Developing a New Generation of Biofuels
US - Developing a new generation of biofuels - fuels made from cellulose, algae and other non-food products, and fuels that are compatible with the existing energy infrastructure like...

Brazil to Triple Ethanol Production by 2020
BRAZIL - Brazil is expected to triple its ethanol production by 2020 according to Alan Kardec Pinto, president of Petrobras Biofuel.

Soyabean Exports Strong, But Crush Is Slow
US - For the 2008-09 marketing year, the USDA has projected that U.S. soybean exports will reach 1.02 billion bushels, 141 million (12 percent) less than the record exports of a year...

RM32 Million For Palm Oil Smallholders In Johor
MALAYSIA - The Johor State Assembly was told on Friday that the Federal Government had given a RM32 million allocation to the state government to enable its smallholders to replant...

Research Attracts Investors to Latin America
LATIN AMERICA - Latin America is all set to make a splash in the global biofuels market, thanks to its inherent advantages of land availability, technological developments, agricultural...

Biofuels Need Technology Development
EU - Appropriate implementation of the relevant EU directives will increase bioenergy use, but significant technology development is still required if a new generation of biofuels and...

US Soybean Farmers Respond to Demand
US - As we approach the end of the fourth-largest soybean harvest on record, the United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff point out the role U.S. soybean farmers play in feeding and...

Accelerating Switch to Renewable Energy Sources
EU - New research explores ways to encourage the transition to renewable energy systems and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

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

Biofuels Marginal Impact on Food
THAILAND - Despite increased domestic gasohol use, growing ethanol demand is expected to have only a marginal impact on food prices next year, according to a report by hte USDA Foreign...

Brazil-Sweden Meeting on Energy Issues
BRAZIL - Energy including renewable energies, biofuels, and energy efficiency were on the table at a bilateral meeting chaired by Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobão...

Three-sided Cooperation for Biofuel Production
BRAZIL - Finding of 2 billion barrels of oil does not diminish the importance of biofuels, according to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Biofuels Not to Blame for Food Price Rises
US - Consumers should be aware that the price of oil has had the greatest impact on crop and food prices during 2008 and that biofuels can help end US dependence on petroleum while...

CAP Health Check Will Help Farmers
EU - Political agreement has been reached by EU agriculture ministers on the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy.

Energy Diversification and Climate Change
BRAZIL - Paul Roberts, rapporteur of the I Intergovernmental Session – Biofuels and Energy Security at the First Internatinal Biofuels Conference in São Paulo, Brazil, presented the...