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Ethanol Industry Contributed $2.1 Billion To MN's Economy In 2024

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) The Industry Supported Over 18,000 Jobs Across the State Last Year --  Minnesota’s ethanol industry contributed $2.1 billion to the state’s gross domestic product in 2024, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota Extension. The study said

March 13, 2025 Read Full Article

Missouri Soybean Focused on Farmer Profitability

by Jared White (Brownfield Ag News) The new deputy executive director of the Missouri Soybean Association says the key to increasing farmer profitability is growing soybean demand.  Casey Wasser says Missouri farmers are uniquely positioned to benefit from expanded use of biofuels. “If

February 17, 2025 Read Full Article

Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Brazil's Biofuel Sector

(Springer)  Mathematical analysis reveals that within Brazil’s agriculture and livestock industry, the biofuels sector is most heavily reliant on other sectors with high greenhouse gas emissions. -- Brazil is a world leader in biofuel production, but the environmental sustainability of the

September 22, 2024 Read Full Article

More to Do on Methane

by Patrick Serfass and Adam Comora (American Biogas Council/OPAL Fuels/Biofuels Digest) A recent study released by the journal Science supported by research conducted by Carbon Mapper and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory revealed that methane emissions from landfills are greater than previously

April 15, 2024 Read Full Article

2024 Top Producer Women In Ag Award: Demand Creation Is Not A Spectator Sport

(Top Producer Editors/AgWeb) As a sixth generation Iowa farmer, Pam Johnson has been sharing agriculture’s food, fiber and fuel stories her entire life.  “Being an advocate for agriculture, it's part of who I am,” she says.  Her achievements on the farm and

February 08, 2024 Read Full Article

Dairy Farmers of America Purchases First Verified Carbon Credits in Livestock Inset Marketplace

(Dairy Farmers of America)  New Marketplace Creates New Value Stream for Dairy Producers and Demonstrates that Cattle Can be Part of the Sustainability Solution --  Athian (athian.ai) announced today the first sale of verified carbon credits in the groundbreaking livestock carbon insetting

January 08, 2024 Read Full Article

The Alfa Initiative Opens a Call for Advice for Biogas Projects in the Livestock Sector DEADLINE February 16, 2024

(Interempresas Energies) Alfa , an initiative funded by the European Union that aims to establish and accelerate biogas solutions in the livestock sector, has announced an open and free call to provide comprehensive support to projects that want to implement biogas technologies

January 04, 2024 Read Full Article

BIORIG Will Invest 250 Million Euros to Build 10 Biomethane Production Facilities in Castilla y León

(Solarig) • The collective output will generate clean energy equivalent to 20% of the annual gas consumption in Castilla y León households. The facilities, to be built in rural areas across the provinces of León, Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Burgos, and Soria, are

November 30, 2023 Read Full Article

Dairy Farmers Generate Renewable Energy

by Saoimanu Sope (Farm Progress/Western Farm Press)   Digesters can break down manure and produce methane.   California ranks number one in the nation for dairy production, with 1,100 to 1,200 dairy farms, each with an average of 1,436 cows, mostly concentrated in Tulare

November 20, 2023 Read Full Article

Fuelled by the Farm! Waitrose Is the First Retailer to Power Its Tractors by Cow Manure

(John Lewis Partnership/Waitrose)  • Waitrose & Partners becomes the first UK retailer to use green gas* to power tractors on their own farm at Leckford The use of biomethane gas will reduce Leckford Estate’s carbon footprint by up to 1,300 tonnes a

October 10, 2023 Read Full Article

Bion’s Ammonia Recovery Technology’s Initial Startup Successful – Maintains Controlled Steady-State

(Bion Environmental Technologies)  Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a leader in advanced livestock waste treatment technology and premium sustainable beef, announced the Ammonia Recovery System at its Fair Oaks commercial scale demonstration facility has achieved and maintained controlled steady-state

September 22, 2023 Read Full Article

CycleØ Inaugurates Spain’s First Biomethane Plant with Ammonia Stripping

(CycleØ/Globe Newswire)The facilities are located in the Catalonian municipality of Vallfogona de Balaguer. CycleØ plans to have 20 biomethane plants underway or operating in Spain by the end of 2024. These facilities represent a total investment of €50 million and

September 21, 2023 Read Full Article

New Holland Brings the Energy Independent Farm Concept to Brazil

(CNH Industrial/CSR Wire) CNH Industrial brand New Holland, a world leader in clean energy, announced its partnership on July 11th with leading companies in the biomethane sector in Brazil. This partnership will aid in creating an innovative ecosystem for gas production, generated from

July 28, 2023 Read Full Article

Cepsa and Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias Join Forces to Identify New Wastes to Be Converted into 2G Biofuels

(Cepsa)  The energy company and the Spanish association of cooperatives representing more than 1 million farmers and ranchers will promote the production of biofuels from agricultural and livestock waste; Cepsa's Research Center will analyze waste from the olive, olive oil,

May 26, 2023 Read Full Article

Iowa Farmers, Ag Partners to Gather, Exchange Ideas in June

(Solutions from the Land) A growing number of people in Iowa agriculture agree: It’s time to think “outside the box.” More specifically, it’s time to think circularly. Ray Gaesser, a corn and soybean farmer in Corning, Iowa, and co-chair of Iowa Smart

April 05, 2023 Read Full Article

BioTown Biogas Activates Digester, Processing Facility in Indiana

(BioTown BioGas/Biomass Magazine)  BioTown Biogas (BTB), a leading renewable energy producer in the waste-to-value energy market, is today activating its new digester and processing facility, one of the largest on-farm biodigesters in the world. The activation is being marked by an

March 28, 2023 Read Full Article

Growing Crops at Solar Farms Can Enhance Panel Performance and Longevity – Study

by Simon Yuen (PV Tech)  Growing commercial crops on solar farms could increase solar panel performance and longevity, according to a recent study conducted by Cornell University. The engineers at the university proved that solar panels mounted over vegetation had lower surface

March 10, 2023 Read Full Article

REethinking Manure Biogas: Policy Considerations to Promote Equity and Protect the Climate and Environment

(Vermont Law and Graduate School) Manure biogas systems might seem like an easy, profitable, and beneficial method of climate change mitigation in the animal agriculture industry. But what does relying solely on manure biogas leave out of the picture?   Globally, animal agriculture

August 18, 2022 Read Full Article

Proposed Beef and Bison Processing Facility near Rapid City Hoping to Include Biodiesel Connection

by Jody Heemstra (DRG News) In addition to its proposed one million square foot, next-generation beef and bison processing facility project near Rapid City, Western Legacy Development Corporation is hoping to also establish a bio-diesel supply line and/or facility President/CEO Megan Kingsbury

July 05, 2022 Read Full Article

Can Farms Produce to the Max and Still Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

by Kristen Mally Dean (Argonne National Laboratory) Decarbonizing agriculture is critical for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050. A new data-driven approach looks at practices that are good for the earth and profitable for farmers. -- The

June 27, 2022 Read Full Article

Spain Approves Biogas Roadmap, Focused on Mobility and Industry

(MITECO/NGV Journal) The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), has approved the Biogas Roadmap, which identifies the challenges and opportunities for the development of this renewable gas and proposes

March 29, 2022 Read Full Article

New Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Digester Costs for US Farmers

(Bioenergy Insight)  Bipartisan legislation has been introduced by US Senators to encourage investment in biodigester and nutrient recovery systems while establishing a new market for farmers. The Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act, a bill brought forward by US Senators John Thune and Sherrod

July 27, 2021 Read Full Article

North Carolina Bill Creates General Permit Certain Biogas Systems

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on July 2 signed the North Carolina Farm Act of 2021. The legislation, in part, directs the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission to develop a new general permit for farms

July 15, 2021 Read Full Article

With Assistance, Agriculture Can Help with Climate Change

by Collin Peterson (Minneapolis Star Tribune/Governors' Biofuels Coalition)  ...  According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agriculture accounts for just 10% of U.S. CO2 emissions, with livestock accounting for just 4%. On a net basis, agriculture and forestry actually eliminate more

July 07, 2021 Read Full Article

Feedstock Development, Production, Management: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA’s Feedstock Innovations

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  From switchgrass, sorghum or sugarcane, feedstock development, genomics, and crops improvement abound with USDA’s help at the Biomass Research Center. Rob Mitchell, Research Leader and Research Agronomist at USDA ARS, shares all about the latest

March 26, 2021 Read Full Article

Finding Synergy with Farming, Cattle and Ethanol

by Kelly Sidoryk (Canadian Cattlemen)  Even with more than 50 years in the feeding business, Pound-Maker is still finding ways to dial in its various ag businesses  --  The majority of cattle feeding in Western Canada has been centered in

March 16, 2021 Read Full Article

USDA Seeks Public Input on Climate-Smart Ag and Forestry Strategy DEADLINE April 30, 2021

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The USDA on March 15 announced it is opening a 45-day public comment period to gather input on its climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy, including several topics focused specifically on biofuels, bioproducts and renewable energy. The

March 16, 2021 Read Full Article

Renewable Diesel Boom Highlights Challenges in Clean-Energy Transition

by Rod Nickel, Stephanie Kelly and Karl Plume (Reuters)  ... Refiners can produce renewable diesel from animal fats and plant oils, in addition to used cooking oil. Production capacity is expected to nearly quintuple to about 2.65 billion gallons (63 million barrels)

March 03, 2021 Read Full Article

Solutions from the Land Unveils Video Showing the Solutions Farmers Can Offer to Meet Global Challenges

(Solutions from the Land)  A 20-minute video presentation in which Solutions from the Land farmer leaders offer a vision of solutions that farming operations can deliver to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by UN member nations is now available

November 20, 2020 Read Full Article

LIFE SMART AgroMobility Project Will Produce Biomethane to Fuel Agricultural Vehicles

(UPM/Gasnam/NGV Journal) The LIFE SMART AgroMobility project will work and research for the next three years in the production of biomethane from the processing of agricultural waste to later be used as fuel for agricultural vehicles and for biofertilizers. Its main

November 18, 2020 Read Full Article

RNG Revolution: The North American Renewable Natural Gas Industry Has Boomed over the Past Decade and Potential Remains Vast.

by Anna Simet (Biomass Magazine) ... Particularly for those feeling the heat when it comes reducing carbon footprints, interest in renewable natural gas (RNG) as an alternative vehicle fuel is an all-time high, and for good reason. Not only does

November 03, 2020 Read Full Article

Combining Agricultural Emissions Reduction Policies to Balance Biodiversity Conservation and Food Security

(CIRAD) Sharing efforts between biofuel production, the transition to reduced-meat diets and the reforestation of pastures would be a far better option for tomorrow’s agriculture than focusing on just one of these strategies. This mix would simultaneously address the goals of

October 28, 2020 Read Full Article

California Bill Expands Definition of RNG

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sept. 30 that significantly expands the definition of renewable natural gas (RNG) to include energy that comes from additional forms of organic waste, including vegetation removed for wildfire

October 16, 2020 Read Full Article

Save the Rainforests, Use Degraded Land AND Produce Fuel and Food? Soleá Looks at How Macaúba Could Solve Many Problems

by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest)  ... Macaúba is known for its high productivity and adaptability to the most adverse climate conditions and even better, the fruit’s shell, pulp, endocarp, and almond can be converted into a range of food

