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The proposal marked the first time EPA has lowered the overall ethanol-blending requirement from the prior year's target.

The National Turkey Federation welcomed Wednesday afternoon’s House Energy and Commerce Committee’s opening round of hearings to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act would help ease concerns created by the ethanol mandate and protect consumers, energy producers, livestock and poultry producers, food manufacturers, retailers and the U.S. economy.

The first birds fed on $8 corn will soon hit the market.

Compared with its August report, USDA reduced its current estimate for the 2012 world corn harvest by 8 million metric tons or almost 1 percent.

As drought conditions become the worst in 50 years and corn yields are expected to drop significantly, a coalition of meat and poultry organizations today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol.

The drought that has affected much of the country, particularly the Midwest, may send the cost of corn soaring.

A coalition of the U.S. livestock and poultry industry associations requested a hearing to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) impact on the economy.

More than a third of U.S. consumers expect rising food prices to cause them to cut back on holiday spending, according to a new survey by Americas Research Group for Reuters.

Representatives from the livestock and poultry industries commended U.S. Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.) for introducing the Renewable Fuels Standard Flexibility Act.