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The U.S. renewable fuel standard is just one of many things on hold as the new U.S. administration takes power.

In Trump freeze, U.S. agencies delay rules affecting farms

The move creates an air of uncertainty surrounding key provisions, such as the U.S. renewable fuel standard

By Chris Prentice, Tom Polansek February 8, 2017

U.S. regulators under the new presidential administration have instituted a freeze on rules key to the country’s Farm Belt, agricultural groups said Jan. 26, heightening uncertainty for some of the regions that helped propel Donald Trump into office. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will delay implementation of this year’s biofuels requirements along with 29 other regulations

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Canadian biofuels are a success story

Well-designed renewable fuel policies can be good for the environment, the economy, and agricultural producers

September 20, 2016

In an opinion piece published in a recent edition of this paper (Biofuels are one of our greatest environmental blunders), Gwyn Morgan questions the benefits of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. Mr. Morgan would have it that biofuels are a “blunder.” In our opinion, biofuels are a home run for the environment and the rural

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Biofuels are mankind’s greatest blunder

Proponents of biofuels are simply refusing to count their true environmental cost

By Gwyn Morgan August 22, 2016

Are biofuels really greener than the fossil fuels they displace? In a recent column I pointed out that electric cars are only as green as the fuel used to generate the electricity they consume. For internal-combustion-powered vehicles, much of the focus has been on trying to reduce carbon emissions by adding ethanol to gasoline and

Crops, Opinion

Unintended consequences of U.S. biofuel policy

Corn and soy for ethanol were grown on marginal land which could have emitted  as much carbon dioxide as 34 coal-fired power plants

By University of Wisconsin-Madison April 13, 2015

Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a new study that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto seven million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands. The study

Livestock, News

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions from cattle

Economic incentives are needed to get producers on board, according to ruminant research scientist

By Meghan Mast December 9, 2014

There would be both winners and losers if the world followed Tim McAllister’s advice on how to lower greenhouse gas emissions from methane-belching bovines. “If we really wanted to reduce emissions we should be looking at identifying which areas in the world can produce ruminant products with the least amount of emissions and focusing production

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

Opinion

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, 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

News

Manitoba government defends oilpatch oversight

By Allan Dawson November 15, 2012

Companies caught dumping oilfield waste in ditches are responsible for cleaning it up, a Manitoba government official said in an email to the Manitoba Co-operator last week. The official was responding to Cromer farmer Carlyle Jorgensen’s complaint, reported in the Nov. 1 Co-operator, that the province’s Petroleum Branch isn’t doing enough to discourage improper waste

News

Farmer complains about oil spills

By Allan Dawson November 9, 2012

The provincial government is turning a blind eye to southwestern Manitoba oil-drilling companies dumping saltwater and oil in municipal ditches, a Cromer-area farmer says. Carlyle Jorgensen, who farms near Cromer, told the Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting here last week the government is fearful of discouraging oil well development in the province. “From December (2011) until

News

Resort taps into “cow power” to get skiers to the summit

October 26, 2012

Reuters / Cow manure will be used to power skiers to the top of a Vermont resort this winter as part of a growing effort to generate electricity from a byproduct of the state’s iconic dairy farms. Killington, one of the largest ski resorts in New England, will use 300,000 kilowatt hours of electricity made

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives Fuels

In Trump freeze, U.S. agencies delay rules affecting farms

Canadian biofuels are a success story

Biofuels are mankind’s greatest blunder

Unintended consequences of U.S. biofuel policy

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions from cattle

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

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

Manitoba government defends oilpatch oversight

Farmer complains about oil spills

Resort taps into “cow power” to get skiers to the summit

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