June 29, 2020 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Month Spotlights Benefits of Homegrown Fuel Options

(KRVN/Nebraska Rural Radio Association) May is typically the kick-off to the summer driving season and has historically been a time Nebraska’s renewable fuels industries have come together to highlight the importance of clean-burning biofuel options. However, due to COVID-19 concerns, Renewable

June 03, 2020 Read Full Article

NACSAA Submits Livestock, Food Security Policy Recommendations to Global Negotiators

(North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance)  The North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA), working in partnership with Solutions from the Land (SfL), filed today its latest Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) submissions to global climate negotiators. Farmer-led work groups formulated 35 recommendations

April 21, 2020 Read Full Article

UNT Scientist Unlocking the Secrets of Plant Energy

(University of North Texas) Kent Chapman, a University of North Texas Regents Professor and director of the UNT BioDiscovery Institute, is questioning decades-old assumptions in plant biochemistry to find better ways of storing and using lipids, the energy molecules found in all plants.  “Biofuels are

January 20, 2020 Read Full Article

Biofuel Company Anticipates February Start

By Ron Warnick (Quay County Sun) The president of a Tucumcari biofuels company said he anticipates construction will begin in February to convert a closed ethanol plant on the city's north side into a methane-gas plant that will create 40 jobs

January 02, 2020 Read Full Article

Peruvian Team Braves Minnesota Cold To Learn About U.S. DDGS

(U.S. Grains Council) A Peruvian team of poultry and beef producers discussed corn and ethanol production in addition to how the quality of DDGS is controlled from the receiving of grain at the ethanol plant through the final loading into

December 24, 2019 Read Full Article

Environmental Advocates Should Take Another Look at Biofuels

by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and former Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-CO)  (The Hill)  ... But public policy to date has put almost the entire burden of the sector’s transformation on the nation’s vehicles. Shouldn’t the fuels they burn get equal attention? Look

August 15, 2019 Read Full Article

The Safrinha Subpoena, or, Do They that Soy the Wind Ripen the Whirlwind?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Today we’re going to relate a detective story which begins with an unexplained and foul stink, and branches off into climate, trade, the eradication of poverty, crop rotation, the politics of the Amazon, the flow

August 13, 2019 Read Full Article

USGC: Feeding Trials in Southeast Mexico Expand US DDGS Use

(U.S. Grains Council/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Utilizing Market Access Program and Agricultural Trade Program funds, the U.S. Grains Council’s Mexico office has invested in marketing U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) through strategic feeding trials in southeast Mexico. In 2018, five trials

August 06, 2019 Read Full Article

A 'Golden Triangle': In Nebraska, Ethanol, Cattle and Agriculture Are Intertwined, with Major Impacts on the State's Economy.

by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It’s fitting that the Cornhusker State should be an important player in the nation’s ethanol industry. Second only to Iowa in production, Nebraska’s ethanol industry has a big impact on the state’s economy.  In addition to

August 06, 2019 Read Full Article

FEFAC Releases Its Publication on the Feed Industry’s Use of Co-Products

(European Feed Manufacturers' Association)  On 3 June 2019, FEFAC released its publication called “Co-products, an essential part of animal nutrition”, which aims to create increased awareness among EU stakeholders and policy makers about the feed industry’s extensive use of co-products. The

June 04, 2019 Read Full Article

A Different Animal: Ethanol Producers Are Increasingly Turning to a Burgeoning Aquaculture Industry for Another Coproduct Revenue Stream.

by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  While ethanol’s coproducts are well-known to the livestock industry, innovative technologies and processes are opening new markets for dried distillers grains with solubles. The aquaculture industry is one of those new markets, and a partnership

April 19, 2019 Read Full Article

Alternative Protein Startups: Let’s Get the Facts Straight about Livestock’s Carbon Footprint

by Lauren Manning (AgFunder News) ...  the issue of livestock farming’s impact on the environment is not as clear cut as many of these businesses would have you believe. In fact, many of the data dairy and meat alternative businesses are

March 23, 2019 Read Full Article

Candidates Should Recognize Biofuel Benefits

by Mike Naig and Dave Loebsack (Quad City Times)  We may come from different political parties, but we share at least one common vision. Both of us strongly support renewable fuel, like biodiesel, for the vital role it plays in Iowa’s

March 21, 2019 Read Full Article

NFU Says No to Green New Deal: Climate Plan Proposed by Democrats Has Quickly Become Toxic in Rural America

by Jerry Hagstrom and Chris Clayton (DTN The Progressive Farmer)  Delegates to the National Farmers Union annual convention here on Tuesday maintained the group's commitment to addressing climate change, but they rejected a proposal that it become involved in the Green New

March 11, 2019 Read Full Article

Brazil May Boost Ethanol Production without Deforestation

by Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade (SciDev.net) Ethanol sugarcane by-products serve to feed cattle with highly nourishing forage; Requires adapting US system; Recovery strategies for deforested areas also required  --  By integrating the cultivation of sugarcane for ethanol with beef cattle breeding on the same

February 06, 2019 Read Full Article

Agri-Tech Can Turn African Savannah into Global Food Basket – African Development Bank

(African Development Bank Group)  The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a “Sleeping Giant” to the cradle of the continent’s green revolution. “This sleeping giant needs to wake up,” the Bank’s

October 31, 2018 Read Full Article

USGC Helps Expand Export Potential for DDGS, Ethanol to Ecuador

(U.S. Grains Council/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Identifying how U.S. feed grains and co-products can meet the specific demands of a local market is the specialty of the U.S. Grains Council’s staff around the world. In Ecuador, the Council is successfully helping swine

