BioEnergy Europe - Top Event for the Agricultural Sector
GERMANY - Renewable energy has now become established as an important factor in the market. Conservation of natural resources, fuel supply security and cost-effectiveness are major...

Timing Key to Getting Best Value on Feed Grain Purchases
CANADA - Informa Economics says, by properly timing their feed purchases over the next few months, livestock producers will be able to maximize their feed dollar, writes Bruce Coch...

Ethanol Plant for Taraba State Nigeria
NIGERIA - The Taraba State government in Nigeria has signed an agreement with Chinese company, A-Dinota Ventures Ltd, to build a $115 million ethanol factory in the state.

Southeast Asia Grain Buyers’ Visit to U.S. Focuses on DDGS, Corn
US - Growing individual purchasing power in Southeast Asia has helped jumpstart the region’s importation of US grains over the last three to four years, according to US Grains Council...

Additional Steps in Developing Sustainable Biofuels
WASHINGTON – The US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer have released the National Biofuels Action Plan (NBAP), outlining specific action areas...

CME: Livestock Demand and Ethanol Margins
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 8^th October 2008.

Brazil to Triple Sugar Exports
BRAZIL - The Brazilian sugar cooperative Copersucar has reported it will triple exports in the next 10 years and become the world's largest private exporter of sugar and sugar prod...

Ethanol from Waste Plan in Florida
US - California firm is negotiating to build a bioethanol plant in the Vero Beach area of Florida to produce fuel from waste.

DuPont Progressing Advanced Biofuels
US - Speaking at an investor conference, DuPont Vice President & General Manager John Ranieri said the company’s plans to bring its two advanced biofuels programmes to market are on...

More Research Required to Reap Biofuel Reward
US - While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels...

Corn Residue an Important Resource
US - In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity....

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

Brazil Overtakes US for Biofuels Investment
GLOBAL — Brazil has displaced the US as the most attractive country for investment in biofuels, according to the latest Ernst & Young "Biofuels country attractiveness indices", which...

FAO: Review of Biofuel Policies and Subsidies
ROME - Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and...

POET Opens Second Ethanol Plant in Ohio
US - POET hosted a grand opening ceremony for their 2nd ethanol production facility in Ohio, this week, making POET the largest producer of ethanol the state.