

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Biden Agrees to Support Pivotal GREET Legislation, Advancing Biofuel Use In Aviation

ProAg

Farm groups have responded in favor, praising the President’s decision to support the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) model. The post Biden Agrees to Support Pivotal GREET Legislation, Advancing Biofuel Use In Aviation appeared first on ProAg. Read more on GREET and the future of SAFs here.

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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

and various production technologies. This production is mostly used for animal feeds and biofuels. The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.),

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California Project to Build Biofuel and Bioproduct Database

ATTRA

A group investigating how to make better use of the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley received funding for a project to create a database and support technology for sustainable bioproducts and biofuels.

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Sustainability: Three Key Takeaways from the 2022 USDA Ag Census

DTN

The group, which includes DTN as a technology partner, estimates that the goal is achievable if cover-crop acres increased by 1.7 The 45Z Clean Fuel Credit, which takes effect in 2025, incentivizes biofuel and ethanol producers to increase production of renewable fuels using low carbon-intensive grains. million acres annually.

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Precision Ag News 3/20

Agwired

Department of Agricultures Office of Energy and Environmental Policy regarding the interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. The Renewable Fuels Association submitted formal comments to the U.S.