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U. S. House Votes To Revive Biodiesel Tax Credit

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The U. S. House voted May 28 to revive the $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax credit for this year as part of passing a mammoth jobs bill. The bill now goes to the Senate, which is in recess until June 7, for a potential final vote. The biodiesel credit expired at the end of 2009. The revived
Crops, Oilseeds

EU Report Reveals Damage From Biodiesel

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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
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Provincial Grant Supports Biodiesel

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Amendments to the Biofuels Act would establish a new grant program to support biodiesel production in Manitoba, Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister Dave Chomiak says. “We will replace the fuel-tax exemption for Manitoba biodiesel with a production grant, payable directly to provincial producers,” said Chomiak. “We expect paying a grant to provincial producers, rather than
News, Oilseeds

U. S. Senate Passes Bill To Extend Biodiesel Credit

The U. S. Senate approved a bill March 10 that includes revival of the $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax credit for this year, which the renewable fuels industry has said is needed to increase output. The overall bill, approved 62 to 36, is a $149-billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks Democrats hope will help spur
Crops

Biodiesel To Cut Argentine Soyoil Sales

Increasing Argentine domestic biodiesel use will cut the country’s soyoil exports in 2010, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World forecast Feb. 9. If Argentine government plans for five per cent biodiesel content in fossil diesel are implemented, coupled with compulsory use of biodiesel for electricity generation, this would create annual demand for 860,000 tonnes of biodiesel,
Crops, Oilseeds

Biodiesel Mandate In Effect For Manitoba

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Manitoba has become the first province in Canada to require biodiesel in diesel fuel. Fuel suppliers are now legally required to include a blend of two per cent biodiesel in their overall sales of on-road and off-road diesel. Manitoba is expected to use at least 20 million litres of biodiesel a year as a result
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Province Mandates Biofuels In Diesel

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Manitoba will make an average two per cent biodiesel content mandatory for all diesel fuel sold in the province, starting Nov. 1. “Biodiesel will benefit Manitoba’s agricultural communities while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 56,000 tonnes, the equivalent of taking 11,000 cars off the road annually,” provincial Energy Minister Jim Rondeau said in a release
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Bioeconomy Remains Important To Farmers’ Future

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Biofuels and the fledgling bioproducts industry continue to provide an important economic opportunity for farmers despite troubles the industry has experienced in the past year, says Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. A recent report from the International Energy Agency should clear up charges biofuels are a greater source of greenhouse gases
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 23, 2009

Group seeks provincial grass: A grassroots committee is running an online poll of Manitobans to find a nominee for Manitoba’s provincial grass emblem. “Let’s celebrate Manitoba’s native prairie grasslands by declaring a provincial grass emblem for Manitoba,” the Manitoba Provincial Grass Campaign Committee says on its website at www.manitobagrass.ca. As of April 18, big bluestem
Livestock, Oilseeds

Adm, B. C. Fuel Firm Eye Biodiesel Plant

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Archer Daniels Midland and Canadian Bioenergy Corp. are studying a possible joint-venture canola biodiesel facility at ADM’s Lloydminster, Alta. crush plant. ADM, the Illinois-based multinational ag processing firm, and Vancouver-based Canadian Bioenergy said in a release April 7 that they have entered negotiations on such a joint venture. The two firms are now “in the

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