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Back TO HOMEKenya’s Farmers Battle Drought through Biodiesel Made from Cotton Waste
by Sanjoy Sanyal and Esther Kahinga (World Resources Institute) ... While irrigation systems could help provide a more stable source of
May 02, 2019 Read Full Article
UFOP Report on Global Market Supply 2018/2019: Combining Economically Viable Agriculture with Appropriate Agricultural Market and Climate Protection Policies
(Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops (UFOP)) The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops (UFOP)
February 05, 2019 Read Full Article
European Drought Increases Ethanol Feedstock Costs but Also Boosts Dried Distillers Grains Prices
by Chrysa Glystra (S&P Global Platts) The hot and dry weather that has swept across Northwest Europe over the summer months has
August 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Study Says CRP Mixes Don't Live up to Biofuel Potential
by Julie Harker (Brownfield Ag News) Mixed prairie grasses that are used in Conservation Reserve Program lands did not live up
February 21, 2018 Read Full Article
Consequences of Drought Stress on Biofuels
(Phys.Org/U.S. Department of Energy) ...However, weather conditions could greatly affect crop yields. In this study, researchers examined the effect of
September 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Water-Energy Dependence around Pacific Rim Mapped in New Sandia Study
(Sandia National Laboratories) A wide-ranging analysis of water vulnerability across the Pacific — including the U.S., China, Russia and Japan
September 20, 2016 Read Full Article
Limpopo Receives R940m Investment for Renewable Energy from US, Chinese Companies
(African News Agency/Engineering News) American and Chinese companies are set to invest R940-million in Limpopo to pursue renewable energy and
May 12, 2016 Read Full Article
Cassava May Help Support Ethanol Needs
by Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat (Bangkok Post) Rising ethanol demand this year, coupled with expected sugar-cane production cuts due to the severe drought,
March 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Scorching Summer Drives California Innovation and Biofuels
by Graham Noyes (Low Carbon Fuels Coalition/Biofuels Digest) California’s politicians and people are responding to the state’s increasingly dire symptoms
September 01, 2015 Read Full Article
Study: Easing Ethanol Mandate Could Have Cut Corn Prices during Drought
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln) By relaxing a federal ethanol mandate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could have counteracted the impact of
March 09, 2015 Read Full Article
Renewed Interest in Grain Sorghum in Nebraska
by Ken Anderson (Browfield Ag News) A combination of dry weather and increased demand from the ethanol sector could have grain
March 29, 2013 Read Full Article
Optimistic Bearing: Staying Bullish on Ethanol Even in the Trough of Negative Margins.
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...“Ethanol’s value proposition, as a very cost-effective molecule in the motor gasoline pool,
March 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol--Does the RFS Matter?
by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (University of Illinois/FarmDocDaily) ...The suggestion to waive the mandate assumes that ethanol production and blending
March 21, 2013 Read Full Article
Idle Ethanol Plants Wait for New Fuel Standards
by Grant Gerlock (KBIA) Ethanol is an up and down industry, and right now it’s down. Ethanol plants in at
March 20, 2013 Read Full Article
Operation Deathanol, RINs, and the Selling of the Fossil Fuels Story
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Read any stories about renewable fuels lately in mainstream media? Bet they’re bad ones. Here
March 19, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol Plants Turning toward Grain Sorghum
by Art Hovey (Lincoln Star Journal) ...On a much brighter note, the managers of ethanol plants in Trenton and Ravenna
March 05, 2013 Read Full Article
WASDE Report
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) ... Total global grain supplies were raised slightly to 2705.6 MMT, the second-largest on
December 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuel Standard Benefits Consumers, Economy
by Tadd Nicholson (Chillicothe Gazette) ...Blending corn ethanol into gasoline reduces our reliance on foreign oil, helping to meet
December 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Use in Gasoline Production Would Be the Same with or without RFS Waiver
by Daryll Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer (Southwest Farm Press/University of Tennessee) ...On November 16, 2012, the EPA denied the
December 06, 2012 Read Full Article
25x'25 Commends EPA Decision to Uphold RFS
(25 x '25) In response to the EPA decision today upholding volume requirements of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, 25x'25
November 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels: Notices--Denial of Requests for a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) In August 2012, Governors from several States requested a waiver of the national volume requirements for
November 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels Mandates Around the World – Who Is Moving the Targets?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... United States Concerns over the price impacts of a devastating US drought have led to
October 25, 2012 Read Full Article
Geoff Cooper Addresses Attendees at Export Exchange
by Jamie Johansen (DomesticFuel.com) Attendees for the 2012 Export Exchange were the audience for Renewable Fuels Associations’s Geoff Cooper. Geoff serves as the organizations Vice
October 24, 2012 Read Full Article
Rain Dancing on Wall Street, Main Street and Elm Street
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As drought, recession, and capital starvation form a perfect storm, will advanced biofuels be thrown
October 23, 2012 Read Full Article
RFS Waiver Would Have Minor Effect on Corn Price in Short Term
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) An October report from the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute concludes that a
October 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Study: Waiving RFS Could Increase Feed Costs for Livestock, Poultry Producers
(Renewable Fuels Association) Waiving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2013 could actually result in higher net feeding costs for livestock and
October 15, 2012 Read Full Article
The RFS: It’s Not Broke, Don’t Fix It
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) This summer’s drought in the farm belt raised real fears about food
October 08, 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
October 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Are High Grain Prices Good for Anyone?
