A biofuels group says increasing domestic ethanol production could help lower fuel costs and boost corn demand for U.S. farmers. Brian Jennings, CEO of the American Coalition for Ethanol, says crude oil prices have risen more than 40 percent since the conflict in the Middle East began. “While prices are up across the board, ethanol […]

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Across the Corn Belt, a few showers and thunderstorms are developing in advance of an approaching cold front. Chilly air has begun to settle across the Dakotas and the upper Great Lakes region, while record-breaking warmth prevails from Missouri into the Ohio Valley. Thursday’s temperatures will reach 90°F or higher as far north as the […]

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Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across much of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to northern New England and an area stretching from the Pacific Northwest to northwestern North Dakota. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to the coastal Carolinas.

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