Northern Nigeria's Future in the Biofuels Market
NIGERIA - Though Nigeria is the sixth largest producer of fossil fuel, with huge financial resources accruing from its sales, yet the oil has failed to solve many of its problems, writes...

Philippine Government Bans Conversion of Agricultural Land to Other Uses
MANILA - The Philippines has taken measures to reduce the its reliance on imported oil, writes Karen Lema (Reuters).

Farm Subsidies in the Midst of Inflation
GLOBAL - Peter Schwardmann (AllAfrica) writes that there has been a 75% rise in the World Bank's index of food prices between September of 2006 and the start of 2008.

Biodiesel Price Mandate Debated
MISSOURI - According to the Columbia Missourian, a provision designed to protect consumers from having to pay higher prices at the pump took center stage in the Capitol on Tuesday during...

Cellulosic Biofuels Collaboration Announced
ST. LOUIS - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. today announced a collaborative agreement to enhance the development of Mendel's BioEnergy Seeds & Feedstocks...

The Possibilties of Producing Environment-Friendly Biofuels
CHICAGO - New technologies can boost production of environment-friendly biofuels without threatening the world's food supplies, industry leaders said at a trade conference on Monday....

Weekly Outlook: Soybeans - Crush Slows, Exports Remain Large, And Basis Strengthens
US - A small U.S. soybean crop in 2003 resulted in a year-over-year decline in the domestic soybean crush. Since then, the size of the domestic crush has grown each year, from 1.53...

Are Biofuel Production and Rising Food Prices Connected?
CZECH REPUBLIC - As the price of food skyrockets to an all-time high, the international community has started to ask itself whether the production of biofuels on land which could otherwise...

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

Food Crisis: "The greatest demonstration of the historical failure of the capitalist model"
CANADA - "If the government cannot lower the cost of living it simply has to leave. If the police and UN troops want to shoot at us, that's OK, because in the end, if we are not...

Zubiri: Negros to be Biofuels Center
THE PHILIPPINES - Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Saturday called on oil firms to moderate their greed amid the impending increase in oil prices to P60 a liter, as he stressed his plan to...

Biofuel Trend’s Certainly Not Against the Grain
PENNSYLVANIA - Ben Hackman writes that last week, many of Lebanon County's farmers planted corn for the year, which will shortly be entailed by soybeans.

Iowa's Dependence on Farming Stronger than Ever
IOWA - According to the DesMoinesRegister, last year's record farm income is encouraging industries across Iowa and helping the state from a national slump. However, it wouldn't be...

Brazil Moves up Deadline for Biodiesel Mandates
BRAZIL - According to USAgNet, the Brazilian government has moved up the deadline for the mandatory addition of biofuels to diesel fuel to the year 2010.

Fighting the Existing Food Crisis
GLOBAL - The opening words of the lead Editorial in this week's Lancet: "While customers at restaurants in New York City will soon be able to count the calories of their meals in an...