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Categories:Capturing a Larger Share in a Shrinking Pool: The Ethanol Survival Guide
By Jim Seurer, CEO, Glacial Lakes Energy & Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union The ethanol and entire biofuel industry is pacing the floor like an expecting parent waiting for the baby to be born as the new EPA “set” rule is going to be unveiled soon establishing renewable volumes for the next three years. […]
Read MoreSouth Dakotans Speak Truth to Power: Time for Trump to “Tear Down That Wall”
Urge President to Capitalize on Ethanol’s Proven Ability to Improve the Nation’s Environment, Economy, & Energy Security Rapid City, South Dakota: July 2, 2020—With the majestic Mount Rushmore as a backdrop, South Dakota ethanol supporters are calling on President Trump to take a “monumental step” by opening the world’s largest gasoline market to higher blends […]
Read MoreDaschle, Sombke Call Pending SAFE Rule the Path to Higher Ethanol Volumes
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle joined with South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke in calling for the Trump Administration to use the pending fuel economy rule as a solution to the current ethanol and agriculture crisis. In a wide-ranging interview on a popular South Dakota Business Radio program, Sombke and Daschle stressed that […]
Read MoreEthanol Advocate & Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle Meets with Farmers Union Members in D.C.
It’s a critical time for the ethanol industry said former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle today when he met with more than 300 farmers, ranchers and agriculture supporters today in D.C. as part of the National Farmers Union Fly-In. “It’s a critical time, not only for agriculture, but for rural America,” said Daschle, calling hardship […]
Read MoreS.D. Farmers Union President Sends Letter to Pruitt Calling On EPA to Stop Efforts to Block Ethanol Blends
Doug Sombke, President of the South Dakota Farmers Union was joined by National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson today (June 11, 2018) in calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to abandon plans to finalize an Obama era rule that would cap ethanol blends at 15%. In a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Farmers Union to EPA: Stop Blowing Smoke and Enforce the Law
Today, South Dakota Farmer Union President Doug Sombke called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop hiding the true source and quantities of some of most harmful emissions of gasoline by updating their models and enforcing the law. In a letter to Christopher Grundler, Director of EPAs Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Sombke […]
Read MoreS.D. Farmers Union to Sen. Rounds: EPA must comply with will of Congress
Earlier this week S.D. Farmers Union President Doug Sombke called upon Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate EPW Committee, to urge EPA to abide by the will of Congress and comply with section 202(1) of the Clean Air Act. Sombke was motivated to write by EPW Chairman John Barrosso’s recent letter to Pruitt […]
Read MoreSDFU to Senator Rounds: Time for EPA to Do Its Duty
SDFU President Doug Sombke today urged Senator Mike Rounds, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, to ensure that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt enforces a law that has been on the books for more than 25 years, but ignored by his Agency. Sombke was prompted to write by EPW Chairman John […]
Read MoreA Reason To Be Thankful: The EPA increases 2017 RFS Volume
November 23, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionEvery cloud has a silver lining. While cliche, this statement reminds us that even when times seem tough we can always find things to be thankful for. The day before Thanksgiving, the EPA has given us just that in the recent announcement regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard. The 2017 RFS will […]
Read MoreNFU Statement on Proposed RFS Volume Targets
May 19, 2016 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, does not support the May 18, 2016 announcement made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which proposes a 5 billion gallon cut to its 2014 Renewable Fuels Standard renewable volume obligations. “By setting the 2017 renewable volume obligation at 18.8 billion […]
Read MoreSouth Dakota Famers Union Responds to EPA’s Decision to Issue RFS Targets Below Statutory Levels
December 2, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer Union South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, is concerned by the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to issue final renewable fuel volume targets which are well below their statutory levels. “This is not good for South Dakota’s family farmers and rural communities,” said Sombke, a fourth generation crop […]
Read MoreThe Renewable Fuel Standard: Playing the waiting game with the EPA.
April 17, 2015 – By #South Dakota Farmer UnionOver the past year we have seen corn prices as low as $3.20 a bushel and as high as $5.10. Gas prices have fluctuated between a high of $3.59 and low of $1.90. Of course in an ideal world we would take the higher of the corn prices with the […]
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