The Electric Farm: Iowa Farmer Plots A Future Beyond Gasoline and Diesel

For a developed country as large as the U.S., rail capabilities are far from robust. John Phipps breaks down rail use and how it fits into the country's infrastructure system.

The Inflation Reduction Act extended several energy tax credits and enacted new energy credits, including Section 45Z — the Clean Fuel Production Credit. Most of this provision provides a credit to producers of energy with a lower carbon footprint, which includes ethanol producers.

“This is how we’ve always done it.” “You’ve got to turn the dirt black.” These are just two of the many excuses Nate Huntley hears about why farmers are skeptical about cover crops, trying new manure application or lowering carbon emissions.

Love eating fried foods? Why they may not be bad just for your waistline, in today's AgDay Minute.