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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 in the Des Moines Register . You should subscribe...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-06-2008
US almost out of corns stocks by harvest 09

The US will be almost out of corn stocks by harvest 09, according to Phil Brasher in the Des Moines Register. You must read the article it points up the complete failure of corn to ethanol as a sensible economic or fuel policy . Key quote 1 Corn supplies are projected to fall by one-third to just more...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-24-2008
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 USDA said in its monthly report it expects 12.07bn...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-15-2008
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 study in 2005 showed that using corn or switchgrass...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-03-2008
A biofuels polemic from Huffington Post

If you are interested in the e nvironmental impact of biofuels in the US check this polemic on the Huffington Post . Makes some good points about the end to end efficiency of biofuels in the automotive sector. You can't comment on it there, so perhaps you'd like to do so here.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008
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 forecasts of 1.4bn bushels.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
Biofuels and the whole of non-meat farming

Andy Posner, over on the Huffington Post raises some good questions about land use in a world where we're increasingly using biofuels. I suggest in a comment that perhaps a little high-fructose corn syrup should be fermented to ease the US obesity crisis. Fat chance of that happening then.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008
Is the price of corn related to the price of crude?

Is the price of corn related to the price of crude? Many in the US ethanol business say that it isn't this chap isn't so sure...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Switching to switchgrass isn't easy

Switching to switchgrass isn't going to be easy, according to this useful piece from redorbit. Worth reading.

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Gulf of Mexico deadzone all bad for biofuels?

Interesting piece over on Maribo about the way that flooding in the Midwestern US could lead to a big increase in the size of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico . This is caused each year when excess fertiliser is washed out of farmland along the Mississippi, flows into the gulf and feeds algae which...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008

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