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Bioblending a path to growth

By Shannon VanRaes June 5, 2012

A Manitoba short line railway has been nationally  recognized for its innovative solution to blending biodiesel

Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR) didn’t plan to get into biofuel blending — until it saw a good business opportunity headed the wrong way down the tracks. “The railway is a mature business and we’re a short line with 120 miles of track, so where do we grow our business?” said CEMR’s assistant general manager, Sean

News, Oilseeds

Manitoba filmmakers delve into alternative fuels

By Shannon VanRaes April 20, 2012

If you have a pile of mouldering Tim Hortons cups in your car, you might have a fuel source at your fingertips: some work required. It’s one of the alternative fuel sources explored in the Manitoba-made documentary, “Drive For Free: The Alternative Fuel Revolution.” “We like to do stories that kind of question the status

Crops, News, Oilseeds

2011 canola crop high in quality and oil

March 23, 2012

Last year’s canola crop was high quality with a larger-than-normal oil content, according to a recently released report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Of the 1,749 samples analyzed, 85.0 per cent graded No. 1, which compares with 75.3 per cent in 2010. The highest-quality crops were in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Oil content was pegged

Crops, Oilseeds

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

November 17, 2011

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building

Dairy cattle, News

British Energy Firm Sees Potential From Stale Pork Pies

By Nigel Hunt October 6, 2011

Major British independent oil firm Greenergy sees its future as an exploration company, but one that hunts for fuel in piles of stale pork pies and cakes rather than under the ground or from food crops. The refined oil product wholesaler is still investing in the embattled European Union biodiesel sector, aiming to utilize ever

News

High Gas Prices Spur Global Biofuel Production

By Alex Binkley September 8, 2011

High prices for conventional motor fuels, combined with government content mandates, has spurred biofuel production around the world, says Washington-based Worldwatch Institute. “Global production of biofuels increased 17 per cent in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion litres, up from 90 billion litres in 2009,” the institute reports. “High oil prices, a

Livestock

French Duck Fat Puts Gourmet Spin On Biodiesel

By Alexandria Sage August 11, 2011

PARIS/REUTERS Duck fat has a rich history in French cuisine as the key ingredient in savoury cassoulets and confits, but now industrious farmers are turning the grease into biodiesel and biogas. A farm co-operative based in St. Aquilin, a rural village in the southwestern region of the Dordogne, is powering a tractor and two other

News

Biodiesel’s “Green” Attributes Trashed By Four EU Studies

By Charlie Dunmore July 21, 2011

Europe’s biodiesel industry could be wiped out by EU plans to tackle the unwanted side-effects of biofuel production, after studies showed few climate benefits, four papers obtained by Reuters show. Europe’s world-leading $13-billion biodiesel industry, which has boomed in the wake of a decision by Brussels policy-makers in 2003 to promote it, is now on

Crops

PAMI Puts Biodiesel To Work On Farms

July 14, 2011

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Inst i tute (PAMI) has released a compilation of several studies that showed biofuels perform well in Prairie farm equipment. Western Canadian farmers are major consumers of diesel fuel which is used in most types of farm equipment. “For both environmental and cost reasons, some producers have been looking for alternatives

Crops, Oilseeds

U.S. May Open To Canadian Biofuels

By Alex Binkley April 14, 2011

While it will likely be months before a decision is made, the U.S. Envi ronmental Protect ion Agency has launched a process that could open the American market to Canadian biofuels and biomass. The EPA has called for comments on a request from Ottawa to accept Canadian crops and crop residue for use in making

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs slide

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch 16-month high, wheat firm on Chinese demand hopes

African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan

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