Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'American'

Verasun goes to court today to cancel corn purchse contracts

VeraSun, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection recently is planning to go to court in Delaware to cancel a number of corn purchase contracts. Much to the chagrin of farmers in Iowa who planned to sell the corn to...

USDA wants biorefinery grant requests for new technologies

The USDA wants requests for loans to build biofuel plants that do not use corn starch as the raw material starting point. The Biorefinery Assistance Program provides loan guarantees for the development, construction and retrofitting of viable commercial-scale biorefineries producing...

Verasun tries to exit corn purchase contracts

Verasun which has filed for  bankruptcy protection has asked the courts to terminate a number of its corn contracts, says ICIS news. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS. About ICIS)While the move would help Verasun get back on its feet, if...

US farm Bill 2007 more proposals

There are more proposals to be debated as the US Farm Bill 2007 gets closer to enactment, according to 25x25, a US pro-biofuel pressure group. The US house of representative has agreed a proposal, which is different from proposals from...

US' Sweet adiction to sugar farmers

The price of the US' sweet addiction to sugar farmers and the potential for further distorting the market for ethanol in the US is explored in a post over on the Politics of Food. Rachel C. Dechenne says in a...