May 14, 2018 Read Full Article

NACSAA Advances Recommendations to Shape UNFCCC Agricultural Work Program

(25 x '25/North American Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance) Last November, we wrote here of a major breakthrough occurring at the global climate talks in Bonn, Germany, where, for the first time, delegates approved plans to establish an agricultural work program. What

March 30, 2018 Read Full Article

Brews, Bangers and Biofuels – Ireland’s Bioeconomy Looking up

by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... But it’s also about whisky, as reported in the Digest in July 2017, and how Celtic Renewables puts whisky in the car and not just in the jar. It’s about Cork County’s announcement that they are

March 19, 2018 Read Full Article

Expansion of Sugarcane Ethanol in Brazil Could Cut GHG Emissions

by Lisa Gibson (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A massive expansion of land use for sugar cane growth in Brazil, and a subsequent increase in ethanol production with the feedstock could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector by up to

November 08, 2017 Read Full Article

Solar Plants Take Root on Farms

by Jeremy Deaton (Nexus Media) ... Many are leasing their fields to solar developers in need of flat land clear of trees and other obstructions. This practice has become so popular that the Solar Energy Industries Association published a guide for landowners. Recently, former president

August 22, 2017 Read Full Article

Untold Story of DDGS’ Positive Environmental Impact

by Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  DDGS' environmental benefits include methane reduction in cows, better phosphorus utilization reducing loss to the environment, improved sustainability.   --  The benefits in feeding distillers grains are well known—it’s an economical, nutritious, palatable addition

April 28, 2017 Read Full Article

Australia’s Productivity Commission Says Biofuels a Bad Deal All Around

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest)  In Australia, the federal government’s economic advisor—The Productivity Commission—has called on New South Wales, Queensland and commonwealth governments to drop biofuel blending, saying the polices unnecessarily increase fuel prices for consumers. It also dismissed out

March 29, 2017 Read Full Article

Groups Call Food-vs.-Fuel Fight Truce

by Todd Neeley (DTN The Progressive Farmer)  ... Now, representatives of two ag groups previously at odds over the RFS say they have moved on. The reason, they say, is that the 5 billion bushels of corn demand created by U.S.

February 24, 2017 Read Full Article

Biofuel Market Must Remain Competitive for UK Farms, NFU Says

(NFU Online) The NFU has met with ministers to urge the Department for Transport to keep biofuel markets as open as possible for UK farmers to remain competitive with their European neighbours. NFU North East combinable crops board chair Brett Askew

December 23, 2016 Read Full Article

Food Prices Merrier as Biodiesel Production Grows

(National Biodiesel Board)  USDA data show cost of food has declined  --  As Americans set the table for another holiday meal this year, they are paying less for it, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Price Outlook. The Consumer

December 22, 2016 Read Full Article

RFS Standards Help Ohioans

by Rick Fox (The Clermont Sun) Letter to Editor:   Commissioner Uible’s recent letter “Fixing the RFS Pothole” was full of myth and inaccuracies regarding the ethanol industry and the Renewable Fuel Standard. Uible claims ethanol is raising the price of corn

December 12, 2016 Read Full Article

Farmers to Trump: You Owe Us

by Jane Wells (CNBC)  ... This even as the oil industry — suffering from its own low prices — could push the Trump administration to reduce support for ethanol. "I think some people would still like to see the death of

December 06, 2016 Read Full Article

Commission’s Flip-Flop on Biofuels Puts at Risk Tens of Thousands of Jobs

by Patrick Kent (Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmers’ Association/Euractiv)  The key element of this renewable energy plan is that the ceiling for the crop biofuel component of EU transport fuels will be slashed from 7% to 3.8% by 2030. The

December 06, 2016 Read Full Article

Busting the Mythology of Food vs. Fuel

by Jeff Rice (Journal-Advocate) Making ethanol doesn't rob the hungry of needed nutrition ...  Ethanol has long been recognized as an additive to increase octane and help internal combustion engines burn cleaner. Until 2005, the chief oxygenation additive was primarily methyl

November 30, 2016 Read Full Article

Corn: It’s What’s for Dinner, for People, Animals and Gasoline-Eating Vehicles

by Chris Beutler (Today’s Producer)  ...  U.S. raises nearly 36 percent of all the corn grown worldwide, and it is the most widely produced grain in the world. ... Corn is often thought of as a vegetable, but if we look back

November 10, 2016 Read Full Article

#ExEx16 Panel on Global DDGS Utilization

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com)  A panel of U.S. Grains Council consultants traded international perspectives on the utilization of the ethanol co-product distillers dried grains (DDGS) in various countries during Export Exchange 2016. ...  The group discussed the challenges and opportunities

November 07, 2016 Read Full Article

Company Makes Dry Cattle Feed Pellets from Ethanol Byproduct

(Associated Press/Miami Herald)  A Nebraska company has found a way to make dry cattle feed pellets from an ethanol byproduct without adding any binding ingredients. Platte Valley Distillers says it has secured the rights to a patented technique that will allow

October 03, 2016 Read Full Article

Feed Makes Good Use of Ethanol Coproduct

by Roy Leidahl (Iowa Farmer Today)  When processors use the starch in corn to produce ethanol, they turn about one-third of their processed corn volume into coproducts that contain protein, fat and fiber. As ethanol production surged between 2000 and 2010,

September 19, 2016 Read Full Article

Algae Key to More Beef, Less CO2

(Algae Biomass Organization)  Algae has the potential to make a large impact as an ingredient in animal feed, according to Xingen Lei, professor of molecular nutrition at Cornell University. Lei, who has been studying algae’s nutritional benefits for years, is