by Roy Roberson (Southeast Farm Press) • Sounds like a good deal for grain growers and a bad one for
October 02, 2012 Read Full Article
When Will I Be Loved?: Supporters of the US Renewable Fuel Standard Begin to Rally
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“Fuels America is built around one core idea: renewable fuel is essential to the U.S.
September 28, 2012 Read Full Article
Crop Prices Probably Peaked After Drought Cuts U.S. Output
by Luzi Ann Javier (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) Rallies in corn, wheat and soybeans because of drought in the U.S., the top
September 24, 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
September 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Response To EPRINC Study: “Ethanol’s Lost Promise”
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) About EPRINC: EPRINC is a non-profit group funded by Big Oil, staffed by former
September 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Sorghum in Spotlight Due to Drought, Pending EPA Action
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) For years, National Sorghum Producers have advocated for increasing the use of grain
September 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Paris Backs Halt in Biofuel Use to Avert Food Shortages
(EurActiv) A French plan to fight food price volatility took further shape yesterday (12 September) with a call to pause
September 17, 2012 Read Full Article
RFS Waiver Comment Period Extended
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a 15 day extension of the comment period on the requests for
September 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Market Speculators, Oil Drive High Food Prices
by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. drought, disastrous as it is, does not signal Armageddon for food prices,
September 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Fears of Global Food Price Crisis Recede
by Nigel Hunt and Veronica Brown (Reuters) * USDA report paints less severe corn crop picture than feared * FAO says
September 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Mandate Waiver: Decks Stacked Against Petitioners
by Marlo Lewis (GlobalWarming.org) The Governors of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and North Carolina have petitioned EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to waive the mandatory ethanol blending requirements established by
September 11, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol and the Journalism It Attracts
by Terry Daynard (The Record) Opinion pieces about fuel ethanol have been popular among national journalists this summer, most
September 11, 2012 Read Full Article
Food Crises and Technological Phobia
by Drew Kershen (BioFortified) ...I do not write to enter the debate focused on fuel standards, markets and commodity speculators.
September 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Analysis: U.S. Bankers Say, Love or Hate It, Ethanol Here to Stay
by Christine Stebbins (Reuters) ..."Ethanol demand is the linchpin of the current pricing model that we have," said Michael Swanson,
September 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Hard to Pass Food-Price Spikes on to Consumers
by Neil Shah (The Wall Street Journal) America’s widest drought since 1956 has killed corn, soybean and wheat crops and
September 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Stays in Gasoline Even If Mandate Ends
by Mario Parker (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) Ethanol, the best-performing energy commodity this year, is cheaper than gasoline, encouraging refiners to use
August 28, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels Lobby Asks Obama to Keep US Ethanol Mandate Amid Drought
(Platts) Eight groups representing a cross section of the US biofuels industry asked the White House on Monday to keep
August 28, 2012 Read Full Article
A Waiver that Wouldn’t Be Wise
by Adam Monroe (News Observer) Last week Gov. Beverly Perdue filed a waiver request for the Renewable Fuel Standard, one
August 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Can Ethanol Cut Foreign Oil Imports?
