From Garbage to Gas
Household waste and rubbish could be the enxt source of biofuels. Marcia Wood, from the ARS looks at the researcha dn principles in the October issue of the USDA ARS Agricultural Research Magazine.

What We Don't Know about Biofuels
Energy Biosciences Institute director Chris Somerville at the Berkley University of California discusses the quest to 'decarbonize' and create next-generation fuels.

Superenzymes - Turning Tough Cell Walls Into Readily Fermented Sugars
Superenzymes could help break down cell walls to ease the production of biofuels. Marcia Wood from the ARS looks at the research in the October issue of the USDA ARS Agricultural Research Magazine.

Research Helps Set the Stage for Ethanol…Southern Style
New sugar cane varieties offer potential for ethanol production. Jan Suszkiw from the ARS looks at the research into the new crops in the October issue of the USDA ARS Agricultural Research Magazine.

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...

US Oil Crops Outlook
Volatile global oil prices and fluctuating financial markets are having an impact on the US and international oil seeds market, with demand and yields for soybean oil down in August according to Mark Ash and Erik Dohlman from USDA's Economic Research...

Brazil Sugar Semi Annual Report 2008
Brazil’s 2008/09 sugarcane crop is estimated to reach 555 million tonnes, of which 59.5 per cent will be destined for ethanol production and 40.5 per cent for sugar production, according to the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.

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...

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.