May 20, 2016 Read Full Article

From Up North to Down Under With DDGS

by Kassidi Andres (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Mike Bryan is introducing Australia to a DDGS-based feed product made by a company headquartered in North Dakota, where his ethanol career began.   --  ... Today, living on the east coast of Australia in

May 17, 2016 Read Full Article

Species-Specific, Process-Specific DDGS Nutrition Profiles Needed

by  Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  How do low-oil, low-fiber, high-protein coproducts successfully find their best markets?  --  An array of distillers grains coproducts are entering the market—low oil, low fiber, high protein—with great potential. But animal nutritionists caution

April 15, 2016 Read Full Article

Exploring the Viability of Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters in Livestock Farming

by Clare Lukehurst and Angela Bywater (IEA Bioenergy)  This report explores the viability of small scale anaerobic digestion for livestock farming where there is a need to deal with animal manure and slurry in a manner that minimises the emission of greenhouse

April 01, 2016 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Contributed $2.1 Billion to Minnesota's Economy in 2015

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association)  Minnesota’s ethanol industry contributed $2.13 billion to the state’s gross domestic product in 2015, according to a new study by ABF Economics. The study, commissioned by the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association, said the industry generated $7.37 billion in gross

March 16, 2016 Read Full Article

Katter Fuels Ethanol Debate

by Andrew Marshall (Stock & Land)  Maverick North Queensland MP Bob Katter wants ethanol back on the national fuel agenda to help contain Australia's rising petrol costs. He says serious commitment to renewable biofuels would also dramatically improve air quality in our

January 27, 2016 Read Full Article

Sampson County OKs Incentives Package for 2 Hog Waste Power Plants

by Michael Futch (Fayetteville Observer)  Michigan-based NOVI Energy is moving forward with plans to build two anaerobic digester power plants in Sampson County after county commissioners approved incentives for the facilities. The proposed plants would bring at least 36 jobs to

January 17, 2016 Read Full Article

ABUTEC Aids In Transformation of Manure into Renewable Energy

(Penn Energy/Renewable Energy World)  ABUTEC’s combustion technology is once again paving the way for waste-to-energy projects through its partnership with Roeslein Alternative Energy. With almost two million pigs housed throughout nine facilities, Smithfield Foods Missouri produces an exorbitant amount of manure,

December 30, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Challenge Aims to Recycle Nutrients from Manure

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has opened a competition for technologies to recycle nutrients from livestock manure on Challenge.gov. The competition is being held in partnership with the USDA. The American Biogas Council is among the project’s

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

VIASPACE Reports Progress On Giant King® Grass Animal Feed

(VIASPACE/PRNewswire)   VIASPACE Inc. (OTC: VSPC) has been working intensively on growing Giant King®Grass (GKG) in California at the VIASPACE nursery, the University of California Desert Research and Extension Center, and with our partner Almaden Energy Group, LLC (AEG) for

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

Pigs Can Regulate Sulfur in Distiller Grains

(AgriNews)  Distillers dried grains with solubles, a co-product of the ethanol industry, is becoming a more common ingredient in swine diets.  However, DDGS can be high in sulfur, and data is limited on the amount of sulfur that pigs can

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

New Dual-Purpose Bioenergy, Forage Crop Set for Release by AgriLife Research Next Year

by Kay Ledbetter (AgriLife Today)  Dr. Russ Jessup, an AgriLife Research perennial grass breeder in College Station, said he is introducing a new biofuel-biomass feedstock that is a hybrid “similar to seedless watermelons, seedless grapes and other sterile triploid crops.” Jessup

November 04, 2015 Read Full Article

USDA Chief Economist Office Examines Ethanol’s Complex Impact

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  USDA's Office of the Chief Economist just released a comprehensive report on ethanol. The 87-page report, “U.S. Ethanol: An Examination of Policy, Production, Use, Distribution, and Market Interactions,” examines the complex interaction of

October 30, 2015 Read Full Article

Not Just about Bin-Busting

by Tom Doran (AgriNews)  ... “When it comes to growing corn, no one does it better than America’s family farmers,” National Corn Growers President Chip Bowling said at a Farm Progress Show press conference. “But our challenge today is two-fold: First, we must

October 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Smithfield Foods' Hog Production Division and Tyton BioEnergy Systems Announce Research Partnership

(Smithfield Foods/Globe NewsWire)  Smithfield Foods' Hog Production Division, Murphy-Brown, LLC, and Tyton BioEnergy Systems announced today a research partnership to develop new applications for Tyton's dedicated, non-smoking tobacco crop and the resulting soil amendment, filtration, and feed products within Smithfield's

August 25, 2015 Read Full Article

Katter's Australia Party 10 Per Cent Ethanol Mandate Plan Divides Feedlot and Grain Growers Again

by Arlie Felton-Taylor (ABC Rural)  The ethanol debate has heated up in Queensland again after Katter's Australia Party put an increased mandate back on the agenda.  The party said it will pull support for the Palaszczuk Government if it does not

August 19, 2015 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Works for Illinois Animal Agriculture

(Illinois Soybean Association)  Biodiesel Positively Impacts Poultry and Livestock Farmers’ Bottom Lines -- Biodiesel is known for powering vehicles across the country—but it also works for poultry and livestock farmers by powering their profitability. That was the message today at the REG

August 18, 2015 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Can Increase Livestock Production’s Profitability

(Biofuels International)  Biodiesel is known for powering vehicles across the country—but it also works for poultry and livestock farmers by powering their profitability.  That was the message at Western Dubuque Biodiesel’s plant, where soyabean groups hosted a tour of the

July 31, 2015 Read Full Article

Grazing Land Has Scope for Biofuel Surge

(SciDev.net)  At least 500 million hectares are available for growing biofuel crops; This is after considering rising food demand and growing urbanisation; Only up to 200 million hectares would be needed to slash fossil fuel use Converting grazing land into fields to grow

