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U. S. Offers Aid For Biofuel Production

October 28, 2010

The government is offering more than $1.5 billion in assistance, from field to filling station, to bring next-generation biofuels to market, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Oct. 21. Vilsack said the aid would assure renewable fuel consumption reaches 36 billion gallons by 2022, with the bulk of it coming from non-food sources such as grass,

Opinion

Will Farmers’ Actions Improve The Ethanol Energy Balance?

By Cole Gustafson July 8, 2010

Several years ago, there was substantial debate on whether corn ethanol produced more net energy relative to the amount of fossil energy required to manufacture it. This ratio, the amount of energy produced divided by fossil energy input needed, often is referred to as ethanol’s energy balance. For years, scientists argued whether the ratio exceeded

Livestock

U. S. Ethanol Fortunes In Limbo As E15 Ruling Looms

By Karl Plume March 25, 2010

The U. S. ethanol sector has been on the road to recovery since a calamitous 2008, but the once-soaring industry appears to have hit a plateau amid a glut of supply and a murky demand picture, analysts said at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago. Producers are hoping that a government ruling expected

News, Oilseeds

Food/Fuel Debate May Come Off Back Burner

By Karl Plume March 26, 2009

“But it (biofuel) is still a very significant demand source for the feed grains and… it is likely to increase with the U. S. government looking to increase their ethanol-blending mandates” – DOUG WHITEHEAD, COMMODITY ANALYST The steep drop in energy prices from last year’s peaks has cooled the food-versus-fuel debate for the moment, but

News

Trade Group Asks EPA For Higher Ethanol Blend Rate

By Christopher Doering March 12, 2009

An ethanol trade group submitted a formal request to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency March 6 to boost the allowed ethanol-to-gasoline blend rate as high as 15 per cent from the current cap of 10 per cent. The higher blend rate would create a bigger market for ethanol, spurring production of the alternative fuel

News

U. S. Ethanol Sector Faces Grim Prospects

By K.t. Arasu March 5, 2009

Hard times have hit the once-robust U. S. ethanol sector amid the economic recession, with as much as 15 per cent of production capacity likely standing idle, USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber said Feb. 25. It was a sobering assessment of the fledging industry that was once bursting with optimism and financial gains as the

News

One-Fifth Of U. S. Ethanol Capacity Idled

By Lisa Shumaker February 12, 2009

U. S. ethanol producer and grain processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Feb. 3 nearly 21 per cent of U. S. ethanol production capacity has been shut due to weak demand and poor margins. U. S. ethanol plants with a production capacity of 10.2 billion gallons per year are currently operating, down from a peak

News

Higher yields mitigate ethanol land grab

November 20, 2008

Higher corn yields and more efficient ethanol plants will reduce the amount of U. S. land needed to supply the burgeoning fuel ethanol industry, a trade group report said Nov. 12. A study commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association said an additional 6.6 million acres of corn will be needed by 2015 to meet targets

News

U. S. ethanol profits slip on softer fuel prices

November 20, 2008

Profit margins for U. S. ethanol distillers slipped to evermore dismal levels this week as the price of the alternative motor fuel fell about 10 cents a gallon. Average U. S. distillers were making about 10 cents per gallon for the week ending Nov. 13, about 10 cents lower than the previous week (all figures

News

U. S. biofuels sector sees ally in Obama

By Charles Abbott November 13, 2008

U. S. biofuel makers, struggling to make a profit at a time of tumbling oil and gasoline prices, look upon president-elect Barack Obama as a staunch ally for growth. Obama has expressed support for the federal requirement to use ethanol, made mostly from corn, as a motor fuel and says he will accelerate the development

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Tag Archives Ethanol fuel in the United States

U. S. Offers Aid For Biofuel Production

Will Farmers’ Actions Improve The Ethanol Energy Balance?

U. S. Ethanol Fortunes In Limbo As E15 Ruling Looms

Food/Fuel Debate May Come Off Back Burner

Trade Group Asks EPA For Higher Ethanol Blend Rate

U. S. Ethanol Sector Faces Grim Prospects

One-Fifth Of U. S. Ethanol Capacity Idled

Higher yields mitigate ethanol land grab

U. S. ethanol profits slip on softer fuel prices

U. S. biofuels sector sees ally in Obama

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