The ethanol economy: how corn becomes fuel and feed
Fermentation, distillation, and the co-products that make the plant pencil — plus the policy rules that decide how much ethanol the market takes.
Gabriela Montoya · September 20, 2026
Industry news for agriculture: policy and subsidy program changes, crop insurance rules, export bans and trade restrictions, disease outbreaks in livestock and orchards, recalls, and mergers among input and equipment suppliers. Items give effective dates, eligibility conditions and the regions affected, so a grower can judge exposure quickly.
Fermentation, distillation, and the co-products that make the plant pencil — plus the policy rules that decide how much ethanol the market takes.
Gabriela Montoya · September 20, 2026
The first survey-based forecast of the 2025/26 season landed near record territory for corn — the operator consequence runs through basis and storage math.
Isabel Duarte · August 24, 2026
Basis is the cash price minus the futures price, and it moved sharply in 2024-2025 — here is what sets it and how to read it.
Isabel Duarte · August 17, 2026
Agtech venture funding topped $2 billion in Q2 2026 after 163 startups raised $1.89 billion in Q1, per industry round-ups — flat overall, with the story in where the dollars landed.
Isabel Duarte · August 5, 2026
The $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance program closed enrollment April 17, 2026, per USDA, and state-level tariff relief programs followed — the documented money now offsetting trade-disruption losses.
Gabriela Montoya · July 14, 2026