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World Bank lends money for Mexican pork initiative

Reuters / The World Bank’s private-sector lender is loaning $40 million to Norson, a joint venture in Mexico of local investors and the world’s largest pork processor Smithfield Foods, to expand production and cut greenhouse gas emissions at its plants. The International Finance Corp. (IFC) said the loan will help Norson Holdings increase production, processing
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Dinosaur gas and the greenhouse effect

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In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era. Like gigantic, long-necked, prehistoric cows, sauropod dinosaurs roamed widely around the Earth 150 million years ago, scientists reported in the journal Current Biology May 7.
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Cold-weather-proof biogas project to demonstrate renewable energy viability

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Capturing methane gas from manure is taking the world by storm — in warm countries. In energy-poor countries of Southeast Asia, for example, biodigester facilities are popping up like mushrooms, including on large-scale livestock operations seeking less expensive and more reliable power, as well as ways to reduce odour and create a new revenue stream
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Bioeconomy Gives Agriculture New Lease On Life

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The emerging bioeconomy is rewriting agriculture’s contract with society, a senior official with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives told bioengineers meeting in Winnipeg recently. Daryl Domitruk, director of the Agri-Food Innovation and Adaptation Knowledge Centre for Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives, said agriculture is often portrayed as “the bad guy” when it comes to
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Biofuels Here To Stay

Biofuels represent the only way to significantly reduce carbon emissions in road transport fuel and are likely to account for at least 12 per cent of supply by 2030, an official with oil giant BP said March 2. “There is no other alternative that I can really subscribe to in terms of decarbonizing road transport,”
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Tapping Alberta’s “Other” Liquid Gold Resource

Mention the term “liquid gold” in Alberta and livestock manure isn’t likely the first thing that jumps to mind. But it’s slowly becoming part of the conversation as researchers learn more about how to harvest the nutrient benefits of this potentially abundant resource and byproduct of the livestock industry. One of the latest and most
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Forget Fuel Costs, U.S. Farmers Cheer Oil Surge

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Not too long ago, a surge in oil prices would have caused a groan of misery from the U.S. farm belt, forced to pay higher prices for tractor fuel and fertilizer. Today, farmers are far more likely to cheer. The farm sector’s response to a surge in fuel costs has inverted for two important reasons:
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Bovine Bellies Yield Clues For New Biofuels

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Researchers looking for better ways to make biofuels turned to experts at breaking down grass – cattle – and found more than a dozen new compounds in their guts that might help make new, cheap sources of energy. They used new genetic sequencing techniques to find microbes that make enzymes that in turn can break

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