World Agricultural Production - October 2008
The current credit crisis could be starting to affect farmers in Brazil with corn production down this month and, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service World Agricultural Production report, the amount of credit available to Brazilian farmers...

Oilseeds World Markets and Trade Report October 2008
While Brazil is seeing a domestic growth in soybean meal and oil, because of a growth in production of pig meat and poultry, Argentina has seen its exports fall, according to the Oilseeds World Market and Trade Report by the USDA Foreign Agricultural...

Perspectives for Ethanol in Brazil
Demand for ethanol in Brazil - one of the world's largest producers - is set to grow by 150 per cent over the next decade, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheBioenergySite.

Giant Grass Offers Clues to Growing Corn in Cooler Climes
The genetics of a grass with a long growing season could hold the clue to developing a new strain of corn, according to research at the University of Illinois.

Distillers Grain in Finishing Hog Rations
The recent rise in food prices has been blamed on the emergence and expansion of the biofuel sector among other factors, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheBioenergySite.

Impact of Biofuels on Meat Production
The biofuels industry is a policy driven industry that is influenced by the need to reduce the use of energy resources, agricultural support and environmental issues, writes Chris Harris Senior Editor, TheBioenergySite.

Sequenced Photosynthetic Bacterium Could Be New Energy Source
US - A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that could be an important source of renewable energy.

A Little-Known Grass Gains Research Fame
David Garvin may be the first U.S. scientist to pursue research using a wild grass known as “purple false brome,” Brachypodium distachyon, as a model plant.

Isn’t it Good – Norwegian Wood?
While the Norwegian company "Norske Skog" is struggling with unprofitable paper production and trees are rotting from the roots up, the world is researching alternatives to petrol. Scientists believe we should put wood chips in the tank.

Oilseeds World Markets and Trade Report
China's soybean imports are stagnant despite record consumption levels as production rebounds, according to the Oilseeds World Markets and Trade report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

Ethanol Coproducts for Ruminant Livestock Diets
By Kenneth Kalscheur and Alvaro Garcia, Dairy Science Department, SDSU, Kurt Rosentrater, USDA – Agriculture Research Service and Cody Wright, Department of Animal and Range Science, SDSU.

Biofuels - Impact of Selected Farm Bill Provisions
By the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)of the University of Missouri.

Biofuels: Look Toward Future Feedstocks
By the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.

Bioethanol from Paddy Straw and Chaff
Bioethanol is attracting keen interest as a new fuel that could take the place of petroleum and other fossil fuels and America and Brazil are already producing it for commercial purposes from corn, cane sugar and other raw materials.

Colombia Biofuels Annual Report 2008
The Colombian government issued its policy framework for biofuels production and announced it will temporarily import 500,000 liters of ethanol per day to blend with gasoline to reduce its gasoline consumption and to ease gasoline price increases according...