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E15 proposed as part of pending defense bill… Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the push to make year-round E15 part of the defense bill has several backers, including himself. “I’m advocating that, and I’m sure Joni Ernst is…she’s a member of the Armed Services Committee…that gives her a little extra punch than me and [Senator Amy] Klobuchar,” said Senator Grassley.
The Senator hopes the measure can count on support from Senate Majority Leader John Thune saying, “I would expect Thune to be very much for it. And I would think we wouldn’t be getting the opposition from the oil companies that we generally get.”
Pork Producers gather in the Nation’s Capital… WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 11, 2025 — More than 100 pork producers from 20 states traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to call on Congress to deliver an urgent legislative fix to California’s Proposition 12, which is driving up costs for consumers, threatening small family farms, and disrupting interstate commerce.
Producers met with Members of Congress and staff to share firsthand accounts of how Prop. 12’s costly requirements are forcing sweeping changes across the pork supply chain. Producers emphasized that without federal action, family farms will be left behind, and pork prices could continue to rise.
As part of the fly-in, the National Pork Producers Council rolled out a food truck on Capitol Hill, serving breakfast to lawmakers, staff, and media. Branded with the message “Breakfast is Essential. So is Fixing Prop 12,” the truck spotlighted how a patchwork of state laws, spurred by Prop. 12, threatens affordable access to everyday staples like bacon, ham and sausage.
“America’s pork producers take pride in providing safe, nutritious, and affordable pork to families across the country,” said NPPC President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio. “The patchwork of laws set in motion by California’s Proposition 12 threatens our mission by raising prices for consumers, reducing choices, and putting thousands of family farms at risk. Congress must act now to ensure a patchwork of regulations does not further threaten this industry we have worked so hard to build.” -source: NPPC Press Release
Trump Administration to resume trade talks with India… President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to talk and resume trade negotiations, signaling a possible thaw after weeks of a fight over tariffs and Russian oil purchases.
“I am pleased to announce that India, and the United States of America, are continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between our two nations,” Trump wrote on social media Tuesday. “I look forward to speaking with my very good friend, Prime Minister Modi, in the upcoming weeks. I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our great countries!”
Modi responded shortly after with a post on X, saying that he was looking forward to speaking with Trump and that the U.S. and India are “close friends and natural partners.”
Home of the Corn Palace bumps up bean demand… A $500 million processing plant south of Mitchell, South Dakota that will turn more of the state’s crop into oils and livestock meal opened its doors Tuesday. Tom Kersting, the CEO of South Dakota Soybean Processors, which manages the plant, said it will help stabilize prices and create local demand.
The opening comes as soybean basis in areas of the Dakotas languishes well below break even. The High Plains Processing Plant is designed to crush about 35 million bushels of soybeans per year. South Dakota farmers produced about 238 million bushels last year.
Notable closes…
Strength in pork cutout prices helped lean hog futures score another new contract high.
- October hogs up a buck-35 to $98.17 ½
- December hogs 97 ½ cents higher to $89.25
Soybean meal and bean oil futures saw short-covering lift prices ahead of tomorrow’s USDA reports. November bean futures opened lower and spiked support at yesterday’s low before recovering to close above yesterday’s high to complete an upside reversal.
- November beans were 8 1/4 cents higher at $10.33 1/2
- January beans up 7 ¾ cents to $10.52 1/2
- March beans closed at $10.68, up 7 cents