Unintended Consequences Of The Ethanol Boom
US - While increased ethanol production has certainly yielded some benefits, it has also carried with it a number of unintended consequences, particularly for the livestock sector.

HPCL and Renuka Sugars Merge to Produce Ethanol
INDIA - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), the public sector refiner and oil marketing company, plans to produce ethanol in a joint venture with Mumbai-based Shree Renuka Sug...

Renewafuel Production Plant Selects Site
OHIO - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, which will be renamed Cliffs Natural Resources in the coming months, along with it's subsidiary, Renewafuel, announced plans to build a next-generation...

Bayonne Planning on Studying Wind Power Plan
US - By late next year, it is expected that Bayonne's sewage may be pumped out of the city by wind power.

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.

WELtec Begin Construction of World‘s Largest Biogas Plant in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
GERMANY - In Könnern, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, the construction of the world‘s largest biogas plant for feeding biogas into the natural gas grid started in late July. WELtec BioPower...

Historic Crop to Boost Grain Exports
BRAZIL - The 2007/2008 harvest in Brazil was 143.87 million tonnes, growth of 9.2% over the previous crop. The record result confirms the tendency for growth of agribusiness.

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

Amelot Looks to Reach Biodiesel Production Zenith
BARBADOS - Barbados' lone biodiesel producing firm is looking forward to reaching full capacity for production in the coming weeks after the completion of trial runs of biodiesel production...

Compost Heaps Capable of Biofuel Production
UK - The humble compost heap could hold the key to providing 10 per cent of the UK's transport fuel needs, scientists have said.

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...