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GOP Divisions Stall Year-Round E15 as House and Some Senate Leaders Balk Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) keep ethanol out of funding bill while Senate split — with John Thune (R-S.D.) supportive and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) opposed — clouds any path forward Some Republican leaders in both chambers are again…

Hoeven Pushes $15B Farmer Aid as Stopgap Amid Price Squeeze Senate ag appropriations chair says emergency help is needed now while Trump administration works to reopen export markets and lower energy costs Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee, said U.S. farmers are facing a multi-year income squeeze from persistently high…

House Elevates E15 Debate in FY 2026 Funding Rule Leadership creates fast-track ethanol council as spending bills sidestep year-round E15 language LINKS  Link: Donald Trump at Davos: Power, Security, Markets, and the          Case for a New Economic OrderLink: GOP Leadership Stalemate as Midwestern Holdouts Press for          Year-Round E15 PathLink: Trump Signals Greenland Deal Framework With NATO,          Pauses Europe Tariff…

Donald Trump at Davos: Power, Security, Markets, and the Case for a New Economic Order From Greenland and global security to tariffs, markets, and affordability, President Donald Trump outlines a sweeping vision for U.S. power and economic dominance at Davos In a wide-ranging interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Donald Trump laid…

GOP Leadership Stalemate as Midwestern Holdouts Press for Year-Round E15 Path House Republicans from farm states withhold support for a must-pass FY 2026 funding package, demanding a route to year-round E15 approval as leadership races the Jan. 30 shutdown deadline House Republican leaders are facing fresh resistance from a bloc of Midwestern lawmakers as they…

Trump Signals Greenland Deal Framework With NATO, Pauses Europe Tariff Threats President says talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte produced a preliminary Greenland framework, easing transatlantic trade tensions ahead of February deadline President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has reached what he described as a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland”…

Year-Round E15, Refinery Exemptions Targeted in Budget Bill Amendment Iowa-backed proposal would expand ethanol sales while narrowing small-refinery waivers, setting up a floor fight later this week An amendment folded into a bipartisan budget bill expected to advance this month would authorize nationwide, year-round sales of E15 gasoline and tighten eligibility for small-refinery exemptions under…

Shock to Farm Bureau: Spending Bills Advance Without Farm Aid or Biofuel Add-Ons Bessent: China completes initial 12 MMT U.S. soybean purchase commitment  LINKS  Link: Latest News, Jan. 20: Trump Shrugs Off EU Retaliation Risk Over           Greenland as Tariff Tensions Rise Link: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Jan. 16Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Jan. 16  Updates: Policy/News/Markets, Jan. 21, 2026 UP FRONT…

Trump Shrugs Off EU Retaliation Risk Over Greenland as Tariff Tensions Rise Bessent presses China on soybean buys at Davos  LINKS  Link: IEEPA Fertilizer Tariffs Generated Modest Revenue but Imposed Outsized Costs on U.S. Farmers Link: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Jan. 16Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Jan. 16  Latest News: Jan. 20 2026 UP FRONT TOP STORIES — Financial markets: Risk-off sentiment…

IEEPA Fertilizer Tariffs Generated Modest Revenue but Imposed Outsized Costs on U.S. Farmers NDSU analysis finds tariff pass-through exceeded 100%, with supply disruptions and price stickiness amplifying the burden beyond headline tariff levels The January 2026 NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor examines the effects of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs on agricultural inputs — especially…