July 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Agriculture Industry Alliance Warns Ethanol Mandate Would Increase Fuel and Food Prices in Queensland but Grain Growers and Grain Ethanol Producers Disagree

(ABC Rural)  The head of Queensland's only sorghum biorefinery says a mandate on ethanol in fuel is essential for the future of his business. It comes as the agriculture sector is shaping up for another round of fighting between two key

May 20, 2015 Read Full Article

New RSB Standard Proposed to Certify Low-Risk ILUC Biomass

by  Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It may soon be possible to certify that biomass is not only sustainably sourced, but also considered low-risk for indirect land use change (ILUC). The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials released its draft standard

May 04, 2015 Read Full Article

Spotlight on Iowa

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol Producer Magazine digs into the details of ethanol production in Iowa and how the industry got started. When Jerry Mohr, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association board of directors, talks to politicians, he

January 07, 2015 Read Full Article

KSG Agro Expert Believes the Production of Biofuels Should Not Disturb the Eco-Balance of Land

(KSG Agro)  In the production of biofuels one should take into account the need to maintain soil fertility. This was mentioned by KSG Agro Holding’s CEO Mr. Sergey Mazin during the V Ukrainian Grain Congress, held in Kiev on November

December 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Spotlight on Iowa

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol Producer Magazine digs into the details of ethanol production in Iowa and how the industry got started. When Jerry Mohr, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association board of directors, talks to politicians, he

December 11, 2014 Read Full Article

The Environmental Pros and Cons of Feeding Dried Distillers Grains

by Alma Release (Alberta Farmer)   Cattle fed DDGs produce less methane and more nitrogen, Lethbridge Research Station scientists have found ... Feed is one of the highest on-farm costs and when the price of barley, corn and wheat rises, producers often turn

December 04, 2014 Read Full Article

High Turkey Prices: Don't Blame Ethanol

by Alan Neuhauser  (U.S. News and World Report/MSN.com)  No clucking way.   Turkey prices are still higher than average, the American Farm Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics found last week – but don’t blame the Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel standard. The

November 26, 2014 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Benefits Livestock Producers

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  While some have tried to pit the biofuels industry against livestock producers, the folks at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) explain their green fuel is actually helping those producers. “The livestock industry is a strong stakeholder. That’s

November 25, 2014 Read Full Article

Doctor DDGS: Leading Swine Nutritionist, University of Minnesota Professor Jerry Shurson, Discusses Low-Oil DDGS and Growth Performance on Pigs.

by Ron Kotrba (Ethanol Producers Magazine) With ethanol plants extracting oil from DDGS, the question of how this affects feeding performance becomes paramount to the livestock and poultry industries.  University of Minnesota professor Jerry Shurson talks with Ethanol Producer Magazine about

June 17, 2014 Read Full Article

Ethanol Producer Green Plains Has Plans to Feed Its Own Cattle

by Lynn Doan (Bloomberg)  Green Plains Inc. (GPRE), which just became the first major ethanol producer to buy its own cattle-feed yard, has plans to milk it for more -- by buying the cattle too. The fourth-largest ethanol maker in the U.S.

June 12, 2014 Read Full Article

Storm over China's Corn, DDG Imports 'Temporary' - USDA Boss

(Agrimoney.com)  China's apparent curbs on imports of US distillers' grains and corn represent only a "temporary" hiccup, Joseph Glauber, one of the most important people in agriculture, although the head of a major Chinese grains group took a more cautious

June 12, 2014 Read Full Article

Study finds that increased corn yields and more efficient use of corn ethanol co-products will greatly decrease land needed for ethanol production

(PR NewsWire/Illinois Corn Marketing Board) Land attributable to ethanol will drop from current 25% to as little as 11% of U.S. corn acres A too common error made in reporting the amount of land used for U.S. ethanol production is to measure

June 04, 2014 Read Full Article

Don’t Ignore Contribution of Distillers Grains

by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It's something that has been said over and over and, yet, it's worth repeating because so many people don't seem to get it. Distillers grains is an important part of the ethanol production and

May 13, 2014 Read Full Article

Ag Subcommittee Hears Pros and Cons of RFS

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  The food versus fuel debate arose once again in front of Congress. At last week’s U.S. House Ag Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., opponents and proponents of the Renewable Fuels Standard presented their arguments on the RFS

May 06, 2014 Read Full Article

Illinois Corn and Cattle Producers Coexist Well

(Brownfield Ag News)  An Illinois beef industry leader says cattle and corn farmers in the state complement each other very well, no matter what the market is. Illinois Beef Association Executive Vice President Reid Blossom says cattlemen are enjoying a

April 16, 2014 Read Full Article

Chickens to Benefit from Biofuels Bonanza

(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Chickens could be the unexpected beneficiaries of the growing biofuels industry, feeding on proteins retrieved from the fermenters used to brew bioethanol, thanks to research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Pacific Biodiesel, HIPPO Host Hawaii Sustainable Agriculture Tour

(Pacific Biodiesel Technologies/Biodiesel Magazine)   On Oct. 10, Pacific Biodiesel, Big Island Biodiesel and Hawaii Pure Plant Oil hosted a tour to exhibit the community-based biofuel production model that is developing on Hawaii Island—a model that undeniably supports green jobs, local

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Bipartisan Group of Legislators Introduce RFS Reform Act

(Office of Representative Jim Costa (D-CA 16th))  Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement today regarding the introduction of the RFS Reform Act in the U.S. House of Representatives: “The

October 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Analysis: Brewing U.S. Ethanol Legal Battle Hinges on Meaning of 'Supply'

by Cezary Podkul  (Reuters)  The fate of a landmark U.S. requirement to blend increasing amounts of biofuels into the nation's gasoline pool rests on the meaning of three words tucked into a mammoth law: unless there is "inadequate domestic supply." But

