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Ethanol

The corn economy 

Jul 1, 2009

Those of you who don't favor corn ethanol should be careful of what you wish for. What will you do with 12 billion bu. of corn? The government helps Big...

Ethanol opposition 

May 1, 2009

A group of 59 food, livestock and other groups have written the administration opposing any increase in the current cap on the amount of ethanol permitted...

EPA Announces Comment Period For E15 

Apr 24, 2009 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

renewable fuel pipeline projects 

Apr 13, 2009 - By P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Thune (R-SD) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) introduced legislation to authorize loan guarantees for the construction of renewable fuel pipeline projects. ...

Ethanol Uptick And Corn Use Examined 

Mar 26, 2009

What would happen if recent proposals to increase the ethanol blend limit to 12.5% or 15%...

AMI Voices Opposition to Increase in Ethanol Blend Percentage in Gasoline  

Feb 3, 2009 - Source: American Meat Institute

The American Meat Institute joined a number of food and agriculture groups in signing a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) voicing opposition to proposals to increase the levels at which ethanol can be blended ...

Ethanol production will have to increase to meet government mandates 

Jan 18, 2009 - Source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Ethanol plant construction has come to a halt, but the mandates by government are not declining, which could mean prices could jump again. Producers should prepare for round two, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said....

Ag Groups Oppose USDA Loan Guarantees for Troubled Ethanol Plants 

Oct 29, 2008 - Source: Biofuels Digest

Ag groups write to Washington to fight against ethanol bailout plan....

Public supports ethanol 

Sep 1, 2008

Registered voters by a 2-1 margin favor increased use of ethanol, a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies poll found. The poll...

RFS waiver denied 

Sep 1, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson denied the request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry for a waiver of 50% of the Renewable Fuel...

Ethanol Tariff & The WTO 

Aug 25, 2008 - P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Susan Schwab indicated that the ethanol import tariff is “explicitly permitted” under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules...

Losing Is Often The Next Best Thing To Winning 

Aug 18, 2008 - by Troy Marshall

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week denied the petition filed by the State of Texas to reduce the Renewable Fuels Standard for ethanol. While some were dismayed at EPA’s logic in stating...

Surprise! Midwest Governors Support RFS  

Jun 16, 2008 - By P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to uphold the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) passed by Congress last December...

House Members Urge No Change In RFS  

Jun 16, 2008 - By P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

Over 30 Congressional Members led by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Johnson urging him to preserve the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS)...

Food Before Fuel Campaign Kicks Off  

Jun 16, 2008 - By P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The Food Before Fuel Campaign was announced this week with the goal of urging Congress to revisit the nation’s renewable fuels policy...

Corn Hits $7; Ethanol Apologists Grow More Shrill  

Jun 16, 2008 - Troy Marshall

The corn market trended higher this week with December corn flirting with the $7/bu. level this week. In addition, USDA lowered its expected yield by 5 bu./acre to 148.9...

NCBA Urges Senate To Re-Evaluate RFS 

Jun 13, 2008

With persistently wet conditions in parts of the Midwest worsening and some areas suffering catastrophic flooding, cattlemen ...

Playing The Hand 

May 1, 2008 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

As a cattle feeder, observes Alan Janzen, I have to look at what I'm faced with; what is the practical issue here? It's always been thus in a business...

Ethanol Speed Bump 

Apr 1, 2008 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Usage mandates will drive the ethanol industry, even though profit margins have been narrow, says James Mintert, Kansas State University agricultural...

Reader's Viewpoint: No voice, no power 

Apr 1, 2008

In response to Troy Marshall's article on accepting ethanol (February 2008, Should we just accept and adapt?), I absolutely agree. While I know...

Should we just accept and adapt? 

Feb 1, 2008 - by Troy Marshall contributing editor

Accept and adapt has certainly been the rallying cry of leading management gurus regarding the government-created ethanol boom. These experts have a valid...

Ethanol Article Provided Good Perspective  

Jan 17, 2008 - Jeff Pastoor, P.A.S. Senior Cattle Consultant Land O'Lakes Beef Feeds

I found Troy Marshall's Jan. 11 article, "Should We Just Accept And Adapt To Ethanol?" a well-written commentary that provides an objective approach from a perspective outside the Corn Belt...

Co-Product Nutrition Conference Set 

Jan 17, 2008 - Burt Rutherford

If you want leading-edge research on how ethanol co-products work in cattle diets, mark your calendar for the High Plains Biofuels Co-Product Nutrition Conference, Feb. 20 at the Plaza Hotel in Garden City, KS...

Accept change and get on with it 

Jan 1, 2008 - Tom Peters, Consulting Nutritionist Oregon, IL

I'm disturbed by all the complaining today particularly by cattlemen regarding grain-based ethanol. As a consulting nutritionist with 400,000 cattle under...

What is an ethanol cowherd? 

Jan 1, 2008 - by Wes Ishmael contributing editor

Why would success strategies in a business predicated upon cheap feed and cheap energy work when the opposite is true? That's a query John Lawrence, livestock...

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