UFU Pressing for Drop in Livestock Feed Prices
UK - The Ulster Farmers’ Union is pressing for a drop in livestock feed prices.

Pig Crisis Due to Grain Costs
UK - Feed wheat was £100 a year ago, then it rose to £200. Now it has dropped back to £150. This poses a problem for the industry, which is faced with the task of explaining to retailers,...

Beautiful Farms Awards Rewards UK Farmers
UK - The annual Beautiful Farm Awards recognises and rewards farmers for their care and stewardship of the British countryside, and the competition is now open to all farmers across...

Teesside Needs Government to Partake in Biofuels Act
TEESSIDE - This is a special report by Jez Davison, Alan Plews and Sue Scott, as taken from NE Business, about the Government's role in the campaign against global warming. According...

GMNUE Canola Beneficial to Environment
UK - A study conducted by scientists from the University of Reading in the UK show that growing genetically modified nitrogen use-efficient (GMNUE) canola will benefit the environm...

Food prices to rise for years, biofuel firms say
LONDON - Staple food prices will rise for some years, but should eventually fall to historical averages as harvests increase, biofuel company executives said on Thursday.

US subsidies hurt UK biodiesel
UK - Subsidised biodiesel from the United States is undercutting UK production and threatening the growth of the domestic industry, biofuel experts have warned.

Bright future for biofuels in Congo, UN says
LONDON - The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of Africa's most promising biofuels producers due to its vast amount of farmland suited to a range of crops from palm oil to soybeans,...

Burning biofuels may be worse than coal and oil, say experts
UK - Using biofuels made from corn, sugar cane and soy could have a greater environmental impact than burning fossil fuels, according to experts. Although the fuels themselves emit...

Researchers Fuelling the 'Hydrogen Economy'
UK - Scientists at the University of Leeds are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process, which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to...