Don’t Blame Ethanol For Hog Industry Woes

Feed grain prices in Western Canada are not wholly dependent on the supply and demand in Western Canada. The dog days of summer are upon us, and with the last remnants of the small-town fairs still in the air, we’re left with fond memories of the circus clowns and second-rate magicians. Disappearing people, never-ending hankies,

DDGS Hailed As Swine Feed Option

The United States and Canada should join forces to create a win-win situation for ethanol production and hog farming. That was the message from an Alberta scientist to a recent international grains conference in Guatemala. Eduardo Beltranena, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist, said U. S. ethanol plants can broaden their markets by


Canada a growing market for U. S. distillers grains

Since the boom in the U. S. biofuel industry, U. S. supplies of dried distiller grains, ethanol’s co-product, have grown significantly and U. S. exporters have been looking North to a large and growing market for their feed alternative. At the recent United States Grain Council’s, or USGC, International Distillers Grains Conference & Trade Show