CME: Corn Futures Closed Down on Thursday
US - July Corn finished down 9 1/4 at 641 1/2, 10 1/2 off the high and 1 1/4 up from the low. December Corn closed down 7 3/4 at 524. This was 1/2 up from the low and 10 off the high....

House Ag Committee Approves Farm Bill
US - The House Agriculture Committee has approved the Farm Bill, including significant savings and reforms. ...

NFU Captures Farmers’ Hydro Scheme Aspirations
WALES, UK - It is our aspiration that every farmer should have the opportunity to become a net exporter of low carbon energy, says NFU Cymru....

Hydrogen Infrastructure Partnership Launched
US - The Energy Department has launched H2USA - a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for US consumers, including...

B100 to Fuel Pulling Tractors
US - A partnership between US soybean farmers and the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA) will reach another milestone Friday when the NTPA begins allowing the use of 100 per cent biodiesel,...

Argentina Files Biodiesel Dispute Against EU
ARGENTINA and EU - Argentina notified the World Trade Organisation Secretariat, on 15 May 2013, of a request for consultations with the European Union on measures imposed by the EU and/or its...

Pretreating Miscanthus Improves Biofuel Economy
US - Two University of Illinois scientists have developed an environmentally friendly and more economical way of pretreating Miscanthus in the biofuel production process....

CME: Corn Futures Closed Down Wednesday
US - July Corn finished down 1 3/4 at 650 3/4, 9 off the high and 5 3/4 up from the low. December Corn closed down 6 1/4 at 531 3/4. This was 1 up from the low and 6 3/4 off the high....

Positive Discussion on Key CAP Reform Issues
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has welcomed what he described as a positive and useful discussion with his Member State colleagues on three elements...

Farm Bill Priorities for House Committee Outlined
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter to members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, outlining priorities, such as funding programmes,...

NFU President: Challenge MPs on CAP
UK - NFU President Peter Kendall has stressed there are five key points farmers should raise with their MPs to ensure English farmers are not disadvantaged against their colleagues in Europe...

BBSRC Partner in €15M Europe-wide Biology Funding
EUROPE - The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is contributing €3 million as a major partner in a new Europe-wide call for research projects in Synthetic Biology....

CME: Corn Futures Closed Lower Tuesday
US - May Corn finished down 11 1/4 at 706 3/4, 15 1/4 off the high and 2 1/2 up from the low. July Corn closed down 3 at 652 1/2. This was 6 up from the low and 5 1/4 off the high....

Farming Businesses Host Business Secretary
UK - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore MP visited a growing farm-based biomass energy business on Saturday...

Rural Economy 'Spiralling Towards Recession'
UK - Rising unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses has thrown the rural economy to the brink of a further recession, according to a new survey by...

Biomass Plant Aids Carcase Disposal
CANADA – Cattle producers in Quebec and eastern Canada will see a drop in their carcase disposal and handling costs thanks to the opening of a biomass boiler plant at the Sanimax rendering...

EU Brings Reform of CAP Step Closer
EU - On the first day of the European Council meeting for agriculture on Monday, ministers were briefed on the state of play of the trilogues on the reform of the common agricultural policy. ...

CME: Corn Futures Closed Higher Monday
US - May Corn finished up 30 1/4 at 718, 4 1/2 off the high and 24 up from the low. July Corn closed up 19 1/4 at 655 1/2. This was 23 up from the low and 5 1/2 off the high....

Developers Rush to Fit Projects Within 400MW Cap
UK - The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a “Consultation on a notification process for new build dedicated biomass projects”, with proposals on how to limit new...

Acquisition to Cultivate 100,000 Tons of Seaweed
DENMARK - Seaweed Energy Solutions is to acquire 100 per cent of Denmark's Seaweed Seed Supply, a move that sharply reinforces SES' position as Europe's leading player in large-scale seaweed...

Hydropower Depends on Rainforest Conservation
BRAZIL - New research shows that electricity projections in the Amazon Basin could drop by over 30 per cent if current deforestation rate continues....

Bioenergy Conference Highlights NZ Opportunities
NEW ZEALAND - A one-day conference in Rotorua this Thursday (16 May), supported by Federated Farmers, will take land owners through the economics of bioenergy, which could become a big part of...

CME: Corn Futures Closed Lower Friday
US - May Corn finished down 6 3/4 at 687 3/4, 11 1/2 off the high and 15 3/4 up from the low. July Corn closed down 12 1/2 at 636 1/4. This was 11 1/4 up from the low and 12 1/4 off the high....

NFU: 2013 Farm Bill Gaining Momentum
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued a statement regarding the release of the initial draft of the 2013 Farm Bill by the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture....

Canadian Biofuels Plant Gets Major Support
CANADA - The Government of Canada has announced that an innovative new technology will reduce industrial GHG emissions by converting CO2 into commercial products....