New Energy Legislation Should Maintain Biofuels Incentives
US - As Congress continues to debate energy legislation this week, the importance of biofuels such as corn ethanol should be recognized as part of the solution to reduce energy prices...

Firm Eyes Sorghum Ethanol Plant
TANZANIA - Energy company, the CAMS Group has put forward proposals to produce ethanol from sorghum in Tanzania.

INL and Farm Bureau in Energy Crop Research
US — Idaho National Laboratory and the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation today signed a memorandum of understanding establishing cooperation and coordination on advanced technologies needed...

CME: Certain Factors to Affect Livestock Markets
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 16^th September 2008.

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

Beets Likely to Produce Trifold Crop
CANADA - With the first crop less than a month from harvest, an energy company is already looking for growers for the next growing season.

Making Corn Ethanol Process More Efficient
US - Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are proposing to borrow a process used in breweries and wastewater treatment facilities to make corn ethanol more energy efficient....

There are New Ways to Price Corn Silage
US - What is a fair price for corn silage? The traditional formula—multiplying the price of a bushel of corn by 7 to 8—was simply based on the average amount of corn grain that a ton...

On-farm Seed Crushing to Create Biodiesel
US - A new company is offering farmers in the US the ability to fuel their own machinery with on-farm crushing and biodiesel conversion for those, who have raised oil-seed crops.

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Production Forecasts
US - As generally expected, the USDA’s September forecasts of the prospective size of the 2008 U.S. corn and soybean crops were smaller than the August forecasts. The declines, however...

Merger to Form Innovative New Force
UK - Grainfarmers and Centaur Grain have announced plans to establish a major new grain marketing and input supply business that will be controlled by British farmers.

CME: Smaller Corn and Soybean Crops Indicated
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 12^th September 2008.

NCGA President Touts Corn’s Energy Potential
US - National Corn Growers Association President Ron Litterer joined a panel of energy experts Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., discussing the importance of corn ethanol for energy independence...

CME: August Yield and Production Estimates
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 10^th September 2008.

NFU: Fall Fly-In Concluded
US - Following three days of Capitol Hill meetings, Farmers Union members participating in the organization’s fall fly-in are returning home today.