Workshops Demystify the Growing Biofuels Industry

Four separate workshops will be held in various locations between June 16 and 20, 2008. Each one-day workshop will include presentations by people already involved in the production of biofuels as well as government and industry representatives. Some of these speakers/topics include:

• Chuck Penner, Informa Economics Inc. – Biofuels: Opportunities and risks for the livestock and feed industries.
• Harald H. Welling, managing director, Kalwa Biogenics Inc. – Renewable energy, primarily wood-biomass energy and its sensible use.
• Dr. Rex Newkirk, director of biofuels and feed, Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) – Nutritional aspects of dried distillers grains (DDG) and canola meal in feed rations, and the production of biodiesel on a farm scale.
• Dr. Kurt Klein, professor of agricultural economics, University of Lethbridge – Opportunities and issues presented by the biofuels frenzy, and the pros and cons for producers.
• Morley Kjargaard, team leader for the BioEnergy commercialization team, Alberta Agriculture and Food – The Government of Alberta’s nine-point bioenergy plan and its impact on producers.
• Dr. Bert Faber, senior staff environmental advisor, Husky Lloydminster Upgrader - The new ethanol plant in Saskatchewan.

“There is a great deal of conflicting information about biofuels and the impact of that industry on agriculture and producers,” said Dee Ann Benard, executive director of ARECA. “As a key source of unbiased information for farmers and ranchers in this province, we wanted to present an opportunity for people to gain a better understanding of what getting involved might mean for their operations, in terms of both risks and benefits.”

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