Enhanced Renewable Energy Target Scheme
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government’s Renewable Energy Target scheme will be enhanced to provide greater certainty for households, employees and businesses within the renewable energy industry,...

Small Farms to Receive Energy Grants
US - Iowa farmers with small to midsize operations are able to apply for grants to demonstrate energy efficiency and conservation measures or how they are using renewable energy from their farm...

CME: Corn Exports Running Behind Forecasts
US - USDA released on Wednesday, 10 March, its latest grain and meat supply forecasts for 2010, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Value of US Dollar and Corn Prices
US - It has not been uncommon for daily fluctuations in corn prices to be attributed to fluctuations in the value of the US dollar relative to other currencies. So, what is the connection?, asks...

Moves to Restrict Clean Energy Grants Attacked
US - In the wake of a new report revealing that a clean-energy grant programme in the stimulus has paid out more than $1 billion to foreign manufacturers, US Senators Charles E. Schumer, Bob...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Joining Forces for Renewable Energy in Europe
EU - Europe's research driven clusters in sustainable forest management and wood based industries have received new co-operation opportunities within the ROKFOR project which started on 23 F...

Fuels From Crops 'Worse for Environment'
GLOBAL - Producing fuels from crops causes more damage to the environment than using fossil fuels, it has been claimed.

Algal Biofuels: Opening up the Market Opportunity
GLOBAL - There are many potential benefits from the development of new ways of selecting, growing, harvesting and processing species of microalgae, according to a Innovation Observatory Algal...

Second Generation Biofuels: Companies, Technologies and Market Prospects
GLOBAL - Over the past few years, most of the alternative energy scenarios have nodded in the direction of biofuels as potential alternatives to petroleum as liquid fuels.

Australian Agriculture Must Adapt to Climate Change
AUSTRALIA - Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture,...

EU to Hit Renewable Targets
EU - The EU will meet its 2020 20 per cent renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States' national...

Eco-biofuels from the Tropics
NETHERLANDS - Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at present, according to a report from researchers at Wageningen...

Measures to Deliver Renewables Targets Agreed
EU - By 2020 the European Union must source 20 per cent of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable sources. This target was set out in the Renewable Energy Directive...

Ethanol Industry Strong - Optimism Abounds
US – After a tumultuous end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, the American ethanol industry converged last week in Orlando amidst an improving economic climate and outlook of increasing opportunity...

NFU CONFERENCE - Opposition Launches New Agenda for Agriculture
UK - A shake up of the food and agriculture industries has been promised following the forthcoming general election in the UK if the opposition Conservative party wins control, writes TheBioenergySite...

Biofuels Industry Showing Signs of Growth
NETHERLANDS - The biofuels industry is showing confidence in the future of the sector, with a 77 per cent increase in bookings for World Biofuels Markets over previously recorded records.

NFU CONFERENCE - Fighting the British Corner in Europe
UK - The voice of British farmers has to be heard in the forthcoming negotiations over the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe, writes TheBioenergySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

NFU CONFERENCE - Farming for the Future
UK - Food production should be on the front pages of all political agendas, not a footnote to them - this was a key message from the president of the National Farmers Union, Peter Kendall, writes...

Weekly Outlook: Soft Red Winter Wheat Update
US - The average price of soft red winter (SRW) wheat received by Illinois producers declined from $4.29 in June 2009 to $3.25 in September 2009, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at...

Biofuel Impact 'Must be Considered'
US - The effects of biofuel production on ecological systems must be carefully considered, scientists have said.

Corn and Soybean Growers Share On-Farm Research
US - Corn and soybean growers are invited to attend the Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project on-farm research update March 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Agricultural...