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French Farmers Turning To Renewable Energy

By Gus Trompiz February 3, 2011

An increasing number of farmers will try to claim a share of France’s renewable energy sector to help cope with farm price volatility and counter environmental criticism that has tarnished their rural image. Solar, wind and biomass energy are taking off in France in the wake of national and European energy targets. Farmers see them

Livestock

Renewable Fuels Association Wants 10 Per Cent Biofuel

By Nicole Mordant December 9, 2010

Canada’s renewable fuels industry is pressing the federal government to double the percentage of renewable fuels it will require in gasoline and diesel, the head of the industry association said Nov. 29. The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants Ottawa to raise the ethanol-in-gasoline mandate from five per cent to 10 per cent and the still-to-be-implemented

News

Biofuel Worse For Climate Than Fossil Fuel: Study

By Pete Harrison November 11, 2010

European plans to promote biofuels will drive farmers to convert 69,000 square km of wild land into fields and plantations, depriving the poor of food and accelerating climate change, a report by green groups warned. That estimated area equals the size of the Republic of Ireland. As a result, the extra biofuels that Europe will

Livestock

“Cow Chip” To Track Brazilian Cattle

By Brian Ellsworth October 14, 2010

Years after India broke into the high-tech business with information technology and China by way of manufacturing, Brazil may find its entrance in an unusual place – a cow’s ear. The South American giant is preparing to use its first locally designed microchip in cattle earrings, a device that could eventually help authorities crack down

Crops

Ottawa Finally Makes Ethanol Mandatory – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Alex Binkley September 9, 2010

Long-promised regulations requiring all gasoline sold in Canada to contain at least five per cent ethanol will come into effect Dec. 15, the government announced last week. “Support for renewable fuels is support for farmers, rural communities and our economy,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a statement. “This is a vital step in generating

Opinion

Feeding Our Habit

By Les Mcewan June 24, 2010

Despite the millions of starving people in the world in the autumn of 2007, a looming expansion in use, and successive low-yielding crops, the market was telling us not to grow food. Longtime readers of my prognostications will note that I predicted the biofuel market would make grain prices more volatile, but not necessarily higher.

Crops, Oilseeds

Oil Spill Helps Biofuel Image

By Christine Stebbins June 17, 2010

Renewable fuels like corn-based ethanol will get a boost as the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico feeds worries by Americans about long-term dependence on oil, a top U. S. private agricultural economist said on June 8. “The spill has heightened the concern about our dependence on fossil fuels so that quite naturally

News

Renewable Fuels Generate Economic Benefits: Study

By Ron Friesen June 3, 2010

“It validates the commitment we made to Canadians.” – GORDON QUAIATTINI, CRFA Anew study for Canada’s renewable fuels industry has found biofuel production contributes major benefits to the nation’s economy. Canada receives a $2-billion-net annual economic gain from the production of biofuels, says the study done for the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. Biofuel (made from

Crops, Oilseeds

EU Report Reveals Damage From Biodiesel

By Pete Harrison April 29, 2010

Biofuels such as biodiesel from soybeans can create up to four times more climate-warming emissions than standard diesel or petrol, according to an EU document released under freedom of information laws. The European Union has set itself a goal of obtaining 10 per cent of its road fuels from renewable sources, mostly biofuels, by the

Opinion

Markets Within Reach For Farms’ Pent-Up Energy

By Ian Wishart April 8, 2010

Manitoba farmers could become major players in the energy marketplace with the right programs. No, that doesn’t mean finding oil under the farm – though that never hurts. It means tapping into markets for the energy products we already produce. As farmers, we are really just managing the landscape to use the sun, water and

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

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