Ohio's Ethanol Plants Bring Changes to the State
OHIO, US - Last year's corn-planting session did not leave Ohio's farmers very happy what with the lack of crops to sell to the state's ethanol firms, reports the Columbus Dispatc...

Fish Feed from Canola Seed
CANADA - Protein extracted from canola seed could be finding its way to fish farms around the world.

Biodiesel Plants Idle Due to High Soy Prices
MINNESOTA - Richard Stadheim, a fourth-generation farmer, grows crops on about 3,200 acres in Albert Lea, Minnesota, writes Jonathan Starkey.

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

Brazil Retaliates Against Biofuel Critics
SAO PAULO - According to Reuters, Brazil believes that it is unjustly coming under fire for problems with European and U.S. biofuels.

Initiatives to Improve Farming Community
THE PHILIPPINES - With the farming community now reeling from the regional crisis on the food wheat and grain front, farmers of the 4th district of Laguna were at least optimistic over...

Ceres Inc. Endeavors to Create Bioenergy Crops
US - A genomics technology firm, Ceres, Inc., is making a big effort to develop new bioenergy crops, reports the Tri-State Neighbor.

Farm Bill May Trigger Advanced Biofuels Production
US - The Farm Bill agreement announced by U.S. House and Senate negotiators will encourage biofuel producers to move more rapidly to commercialize advanced biofuels and help farmers...

Government Helps China Feed Itself
CHINA - The government of China have declared a new initiative giving support to farmers around the country in the latest bid to meet the population's ever increasing food demand. ...

UN Blames Biofuels for Rising Costs
GLOBE - According to Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, biofuel production is responsible for the global rise in fuel prices.

An Insatiable Global Hunger for Grain
GLOBAL - Wheat is by far the most traded grain as it is so adaptable to many uses, but production for the world market has so far been the privilege of a handful of countries.

AFBF: Food Fix Needs to be Well Thought Out
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Farm Bureau Federation today said there is no short-term fix for the complex global food situation. In a statement on global food prices submitted to...

Are Biofuels Really a Threat to Global Food Security?
GLOBAL - Biofuels, derived from crops and once a promising alternative to petroleum, have come under increasing fire in the face of a global food shortage that has spurred chaos in...

Are Biofuels Behind Inflation?
EU - EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer-Boel has rejected allegations that EU policies to promote biofuels are to blame for rising food prices amid calls by the UN to "cut...

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