Vilsack calls Tuesday’s GREET model a placeholder
The U.S. Ag Secretary says the U.S. Treasury’s guidance for the modeling used to measure transportation emissions for sustainable aviation fuel is expected out this week. Secretary Tom Vilsack tells Brownfield on Tuesday GREET modeling details will...
Where have cash rents increased the most?
Cash rental rates have been climbing over the past decade, but the biggest increases have happened outside the Corn Belt. David Widmar, managing partner at Agricultural Economic Insights, tells Brownfield… “We had really big changes, 50% changes, in...
Boviet Solar to start 2-GW solar panel factory in North Carolina
Boviet Solar has officially announced its plans to start a solar panel manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina. The move has been referenced as “Project Gen” in county records for a number of months. Boviet Solar...
Solar News
IRS issues final guidance for IRA’s clean energy tax credit transferability mechanism
“It is difficult to overstate the significance of today’s announcement for the clean energy market,” said American Council on Renewable Energy President and CEO Ray Long....
MISO capacity prices triple for next summer, spring, partly on power plant retirements
Prices for Ameren Missouri and Columbia, Missouri’s municipal utility jumped to nearly $720/MW-day for the upcoming fall and spring seasons due to expected power supply shortages....
Extreme winter weather grid performance improves, and 5 other takeaways from FERC’s open meeting
FERC is set to issue new rules for transmission planning and cost allocation at a special open meeting on May 13. “America cannot wait for us to issue these rules,” Chairman Willie Phillips said....
ERCOT considers demand response, dynamic line ratings to address South Texas transmission constraints
Grid officials say a request for proposals for demand resources would lean on “lessons learned” from a canceled October RFP for 3 GW of winter capacity....
Array Technologies breaks ground on second tracker manufacturing site in Albuquerque
Array Technologies will officially break ground today on its previously announced $50 million manufacturing campus in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján will...
Agriculture News
USDA issues order requiring testing before dairy cattle can move interstate
The USDA has issued a Federal Order requiring lactating dairy cattle to test negative for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza prior to interstate movement. During a call with reporters Wednesday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said the order...
La Nina transition could bring moisture to Corn Belt
An atmospheric scientist says the transition to the La Nina weather pattern is underway. Matt Makens tells Brownfield he’s expecting the current southern storm flow to shift to the central and northern crop growing states. “As we...
Vegetable canning sector faces challenges from imports, tariffs
The president of the Midwest Food Products Association says the U.S. has become a net importer of food, and it’s hurting processors and farmers. Jason Culotta tells Brownfield the recent announcements of ConAgra’s Bird’s Eye frozen foods...
12% of U.S. corn, 8% of soybeans planted
Farmers made corn and soybean planting progress over the past week, despite cooler, wetter weather in some key growing areas. The USDA says 12% of corn has been planted as of Sunday, compared to 12% a year...
Ag economist says placements number will be critical in coming months
Cattle placements came in below pre-report expectations in the USDA’s latest On Feed report. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says it was a matter of time. “January and February were both tough,” he says. “January was cold....