Farmers and Ranchers Gather in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. - National Farmers Union will host its annual Fall Fly-In Sept. 8-10, with more than 150 family farm and ranch members traveling to Washington, D.C. Fly-In participants...

Weekly Outlook: Crop Size and Energy Prices
US - Two broad fundamental factors appear to be influencing corn and soybean prices as the growing season reaches the last stages. One of those factors is the potential size of the...

Biofuel Mandate Fueling Disaster
US - Anyone who has been to a supermarket lately knows that the food prices are going up. In fact, food prices are now rising at twice the rate of inflation, reportedly the fastest...

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

Drought-Tolerant Corn Developed
US - At the end of the day, drought tolerance in corn has to equate to good yields and good quality, not just good looks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.

USDA Discuss Renewable Energy Provisions
WASHINGTON, US - Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr today announced that a public meeting will be held on Sept. 4, 2008-in conjunction with USDA's...

The Decline of Corn-based Ethanol
US - From his office window at the Al-Corn Clean Fuel ethanol plant, manager Randy Doyal watches a steady stream of trucks roll in, weighed down with grain.

China and US Sign Biofuels Research Agreement
US - A collaborative agreement for biofuels research was signed by the US Department of Agriculture and China's Ministry of Science and Technology during the International Conference...

Study: the Impact of Biomass on Wood Prices
US - A new multi-client study conducted by RISI Inc. analyzes the impact of the emerging biomass industry on each sector of the forest products markets.

NCSU Gets Grant for GM Ethanol Trees
US - North Carolina State University is getting a $1 million federal grant to study the feasibility of growing genetically-modified trees to produce ethanol.

US Biodiesel Standards for Public Review
US - The first US national biodiesel sustinability standards, Baseline Practices for Sustainability (BPS) in Biodiesel, have been released for public review by the Sustainable Biodiesel...

Is Camelina the Best Biodiesel Crop?
US - When considering biodiesel production, camelina appears to be the Cinderella crop, according to information presented at the recent Bio-Mass '08 Technical Workshop in Grand Fo...

Gasoline From Biomass Could Fuel Tanks by 2010
TEXAS, US - Turning everyday waste into gasoline may seem like a distant dream, but thanks to researchers with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Byogy Renewables Inc.,...

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

A Better Way to Make Hydrogen from Biofuels
US - Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently.