Superbowl Food Safety and Trump's Call for Year-Round E15
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Super Bowl parties often feature takeout, delivery, and foods served over several hours.
To help prevent foodborne illness, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is reminding fans that many Super Bowl favorites shouldn’t be left out for more than two hours, or the USDA’s “Danger Zone.”
They encourage serving food in smaller batches, one in the first half and another in the second to ensure that food isn’t out for more than two hours.
**The Renewable Fuels Association applauded President Trump for strongly reaffirming his support for America’s ethanol industry.
During a stop in Iowa, he called on Congress to send a bill approving year-round E15 to his desk for him to sign “very quickly.”
RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper says Trump understands the quickest and surest way to boost the farm economy is “to open a vast new market opportunity for grain-based ethanol.”
**The Rural Mainstreet Index climbed above a growth-neutral score of 50.0 for January.
The January index was at 52.0, its highest reading since July 2023, and up from December’s 50.1.
Creighton University’s Dr. Ernie Goss says more than one in three bankers, or 34.7%, indicated their local economy was currently in a recession, while another 27% expect to experience recession conditions in the next six months.
Almost 40% support pulling back on tariffs.
