Sheep & Goat Market Report – for Oct. 16, 2008

The lamb selection at Winnipeg Oct. 2 was highly diverse with something for every bidder at the auction. Whether bidders were looking for a couple of lambs for the holiday period or for much larger numbers, the room was ready for a full afternoon with nearly 800 animals to be sold. Heavier lambs (over 100

Corn ethanol falls out of favour

Corn-based ethanol is yesterday’s news for venture capitalists who, these days, are betting on everything from wood chips and algae to turkey guts and trash as potential sources of next-generation biofuels. Corn ethanol caught the imagination of U. S. policy-makers as a way to fix multiple problems: rising oil prices, dependence on foreign oil and