Bioenergy Production and Use Encouraged
CANADA - Manitoba Hydro is encouraging agricultural and industrial energy users to cut electricity and natural gas consumption by converting waste into energy, writes Bruce Cochran...

Bioenergy Research at Guelph to Help Rural Ontario
CANADA - Bioenergy research and the bioeconomy will be the focus of the University of Guelph’s new Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) at the Ridgetown...

The Key to Beating Fusarium Head Blight
CANADA - A plant geneticist with the University of Manitoba says it'll take a combination of genetic traits to develop wheat varieties that are fully resistant to fusarium head blight,...

Shell and Iogen Announce Extended Alliance
CANADA - Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries (“Shell”) and Iogen Corporation today announced an extended commercial alliance to accelerate development and deployment of cellulosic...

Step-Change in Soybean Yields Delivered
CANADA - DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred has launched a new generation of soybean varieties that will deliver unprecedented productivity gains to North American soybean growers.

Algae to Revolutionize Fuel Production
TORONTO - “Biodiesel from algae has the potential to replace petro fuels”, boasts entrepreneur Nick Mashin. Currently, biofuels are largely derived from oil seed crops such as canola,...

Could Switchgrass be the Next Viable Biofuel?
CANADA - People have been talking about using switchgrass as a biofuel for a while now, but the idea never really caught on. However, supporters strongly feel that it could be one of...

Govt. of Canada Gives $3.9 Million Boost to Biofuels
ONTARIO - The Government of Canada is working hard to provide all Canadians with technological advances that protect our environment and boost our economy.