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American biofuel sector may have to rely on U.S. agriculture secretary for relief — senator

By Stephanie Kelly August 14, 2020

Reuters – The U.S. biofuel industry may have to depend on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for aid assistance, Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa said August 4 after Senate Republicans unveiled a COVID-19 relief package that did not include more specific appropriations for the industry. A provision of the US$1-trillion HEALS Act, introduced by Senate Republicans in late

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U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline

Deadline extended to help refineries

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly March 28, 2020

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled measures to help oil refineries cope with fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, including waiving anti-smog requirements for gasoline and extending the deadline for small facilities to show compliance with the nation’s biofuels law. The outbreak has touched off a massive global decline in demand for

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As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters June 11, 2019

New York | Reuters — Joe Biden may have an ethanol problem. The former U.S. vice-president has pledged support for advanced biofuels as part of his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But Biden, who leads the crowded Democratic field in opinion polls in Iowa and nationally, faces lingering questions in the U.S. Farm

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U.S. EPA scraps plan to force refiners to blend more biofuels

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw July 12, 2018

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ditched a detailed plan that would have forced refiners to blend more biofuels into their gasoline and diesel in 2019 to compensate for volumes likely to be exempted under the agency’s small refinery hardship waiver program, according to newly released EPA documents. The plan would

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U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw June 15, 2018

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it cannot make large oil refineries blend additional biofuels into their gasoline to make up for volumes waived under the small refinery hardship waiver program, unless Congress authorizes it. The agency’s decision was certain to anger the powerful U.S. corn lobby and

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Oil and corn go to war

The two industries are touting duelling studies on future of U.S. biofuel program

By Ayenat Mersie April 10, 2018

Big oil and big corn are squaring off with opposing studies on proposed biofuels policy reforms under consideration by the Trump administration, part of an ongoing clash between the two sides over the future of the program. Valero Energy Corp., a major oil refiner, funded a study by Charles River Associates that supports placing a

Just exactly how cellulose is made by plants has always been  a bit of a mystery.

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Fuel cell insight gets powered up

Understanding how plant cells make cellulose could be  the key to biofuel’s future

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 10, 2018

Scientists from Penn State University say they’ve gained valuable insight into how plants make cellulose — information that could help figure out how to break it apart to make ethanol. The researchers said, in a paper published online by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that they have identified the major steps

An aerial image of the research study area in southwestern Kansas.

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Cellulosic biofuels best bet for climate concerns

They’re lower impact than other options and can even sequester carbon rather than produce it

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 12, 2018

A new study from Colorado State University is breathing new life into the concept of biofuels produced from switchgrass instead of grain crops. The team says the non-edible native grass which grows in many locations throughout North America could be a better alternative than corn and other cereal and oilseed crops when it comes to

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ICE weekly outlook: Big canola supply counters big demand

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm November 29, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month earlier this week, but appear to have found some support from a chart standpoint. Solid demand on the one hand is being countered by large supplies on the other. “The demand component is powerfully strong,” said Mike Jubinville of

New research may be paving the way to more efficiently converting biomass like cornstalks into biofuels.

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Cutting the cost of ethanol

Researchers devise a way to reduce the amount of enzymes needed to convert biomass into biofuels

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 16, 2017

Biofuels like ethanol could get cheaper if new research from Rutgers and Michigan State universities holds up. Scientists there have demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces so they bind less to cornstalks and other cellulosic biomass, reducing enzyme costs in biofuels production, according to a study published in the journal ACS Sustainable

ADM beats profit estimates but revenue disappoints

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures jump on tightening supplies

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat hit two-week lows on COVID-19 fears

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ADM beats profit estimates but revenue disappoints

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures jump on tightening supplies

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat hit two-week lows on COVID-19 fears

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American biofuel sector may have to rely on U.S. agriculture secretary for relief — senator

U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline

As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

U.S. EPA scraps plan to force refiners to blend more biofuels

U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

Oil and corn go to war

Fuel cell insight gets powered up

Cellulosic biofuels best bet for climate concerns

ICE weekly outlook: Big canola supply counters big demand

Cutting the cost of ethanol

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