The following estimates, forecasts, and projections are mainly taken from recent publications of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Economic Research Service, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board of the USDA.
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Are the current farm commodity programs a vital safety net justified by the nation’s growing need for farm-raised energy? Or are they an unfair relic that leaves out most agricultural producers and short-changes popular conservation programs and research that made U.S. agriculture a global economic force?
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The ethanol industry continues to expand and estimates expect that to continue. USDA has predicted ethanol production will account for more U.S. corn than exports in 2007.
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Biotech startup says its genetic engineering method could turn plants into cheap ethanol.
When President Bush spoke during his State of the Union address about turning something called “switchgrass” into a future source of ethanol, thus reducing the United States’ dependence on oil, it certainly caught R. Michael Raab’s attention.
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Extension Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government, and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management, and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and operators.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America’s farmers are tiring fast of slow-moving world trade talks and many corn and soybean growers now look toward alternative energy programs as a more promising outlet for their produce, say some industry experts.
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The Board of Directors of Ag Processing Inc (AGP), a cooperative, headquartered in Omaha, has approved the construction of a new soy biodiesel plant in St. Joseph, Missouri. The facility is scheduled to become operational in the fall of 2007.
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NewGen Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NWGN), through its U.S. subsidiary, ReFuel America, today announced plans to build a new biodiesel plant in Fairfield, Iowa. The facility, with an estimated capacity of 60 million gallons, will be developed by the company’s previously announced joint venture with PowerSHIFT Energy and be called PowerSHIFT BioFuels of Iowa.
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The Andersons, Inc. today announced it will immediately begin construction on the largest, dry-mill ethanol plant east of the Mississippi in Clymers, Ind., having completed funding arrangements and obtained environmental permits.
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Hi Everyone – Welcome to the first issue of the Pest&Crop for 2006. The schedule is monthly for Feb. and March and we go weekly mid-April through mid-Sept. Here is the link you’ll want to bookmark for future issues »
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