by Ken Silverstein (Forbes) ...By most standards, the hope that is such first-generation fuel additives are supplanted by next-generation ones,
August 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Oklahoma Researchers Look to Refuel Ethanol
by Adam Wilmoth (News OK) The extended drought has reduced the country's corn supply and driven up corn costs, affecting
August 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels Group: Big Oil Also behind Ethanol Waiver Requests
by Zack Coleman (The Hill/E2Wire) ...Monte Shaw, executive director with the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, credits the uptick in gubernatorial
August 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Waiver May Lower Corn But Raise Gas Prices
by Bertha Coombs (CNBC) Calls are growing to suspend the federal ethanol production mandate next year, as the worst drought
August 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Production in U.S. Low Enough to Drain Surplus, CME Says
by Mario Parker (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) Ethanol production in the U.S. has fallen enough to drain a stockpile glut of the
August 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Dating Your Feedstock and Never Marrying: The 6 Hottest Ways to Alleviate Food vs Fuel
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With the US drought, food vs fuel has returned as an issue. What alternatives are
August 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Minister: Ban Biofuel, It Boosts Famine
(The Local: German's News in English) Biofuel containing corn should be banned from German petrol pumps, a minister has demanded, as droughts and
August 21, 2012 Read Full Article
Drought Sparks Intense Fight over RFS Waiver
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Talk of a possible renewable fuel standard (RFS) waiver request became a reality in
August 20, 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
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
August 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Biodiesel on the March; REG Reports Record Revenues for Q2
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...As is sometimes overlooked, the advanced biofuels pool in the US Renewable Fuel Standard is
August 15, 2012 Read Full Article
US Ethanol Mandate Waiver Would Not Destroy Corn Demand: Deutsche Bank
(Platts) A waiver of the US ethanol mandate would not destroy corn demand because current gasoline blending economics still favor
August 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels Industry Group Pushes Lawmakers on Corn Ethanol Views
by Zack Coleman (The Hill/E2Wire) ... The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has been warning its political allies on Capitol Hill
August 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Midwest Drought Helps Push U.S. Gasoline Prices Higher
(Reuters) Gasoline prices in the United States rose over the past two weeks, driven partly by supply disruptions and a
August 13, 2012 Read Full Article
10 Ways Ethanol is Helping Livestock Producers
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) ... (E)thanol production provides multiple benefits to Midwestern livestock producers: 1. The ethanol industry has driven the production
August 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Credits May Ease Pressure on U.S. Corn, IEA Says
by Nariman Gizitdinov (Bloomberg) Ethanol credits held by U.S. refiners may help reduce demand for the blending fuel and ease pressure
August 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Czarnikow Sees Improved EU Ethanol Outlook After U.S. Drought
by Whitney McFerron (Bloomberg) Surging corn prices and policy changes in the U.S. and European Union mean the outlook for the
August 10, 2012 Read Full Article
Lower U.S. Corn Crop Doesn’t Justify Ethanol Waiver, RFA Says
by (Bloomberg) ...Refiners can meet biofuel targets by drawing from ample stockpiles and utilizing excess credits, known as Renewable Identification
August 10, 2012 Read Full Article
House Disaster Assistance Allows Good Intentions to Overwhelm Good Sense
(25 x '25) While passage last week by the House of Representatives of a bill that would provide much needed
August 10, 2012 Read Full Article
Fighting the Good Fight
by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...Though it sometimes can be easy to lose sight, the increasing challenges we
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
US Drought to Hit Ethanol Exports, Not Gas Prices - EIA
(Reuters) ...But gasoline prices should be spared despite the loss of ethanol output, the EIA said on Wednesday. "The impact
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol Producers Adapt to Drought, Corn Prices
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Nebraska ethanol producers are responding to a tough market. With excessive drought conditions and nearly record
August 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Grassley Delivers Harsh Criticism of RFS Waiver Effort
(Brownfield Ag News) Some strong criticism today from Iowa Senator Charles Grassley directed towards that coalition of livestock, meat and
August 02, 2012 Read Full Article
Petroleum Refiners Get out the Old Fear-Mongering Playbook for Attack on Renewable Fuel Standard
by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest) Despite oil industry claims of “$10 million in fines for non-existent fuels” – they paid
August 02, 2012 Read Full Article
Ethanol 'One of the Most Hated Industries': CEO
by Jane Wells (CNBC) ...Proponents say refiners can use past spending splurges on ethanol as credits against this year's purchasing
July 31, 2012 Read Full Article
Letter to the Editor - Response to Wall Street Journal: Purpose over Panic. Fact over Fear.
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association) Mr. Larry Pope’s July 27th op-ed “The Ethanol Mandate is Worse Than The Drought” calls out
July 31, 2012 Read Full Article
US Farmers Urge Obama Administration to Suspend Ethanol Quota Amid Drought
by Suzanne Goldenberg (The Guardian) The Obama administration was urged on Monday to stop diverting grain to gas amid warnings of an
July 31, 2012 Read Full Article
Drought Impacts Ethanol Production
by Seth Slabaugh (The Star Press) ... “High corn prices driven by the drought have caused some ethanol plants to temporarily
July 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, Renewable Fuels Association Release Ethanol, Drought Myth-Busting Reports
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance published a note “to once again clear up
July 19, 2012 Read Full Article
Danforth Center Part of Biofuel Study
by Tim Bryant (STLToday.com) The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is among five recipients of a $12.1 million
July 17, 2012 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Special Report on Drought
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dire US media headlines abound: “Drought!” What’s real, what’s hype, and what are the impacts?