EU Falters over GM Soybean Proposal
EU - The European Commission is to put forward a proposal to the European Council aimed at authorising a genetically modified (GM) soybean.

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

Biofuels Slow in Southeast
US - Despite high prices for grain and the prospect that they will stay high, the biofuels industry is having only a small impact in the Southeast of the USA.

Study: The Impact of DDGS in a Finishing Hog Ration
US - This study finds that the use of distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) as feed is greatly influenced by the development of DDGS products that are available in the market....

County Canola Dryer Starts Energy Drive
US - Snohomish County in Washington State has started drying more than 400 acres of canola seed that local farmers will turn into biodiesel for county fleet vehicles.

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

Weekly Outlook: Factors Influencing Corn and Soybean Prices
US - Corn and soybean prices continue to be influenced by a wide array of factors, resulting in a very unstable price pattern. Over the past week, December corn futures traded in a...

DDGS May Help Pork Producers Save Money
SOUTH DAKOTA - With the relatively high prices of corn, soybean meal, and dicalcium phosphate, pork producers should consider utilizing dry distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to...

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.

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...

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

Canola for Fuel and Dairy Food
MEXICO - Researchers at the New Mexico State University Science Center in Clovis said canola would be a viable crop in the High Plains because it can be used for biodiesel production...

Malaysia's Biodiesel Exports Set to Grow
MALAYSIA - Malaysia is on track to ship out 143,000 tonnes of biodiesel this year, 50 per cent more than last year as biodiesel producers reap fatter margins.

Expanded Biodiesel Plant Opens in Oregon
US - Pacific Biodiesel has announced that a five million gallon expansion of it's Salem, Oregon biodiesel production plant is now open. The Sequential-Pacific Biodiesel LLC (SQPB) plant...