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...

Southeast to Develop Four Ethanol Plants
US - East Coast Ethanol, LLC recently announced plans to build 110 million gallon per year ethanol plants in Chester, S.C., Seaboard, N.C., Jesup, Ga. and Campbellton, Fla, making the...

Akuo Energy to Build Ethanol Plant in Uruguay
URUGUAY - French energy company Akuo Energy SA is planning to build a 30 MMgy ethanol plant in Uruguay.

Record Harvest but Troubles Loom Ahead
GLOBAL - World cereal production is expected to hit a new record this year as high prices boosted plantings under generally favorable weather conditions, FAO said today in the latest...

Barley Ethanol Plant for South Carolina
US - Virginia-based fuel company Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is to build a $161.5 million barley-based ethanol plant in eastern Union County, South Carolina.

University Opens Biofuel Research Facility
AUSTRALIA - A new, unique biofuel research testing facility at QUT will help speed up the race to drastically reduce Australia's carbon emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

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

Youthful Plant Harbours Prized Genes
US - Corngrass — a somewhat grassier-looking version of the typical towering cornstalk — may hold a key to fast, cheap, eco-friendly ways to squeeze more cellulosic ethanol from corn...

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Price Recovery
US - Corn and soybean prices have increased modestly from the marketing year lows of mid to late October. The average cash price of corn in central Illinois reached a low of $3.33 on...

CME: VeraSun Makes Halloween a Memorable Day
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 31^st October reports that Halloween Day of 2008 will likely be remembered as a very scary day for the US ethanol industry given VeraSun...

How Predictable is Nitrogen for Corn Production?
US - How much nitrogen is the corn crop getting from fall-applied manure? That question was tested in on-farm trials conducted by the University of Minnesota in cooperation with 13...

Modern Ethanol Industry Versus Gasoline
US - The Illinois Corn Growers Association this week announced that the state has become a technological and commercial leader in corn-based ethanol.

Putting Peasants First in Food v Fuel Debate
MOZAMBIQUE - The food versus fuel debate was one of the focal points of the international peasant movement La Vía Campesina at its Fifth International Conference in Maputo Mozambique,...

Ethanol from Sorghum in Georgia
US - A new busines has been launched in Georgia developing equipment for making ethanol from sorghum cane by a group looking for ways to restart their family farm.