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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 of this poor thumbnail. I've...

Published 30 Apr 2009 17:20 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Corn, technology, fuel, Motor, percentage, replacement
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 they use in fermentation does not have to compete with naturally-occurring bacteria...

Published 26 Mar 2009 9:09 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Minnesota, Policy, Agriculture, Corn, biofuels, Science, radio, antibiotic, distillers, grains, FDA, virginiamycin, Public, erythromycin, tylosin, penicillin
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 is) the different premises are all important...

Published 12 Feb 2009 9:57 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, Environment, video, carbon, Climate, Bioethanol, dioxide, mid-West, Central
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 thing for the...

Published 4 Feb 2009 10:55 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Corn, Texas, A&M
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 Read More...

Published 17 Dec 2008 11:13 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Agriculture, Corn, Environment, ladybirds, ladybugs, monoculture, insects
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...

Published 17 Dec 2008 10:55 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, biofuels, automotive, subsidy
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. Read More...

Published 18 Nov 2008 9:51 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Agriculture, Corn, Food, fast
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 letter...

Published 11 Nov 2008 9:54 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Corn, Environment, EPA, FOE
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 development that discriminates...

Published 23 Oct 2008 13:00 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, biofuels, subsidy, livestock, Department, meat
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 from protein...

Published 14 Oct 2008 11:37 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Corn, biofuels, Food, Huffington, Post, Production, chicken, beef, restaurant
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 and Supply and Demand report on...

Published 8 Oct 2008 11:01 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Agriculture, Corn, biofuels, usda, crop, supply, CBOT, demand
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 weather had been better. That story's...

Published 6 Oct 2008 12:21 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, biofuels, technology, Science, Food, cellulosic, down, des, moines, register, estimate, tecfhnology, volume
US on track to deliver second biggest ever corn crop

The US is on track to deliver the country's second biggest ever corn crop , according to numbers from the US department of agriculture and reported on ICIS news. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS ) My pal William Lemos' report says: The...

Published 15 Sep 2008 16:09 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, 2008, usda, Bioethanol, crop
Poet to make cellulosic biofuel by year end

Poet LLC, formerly Broin, says it will be making cellulosic ethanol at a plant in Dakota by the end of the year , according to a report in Iowa Farmer Today. It looks like Poet will be using DuPont technology, under an agreement signed in 2006 to make...

Published 11 Sep 2008 10:56 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Corn, technology, cellulosic, stover, Broin, cob, Dakota., Poet
Miscanthus research in Iowa

The Iowa State University is looking hard at Miscanthus as a potential biofuel feedstock , says the Des Moines Register. Miscanthus, on the other hand, holds the potential to make up to 2times as much ethanol per ton as corn. A University of Illinois...

Published 3 Sep 2008 16:04 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, iowa, University, state, miscanthus

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