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Global Farmers Learn Value of Ethanol

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Each year during World Food Prize week, the Truth About Trade and Technology Global Farmer Roundtable brings farmers from all over the world to visit Couser Cattle Company in Nevada, Iowa. Owner Bill Couser not only produces cattle, he also

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Maintain Renewable Fuel Standards

by Tim Burrack (Chicago Tribune) Letter to Editor:  ... As family farmers for more than 40 years, we have had our share of ups and downs. The RFS gave farmers like us a new market for our corn, helped bring corn prices

October 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Byproducts

by Lyndee Stabel  (AgWeek)  Paying the feed bill has cleaned out bank accounts faster than Jesse James in recent years, as high corn prices left cattlemen everywhere looking for the cheapest, most efficient alternatives. Answering that search, Galen Erickson shared research results

October 01, 2013 Read Full Article

RFS Hasn't Hurt the Poultry Industry

by Gary Pestoriou (The Hill's Congress Blog)    I followed with interest the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearings concerning the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). I became very skeptical of the statements by those representing the livestock and poultry sectors

September 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Are Lower Fat DDGs Still Economical?

by Barb Glen (Western Producer)  Lower fat content in corn-based dried distillers grains imported by Canadian livestock feeders has caught many by surprise. Feed suppliers and feedlot operators who use the ethanol production byproduct have become accustomed to DDG fat content

September 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Analyst Says Ethanol Rush Is Over, Corn May Drop to $3.25

by Brett Wessler (Ag Professional)  Livestock producers are likely to see shrinking feed costs ahead with one market analyst forecasting lower corn prices as ethanol demand will be “flat-lining” into 2022. Dan Basse, AgResource Company, told the good news to cattle producers

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

How Big Poultry Sided with Big Oil

By Reid Detchon (The Baltimore Sun)  Our ability to break our dependence on foreign oil is threatened by the effort to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard Oil is essential to our economic and national security because our transportation system runs on

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry on the Offensive after August Recess

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... (Paul) Bertels (vice president of production and utilization for the National Corn Growers Association) said the harvest should bring in about 12.9 billion bushels of corn, the third largest crop ever and just 100

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Difficult but Important Conversation at a Craft Fair

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Talking to someone that has negative views about the ethanol industry isn't always easy. But if the conversation stays respectful it's possible for both parties to come away with a little better understanding of

August 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa State Fair Traffic Will Be Greeted with Biodiesel Billboards

(The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Biodiesel Magazine)  In preparation for the 2013 Iowa State Fair, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association today announced the start of a billboard campaign aimed at increasing the use of biodiesel in Iowa, particularly on Iowa farms. The

August 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Chemtex Picks Duplin County Firm for Ethanol Plant Supplies

by Chris Bagley (Triangle Business Journal)    A fuels and chemicals company said it has nailed down a major supplier for its planned $200 million ethanol plant near Clinton. Wilmington-based Chemtex said Murphy Brown LLC, a hog-farming company headquartered in Duplin County, will supply

July 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Busting Big Oil Myths on the RFS and Ethanol, Part II: Food Prices

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/The Energy Collective)  ...Big Oil’s PR machine regurgitates these myths via conference calls with reporters, meetings with editorial boards, sham studies, paid advertising, social media and many other channels. Their goal, of course, is to

June 06, 2013 Read Full Article

DDGS Intake Reduces Methane Output of Dairy Cows

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Every once in a while, I read something that really catches my attention. A study that found that distillers grains can help reduce methane output and increase milk production in dairy cows definitely falls

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa State University Seeks Livestock Producers’ Input for Ethanol Survey

(PorkNetwork)   Iowa State University is conducting a nationwide survey of livestock producers’ use of feed-related coproducts from ethanol production. ... Livestock producers are invited to take the survey online until June 19 at:  http://humansciences.ethanolcoproducts.sgizmo.com/s3/   READ MORE and MORE (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Excerpt from Ethanol Producer

May 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel’s Big Comeback and Bigger Prospects

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Darling of the mid-2000s, still beloved by its many fans — biodiesel is increasingly a key to delivering advanced biofuels volumes now — and even more so between now and 2022. Presentations by NBB CEO Joe

April 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Construction on Clinton Biofuel Refinery Could Start as Early as Fall

by John Ramsey (FayObserver.com)  Construction on a $170 million refinery in Clinton to convert 20 million tons of grass into fuel each year could start as early as this fall. Chemtex, an international company with offices in Wilmington, plans to build

March 19, 2013 Read Full Article

That Darn Devil, Them Dang Details: What’s Really Driving Food Prices?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In the new USDA long-term forecasts, rising global meat consumption stands out as a driver of rising food prices, exports. ...But you might ask yourself — in a world where you can find hyperbole linking hunger

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Chemtex Officials Offer City Timeline that Points to 2015 Plant Opening

by Chris Berendt (The Sampson Independent)  Chemtex International Inc. is currently involved in a permitting process that will see a $200 million biofuels refinery production plant open at the start of 2015, creating around 350 direct and indirect jobs and anticipated

December 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Texas Farm Bureau Conference Exposes Rift on Ethanol

by J.B. Smith (WacoTrib.com)  ...“It’s farmers vs. ranchers,” said McLennan County Farm Bureau president and delegate Kevin Huffman in an interview. Huffman, who raises cattle, corn, wheat and cotton near McGregor, opposed both amendments but said he understood the sentiment behind

December 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Bioethanol and Biodiesel 'Crucial' to Meeting Energy Needs

