EPA Urged to Pursue Ethanol Alternatives
US - A delegation of 58 members of Congress sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encouraging the agency to pursue advancing the development of cellulosic...

Biomass to Biofuels Market Potential
US - Like wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy, biomass produces fewer emissions than its fossil fuel counterparts. After fossil fuels, biomass is the most widely used fuel...

North America Faces Best and Worst of Biofuels
CALIFORNIA - Biofuels enjoy many inherent advantages such as regulatory, infrastructural, environmental, geopolitical, and agricultural support. However, their negative association...

Farming and Technology Address Grain Demand
US - More can be done now to increase the amount of grain farmers harvest from their land and help address the strong and growing global demand for grain, Mike Gumina, vice president...

NCGA: Opportunities of Climate Change Legislation
US - The U.S. Senate will take up S. 3036, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 this week.

DuPont Positions Itself for Long Term Growth
NEW YORK - At an investors’ conference here today, DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday, Jr., said the company is accelerating growth through DuPont innovation that addresses...

Corn-based Bags Showcased to Michigan Tourists
MICHIGAN - The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan (CMPM) and Travel Michigan are partnering to furnish all Michigan Welcome Centers with corn-based plastic bags for visitors to fill...

Food Prices Predicted to Remain High and to Grow Volatile
US - Food prices will remain high in the coming decade, with beef and pork prices forecasted to go up an average of 20 percent, according to the latest latest Agriculture Outlook from...

US Biodiesel Plant Encounters Tough Times
WASHINGTON - Ten months after the nation's largest biodiesel plant opened on the coast of Washington state, its owners are facing the same financial pressures that have brought a once...

Huge Dairy Digester Turns Waste to Watts
DALLAS, US - Dean Foods Company has begun development of an anaerobic digester on the Big Sky Dairy farm near Gooding, Idaho.

Greenfuel Funds $13.9M for Algae Farming
US - GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a privately held company developing algae farm technologies for recycling CO₂ emissions, has closed a $13.9M venture capital round...

2008 Farm Bill Favorable to U.S. Pork Industry Approved
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 2008 Farm Bill – officially known as the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act – approved Wednesday by the House on a 318-106 vote and today by the Senate on a vote...

US Biofuels: the Time to Act is Now
US - Efforts to replace oil with biofuels in the United States are at a critical juncture. Double-digit growth in the production of corn-based ethanol has contributed to a sharp increase...

A Closer Look at the Food Vs Fuel Debate
URBANA, US - Symptoms of the food-versus-fuel crisis are appearing regularly in the news but the underlying causes - and long-term implications - are poorly understood. Much of the...

AFBF's Views on Bipartisan Farm Bill Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following is a statement made by Mr. Bob Stallman, AFBF's President regarding the bipartisan farm bill package.