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An adviser explains that the Section 45Z clean fuel production tax credit is paid to ethanol plants rather than farmers, so any farm premium must come through a contract with the plant. Credit buyers are currently paying just under 90% of face value.
The article lists preparatory steps farmers can take, such as assembling field maps and approved yield records.
Section 45Z could support demand for lower-carbon corn and sorghum going to ethanol plants, but payouts depend on plant-level calculations and are uncertain. Feed buyers should not assume a near-term change in grain prices from this policy alone.
farmprogress.comJohn DuffNov 3, 2026After 439 past neutral policy events, CORN moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.2%), and +1.1% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
