Immediate Reform of UN Body Urged
IRELAND - Mr. Trevor Sargent T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food yesterday (20 November) called for the immediate reform of the UN's agriculture...

Commissioner at International Conference on Biofuels
BRAZIL - Commissioner Piebalgs has been participating in the International Biofuels Conference taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 17 to 21 November. Fifty Ministers including many...

Biofuel Subsidies in China
CHINA - A new report finds that China provided a total of RMB 780 million (US$ 115 million, roughly US$ 0.40 per litre) in biofuel subsidies in 2006. Total support is expected to reach...

CME: Crude Oil Prices Impact Livestock Production
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 18^th November 2008.

Ethanol Production Minor Factor in Land Use Changes
US – The amount of agricultural land required to produce 15 billion gallons of grain ethanol in the United States by 2015, as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act...

CME: The Cattle: Corn Ratio
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 17^th November 2008.

EUROTIER REPORT - Satisfaction at BioEnergy Europe 2008
GERMANY - The member companies of VDMA Power Systems reported that they were extremely satisfied with the course of the exhibition.

Minister Opens Biofuels Conference
BRAZIL - The Brazilian Head Minister of the Civil Cabinet, Dilma Rousseff, opened up the 1st International Conference of Biofuels on Monday, welcoming 300 participants and the 92 foreign...

Weekly Outlook: Corn Demand Not Improving
US - The corn market continues to struggle with a number of negative fundamental factors. As a result, prices continue to hover just above marketing year lows. This report is issued...

ATSE Calls for a Biofuels Institute
AUSTRALIA - In a major report on Biofuels, released in Melbourne, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) recommends that a national Biofuels Institute...

EUROTIER REPORT: Record Number of Visitors
GERMANY - EuroTier has impressively demonstrated its strong pulling power for animal farmers and experts from all over the world.

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

Weekly Outlook: November Crop Reports
US - In the final production forecasts of the season, the USDA projected the 2008 U.S. corn crop at 12.02 billion bushels and the 2008 soybean crop at 2.921 billion bushels. Those forecasts...

AFBF Predict Low Prices for Corn and Soybean
US - Corn and soybean producers will likely have to wait until the first of the new year for any rally in prices while cotton producers may continue to struggle with low prices, according...

Offshore Wind Energy Report
GLOBAL - Offshore wind is still an expensive way to generate electricity because of wind characteristics, water depth, and distance to shore, according to a report by Rabobank.