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Farmer Dale Tuholski adjusts his new pivot-irrigation system in Mill Creek, Indiana, June 11, 2012. A new study questions whether water costs will negate the benefits of ethanol.  photo: REUTERS/John Gress

New study predicts rising irrigation costs, reduced yields for U.S. corn

By Rice University Release July 5, 2013

If the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United States stands little to no chance of satisfying its current biofuel goals, according to a new study by Rice University and the University of California at Davis. The study published online in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental

Crops

Ontario expected to ship a million tonnes of corn to the U.S. for feed and ethanol

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel April 9, 2013

Reuters / Canadian corn is flowing to U.S. ethanol plants and feed suppliers in larger-than-usual volumes, with up to one million tonnes expected in 2012-13, as a large Ontario crop backfills demand after last year’s severe U.S. drought. Canada is normally a net importer of corn, feeding Eastern Canada’s pigs and poultry and supplying Ontario

Crops, News, Weather

Ethanol maker plans controversial water wells to maintain production through drought

By P.J. Huffstutter March 28, 2013

Reuters / In a bid to churn out ethanol even in the worst of droughts, Archer Daniels Midland Co., the nation’s largest producer of corn-based biofuel, is preparing to break ground on two new water collector wells to aid a key Illinois corn-processing plant. The 40-foot collector wells, to be dug on the company’s property

Crops, Grain Markets

Ethanol eyed for lowering U.S. surplus sugar mountain

By Charles Abbott March 28, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. government is readying a tool created during last decade’s biofuels craze — a never-used program to sell sugar at a loss to ethanol makers — as a way to whittle a looming sugar surplus down to an affordable size. The sugar-for-ethanol program could be a lower-cost way for the Agriculture Department

Crops, News

Think-tank sees U.S. ethanol output slump in 2012-13

By Reuters March 16, 2013

U.S. ethanol makers will produce 12.6 billion gallons of ethanol this marketing year, well below the federal target for use of the renewable fuel, because of high corn prices due to drought, said the influential think-tank Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute March 8. “Production recovers in 2013-14 because of lower corn prices and the

Livestock, News

John Deere sponsors 4-H scholarships

March 7, 2013

John Deere Canada is sponsoring a scholarship program for the 2013-14 school year to mark its long-standing support of 4-H Canada and to celebrate its 100th anniversary. John Deere is matching funds with 11 dealers in seven provinces to award up to 12, $2,000 scholarships. Applicants must be entering their first year of post-secondary education

Crops, News

Glencore director questions corn-based biofuel

February 15, 2013

dubai / reuters / A director of commodity trading giant Glencore is questioning the conversion of corn into ethanol biofuel, saying it can contribute to higher prices. Critics of using foodstuffs to make fuel say the process can drive up food prices by reducing available supplies, hitting the world’s poorest people hardest. Responding to a

Cereals, News

DDGS on sale, but buyers wary

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 17, 2013

Prices for DDGS — dried distillers grains (with solubles) — have come down significantly over the past few weeks, but are still too high when compared to other feed options. “Prices are dropping, but they haven’t dropped significantly enough to attract Canadian buyers,” said Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading, a major importer

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Talking turkey over energy

December 6, 2012

The pre-American Thanksgiving decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny the meat industry requests for a waiver on that country’s renewable fuel standard did little to calm the rhetoric between the livestock and ethanol sectors over who should have access to limited corn supplies this year. Shortly after the announcement, the National Turkey

News

Fungus boosts ethanol extraction from cornstalks

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2012

Scientists looking for a way to extract the sugars from cornstalks for ethanol production have found an ally in white rot fungus, the American Chemical Society reports in a podcast. Based on a report by Yebo Li, PhD, in ACS’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, researchers found that by treating stover with the white

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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