Bob Worth has visited with dozens of state and federal officials in his decades of farmer advocacy. On July 31, he notched another advocacy milestone by hosting his first U.S. senator on his Lake Benton farm when Sen. Amy Klobuchar…
August 2, 2023
On July 17, the U.S. EPA denied 26 Small Refinery Exemption petitions for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). spanning compliance years 2016-2018 and 2021-2023, demonstrating the agency’s continued commitment to ending the backlog of pending SREs. The American Soybean Association…
July 17, 2023
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) President Bob Worth and Minnesota Biodiesel Council Executive Director Mike Youngerberg have been appointed to the new Clean Transportation Fuel Standard Work Group. In their respective roles, Worth and Youngerberg will advocate for the sizable…
July 5, 2023
On June 26, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to invest up to $500 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to increase the availability of domestic biofuels and give Americans additional cleaner fuel options at…
June 29, 2023
Soybeans are helping to fuel our world. Clean Fuels Alliance America (Clean Fuels) represents the biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation industries by coordinating technical, environmental and quality assurance programs. It works tirelessly to ensure that biodiesel and renewable diesel…
June 15, 2023
In May, the EPA is expected to send its final renewable volume obligations to the Office of Management and Budget for interagency review. American soy growers are continuing the push for significantly increased proposed volumes for biomass-based diesel and advanced…
May 16, 2023
Brownton farmer Ryan Mackenthun joined American Soybean Association farmer-leaders from seven states to participate in the Syngenta Leadership At Its Best program earlier in 2023 in Raleigh, N.C., and Washington, D.C. Participants had the opportunity to interact with leaders from…
April 11, 2023