The growth in vehicle miles traveled is important news for American farmers.

The 2016 North Dakota corn crop makes a great case for the upside of corn, as record yields resulted in profits that allowed many farms to plant another day.

Sugar and other sweeteners could be an issue in NAFTA renegotiations.

Natural gas is among the biggest issues in renewables because its low cost has disrupted global energy and manufacturing, including biofuels and bioproducts.

Continued competitive pricing of higher blends of ethanol would move a lot of fuel.

The EPA’s plan essentially reduces the floor for domestic corn-ethanol use from 14.4 billion gallons to 13 billion gallons.

A good number to commit to memory is 14.9 billion gallons. That’s the capacity of the domestic corn ethanol refinery fleet.

In Langdon and Carrington trials, energy beets produce more sugar than corn.

Corn isn’t just food; it’s used to make products such as ethanol, plastics, matchsticks, glue and crayons.

Crop producers may be able to recoup some production costs by harvesting this year’s corn crop as silage.