(FarmingUK.com)  Biodiesel and bioethanol markets are crucial to meeting future energy needs according to the NFU. The news follows a series of meetings between biofuel professionals, producers and the Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker in a bid to get

December 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Algae Producers Look to Market By-Product of Biodiesel

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Just as ethanol producers have been able to market the co-product dried distillers grains (DDGs) as livestock feed, those folks producing algae for biodiesel want to find more uses for what’s leftover once you get the

November 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Cattle, Corn Contribute to Ethanol Bonanza

by Art Hovey (Lincoln Journal Star)  The economic bounce that comes from the combination of corn and cattle in Nebraska "is unmatched any other place in the country," agricultural economist Bruce Johnson told the Nebraska Ethanol Board on Tuesday. And the

October 31, 2012 Read Full Article

US Grains Council Releases New, Expanded Edition of DDGS Handbook

(Pork Network)  To update current and potential customers on advances in research and end-users' experience in feeding distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has released the third edition of A Guide to Distiller's Dried Grains with

October 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Corn Price Decline Less Than 1% With Full RFS Waiver

(Corn and Soybean Digest)  A full waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS) conventional biofuel requirement might reduce corn prices by just 0.5% (4¢/bu.) in 2012-2013, according to a new analysis conducted by the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute. The study

October 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Establishing Energy Grasses in Sprayfields

(Biofuels Center of North Carolina)  As part of its project to establish energy grasses in the southeastern part of the state on hog lagoon sprayfields and verify the economic opportunities for biofuels, the Biofuels Center has planted energy grasses on

October 02, 2012 Read Full Article

OPINION: Critic of DDG Wrong: Ethanol and Distillers Grains Help to Make Most of Every Bushel.

by Chad Blindauer (The Daily Republic)  As a farmer and cattle feeder, I felt obligated to write this today to clear up the continued falsities being produced from the author of “Distillers grain not as good as corn for cattle,”

October 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Requests to Waive the Renewable Fuel Standard in the Aftermath of the 2012 Heat Wave and Drought

by Ned Stowe (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) In the wake of the devastating heat wave and drought which covered much of the United States this year, it has become clear that there will be less corn available on the market

September 21, 2012 Read Full Article

Kudos to Chemtex

by Susanne Retka Schill   (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In one of those interesting ironies of renewable fuels, Chemtex's North Carolina proposed cellulosic ethanol project puts a sector of the hog industry rooting for the success of advanced biofuels. ...What caught my eye on

August 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Chemtex Lands $99M USDA Loan Guarantee for North Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels Project

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In North Carolina, Chemtex announced that it has received a $99 million conditional loan guarantee from USDA, under the USDA’s 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program for the engineering and construction of “Project Alpha.” Chemtex is in discussions

August 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Updated Assessment of the Drought's Impacts on Crop Prices and Biofuel Production

by Bruce Babcock (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development)  ...The sharply lowered production estimates suggest the preliminary assessment of the impact of the drought on crop prices and biofuel production that I conducted last month needs to be updated. 1 In the

August 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant Closures Cause DDGS Supply Issues

(Drovers Cattle Network)  The 2012 drought is not only taking its toll on U.S. Midwest crop and livestock producers. Ethanol plants also are succumbing as high corn prices dry up their operating margins. Suspension of operations, along with reduced production

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Study Supports Need to Reform Ethanol Production Mandate

(National Chicken Council)  In response to a new economic study on the impact of corn ethanol production on food prices and commodity price volatility, a coalition of livestock and poultry groups is urging Congress to reform the federal Renewable Fuels

July 25, 2012 Read Full Article

North Carolina on Mission to Build Biofuel Industry, Company Sees Ethanol Coming from Grassy Fields

by Emery P. Dalesio  (The Republic/AP)  An Italian company's Wilmington-based subsidiary is geared up to build a factory that can convert grassy plants into fuel for cars and trucks amid Sampson County's hog and turkey growers. With financial and verbal encouragement

June 11, 2012 Read Full Article

Pasture Rent Considerations for Beef Producers

by South Dakota State University (iGrow)  Rental rates for range and pastureland are on the rise, due to increasing demands for corn, says Ken Olson, SDSU Extension Beef Specialist. "Increasing demand for corn for ethanol production and growing export markets has

June 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Flip-Side to Biofuels Story

by  John Maday  (Drovers Cattle Network)  A couple weeks ago, we ran an article titled “Feeding the biofuels beast,” which documented a University of Montana study suggesting current production methods and policy for biofuels are unsustainable. The article drew a number of

March 22, 2012 Read Full Article

Hog Producers Can Compete with Ethanol for Corn

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  An agricultural economist says hog producers are now able to compete with ethanol producers for corn. “This is an amazing difference from just five years ago,” said Purdue agricultural economist Dr. Chris Hurt. “The hog industry was

March 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses on Farm Bill Energy Programs

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a handful of bioenergy stakeholders were given the opportunity to present the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with their opinions on the importance of the Farm Bill’s

February 16, 2012 Read Full Article

National Cattlemen's President-Elect Says Group Is Not Opposed to Ethanol

by Heather Thornstensen (AgriNews)  While they had a leader from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association at their recent annual convention, the Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association brought together a panel to discuss whether the ethanol and cattle industries can co-exist. ..."As I

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

House Hearing Ignores Critical Facts about America’s Ethanol Industry

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  America’s ethanol producers are on pace to produce nearly 40 million metric tons of livestock feed in 2011 – a volume greater than all the corn used on cattle feedlots all across the country. 

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels No Conflict with Food Prices - Update

(Biofuels Association of Australia)  The Biofuels Association of Australia fired back at claims made by the Australian Lot Feeder's Association that biofuels are diverting crops away from food sources or pushing up food prices in Australia. "These sorts of comments by the

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article
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