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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
Ethanol doubts in the heartland

It is worth checking out a story in the Des Moines Register, posted on 17 October by Dan Piller Ethanol cos. hurt by prices may get help from USDA. Read the comments. Read More...

Published 20 Oct 2008 10:30 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Agriculture, des, moines, register, Bioethanol, comments, doubts
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
Is this an accurate snapshot of the problems facing the biodiesel industry in North America?

Interesting post on Xeconomy blog looking at the situation at Imperium Renewables . While I'm not able to comment on the comapny's situation, some of the issues facing the business of biodiesel in the US look pretty stark in the article. The most...

Published 19 Aug 2008 10:36 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Economics, Biodiesel, Imperium
Ethanol plants recieve big subsidy cheques

A couple of plants in North Dakota have been heavily subsidised by the state in the past 18 months, according to the Grand Forks Herald and posted by Ron Steenblik onto Del.icio.us . For me the interesting thing is that the plants have only been in existence...

Published 31 Jul 2008 13:18 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, North, subisidy, Dakota
The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers

The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers, according to a report in the Des Moines Registe r. The report goes on to add that around 1.6bn bushels of corn will be left from last year's harvest compared to earlier...

Published 15 Jul 2008 15:54 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Agriculture, Corn, crop, choke
John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn

It is worth checking out John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn . Read More...

Published 9 Jun 2008 11:40 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Corn
A journeyman's view of corn and ethanol

Journeyman TV has a video on YouTube talking about the role of corn ethanol in areas like food prices and US automotive sector. Its worth looking at. I can't embed it, which is a pity. Read More...

Published 18 Apr 2008 11:40 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Corn, politics, video
The US price of dried distillers grains

The price of dried distillers grains could have a significant impact on the economics of biofuels production, but its one of those commodities which are probably traded pretty locally to plants. I've found some guideline prices for dried distillers...

Published 5 Feb 2008 12:27 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Economics, Missouri
How should you spend your Federal Stimulus package? On ethanol of course

How should you spend your slice of Bush's Federal Stimulus package? On ethanol of course,that's Burl's top tip over on Cleanfuels. I'd be tempted to do the same thing only with a slightly different emphasis, but I don't live in the...

Published 1 Feb 2008 16:10 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, package, sitmulus, US, ethanol, Economics
Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food?

Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food? Despite the measured tones (and graph) in my previous post (Is the price of corn too low?) ,the price of bagels in New York seems to be more closely tied to the price of a bushel of wheat than...

Published 30 Jan 2008 16:10 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Economics, New, price, bagels, substitution, futures, wheat, York

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