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.

US Feed Outlook
A fall in US feed grain production this month largely caused by dry weather has only partially been offset by increases in foreign production, according to the US Feed Outlook by the Economic Research Service of the USDA.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
US corn and wheat production is expected to be high this year with ethanol production raising 150 million bushels of corn, according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the USDA.

World Agricultural Production - September 2008
European corn production has dropped this year compared to last, but China is set for a record harvest according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service World Agricultural Production Report. At the same time Australia's harvest has been hit by drought,...

US Oil Crops Outlook
A fall in US production of soybean could be offset internationally by increased production in Argentina, according to the latest US Oil Crops Outlook produced by the USDA Economic Research 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.

Dominican Republic Bio-Fuels Jatropha Report 2008
Production of Jatropha in the Dominican Repulic is very limited to date accordign to a report from Carlos G. Suarez, Agricultural Specialist at the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. There are small projects in four areas (including one visited by the...

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.

Canada BioFuels Annual Report 2008
Prepared by Darlene Dessureault USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. The Canadian government has made the necessary legislative amendments (Bill C-33) to be able to establish a national renewable fuels mandate in the gasoline pool and in diesel fuel by...

Aquatic Biofuels as an Alternative
Aquatic resources to produce clean energy could be part of the answer to meeting the world's energy needs and demands, writes TheBioenergySite Senior Editor Chris Harris.

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...

Future for Clean Energy Lies in "Big Bang" of Evolution
Amid mounting agreement that future clean, "carbon-neutral", energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria, according...