Biodiesel to Be Made A Huge Part of US Supply
US - One of largest biodiesel companies in the US opened its first Texas plant Wednesday in a continuing bid to make biodiesel a bigger part of the U.S. fuel supply.

Southwest Illinois Ethanol Plant Construction Funded
US - A planned $200 million ethanol plant in southwest Illinois is getting some state help.

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

Range Fuels and Ceres Merge to Develop Biomass
US - The two companies - Ceres and Reange Fuels - have planted switchgrass and sorghum varieties in Georgia and hope to develop and commercialize nonfood plants that yield high amounts...

Pioneer Hi-Bred: Tips to Maximize Feedstock Quality
IOWA - Higher feed input costs are challenging livestock producers to maximize the efficiency of their feedstock supplies. Producers can reap economic benefits by evaluating corn maturity...

$3m Grant Awarded for Biofuels Training
US - Colorado State University recently received a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to provide interdisciplinary biofuels training for doctoral students.

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Export Prospects
US - Early USDA forecasts for the 2008-09 corn and soybean marketing year include prospects for substantial declines in U.S. exports from the record levels reached in the 2007-08 marketing...

Processor Wants to Turn Scraps into Biofuel
US - A company that processes food scraps, animal parts and used restaurant grease in San Francisco now wants to turn that waste into fuel.

Stinkweed Comes to the Rescue
US - Dairy farmer Brian Ziehm is caught off guard when asked id he would devote an acre of his fields near the Vermont line this fall to grow stinkweed?

VeraSun Announces Iowa Ethanol Plant Startup
US - VeraSun Energy Corp., one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, today announced the startup of its 110 million gallon per year (MMGY) ethanol biorefinery located near Dyersville,...

Delaware Considers Offshore Wind Farm by 2012
US - Visitors to Rehoboth Beach, Del., may soon be greeted by more than sand dunes, seagulls and beach umbrellas.

Corn For Biodiesel Done Away With
US - When it comes to alternative fuels, a professor from the University of Northern Colorado says weeds and algae should be in our gas tanks, not corn.

Is Algae the Next Biofuel Alternative?
US - In the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, an investment firm is betting algae will one day be an important ingredient in the production of bioenergy.