Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'corn'
The relationship between corn, ethanol and autofuel replacement US-style
There is a direct relationship between the volume of corn converted to ethanol with the % of gasoline replaced in the US. Its shown more clearly if you click the line which contains the mysterious word Thi at the bottom...
Antibiotics at heart of corn ethanol
Some US corn ethanol producers are using penicillin and three other antibiotics in corn fermentation process says Minnesota Public Radio. /**/ Why? To ensure that the yeast...
Not farming is better for carbon emissions than corn-ethanol
Tree Hugger has one of those articles which show that doing nothing produces fewer carbon emissions than growing corn for ethanol. Well Duh.Let's turn this on its head. If we stopped using oil-powered vehicles then we would not need to use...
The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again
There is an interesting video on Climate Central about the amount of carbon dioxide produced when ethanol is made from corn grown in the mid-West of the US. Hard to tell who is right in this debate (if any one...
Wes Clark to lobby for ethanol?
General Wes Clark may be joining a pro corn ethanol lobby group to take on the mighty American grocery lobby, according to Politico a blog by Ben Smith. I can't imagine that you'd get a General (retired or not) doing...
US ethanol overview
There's an overview of the US market for ethanol, the state of plant building and possible directions for the corn price, over at the Agrilife Extension of the Texas A&M University website. The credit crunch might have been a good...
Too much corn could be bad for ladybugs (ladybirds)
Interesting piece on the effects of corn monoculture in the mid-west. Looks like too much corn is bad for ladybugs (ladybirds), but probably good news for people who make pesticide... Hattip to Biofuelwatch...
Biofuels and the innovation ecosystem
Krisztina Holly has an interesting article on biofuels, the automotive bail out, evolution and the innovation ecosystem over on the Huffington Post. Part of her post is particularly resonant for the biofuels industry Big companies play an important role, too,...
VeraSun outlines process for farmers to sell corn elsewhere
VeraSun has outlined a process for farmers to be able to tell if their corn will be available for sale elsewhere, according to the Des Moines Register. ...
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...
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...
Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease?
Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease? That is the question posed by Ron Steenblick, and Richard Doornbosch in a recent online publication....
Corn is the foundation of US fast food.
Interesting, if off topic, Maribo has piece on the way that the US fast food industry is built on corn. I'll have the corn with a side of corn, too. ...
EPA may investigage corn ethanol's environmental credentials
The US Environmental Protection Agency, may start investigating the environmental benefits of corn ethanol processes, according to a post on Chemically Green, which quotes a letter from Friends of the Earth and others to the EPA. The thrust of the...
Credit crunch may make it harder for farmers next year
The credit crunch may make it harder for US corn farmers to maintain overdrafts, raise loans and fund farming next year according to to this report from Bloomberg. ...
Corn price rise: speculative bubble
The Reuter's person on the spot at the Chicago Board of Trade says the price rise corn experienced this year was due to a speculative bubble caused by money moving out of stocks into commodities. The price is falling as...
Meatpackers say aid to ethanol plants would be unfair and discriminatory
US meat producers are saying in the Des Moines Register that aid to ethanol producers that are facing trouble because of movements in the price of corn over the previous year would be unfair and "would be a startling new...
Restaurants set to raise prices as corn cost feed through to plates
A number of US restaurant chains look set to rise prices this year as higher corn prices ripple along the supply chain, according to Huffington post.The key paragraph is buried towards the end of the article....Part of the problem stems...
Webinar on US grain outlook
Part of CBOT is offering a free webinar on the outlook for the US grain harvest this year today at 2-3pm central US time. That's two days before the US Department of Agriculture is due to release USDA Crop Production...
Corn estimates down in the US
The US Department of Agrculture has lowered its estimates of the volume of corn and soy that will be harvested this year. So 2008 will only be the second largest crop in history. It might have been higher if the...
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