Ethanol Still Being Penalized By EPA

Chuck Zimmerman

The U.S. Grains Council is holding its 7th Annual International Marketing Conference and 50th Annual Membership Meeting in Mexico. One of the main purposes of this meeting is for the organization to create a new working plan for the development of U.S. grain exports and a bright spot for corn growers has been the growth in the export of DDGS. …

Audio, corn, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Indirect Land Use, NCGA

Free Biodiesel Music

Chuck Zimmerman

In case you can’t tell, I’m a big fan of the music of Emily Richards and Jason Brock since I first met them at a National Biodiesel Conference years ago. The photo is from one of the screens that was displaying them during their time on stage at the conference. Emily announced that she and Jason have been working on …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference

More Thoughts On RFS-2

Chuck Zimmerman

With RFS-2 being such an important topic to anyone in the industry right now I conducted another interview on the subject with Larry Schafer, The Diamond Group. Larry moderated one of the panel discussions on the subject at the National Biodiesel Conference. He says that the EPA has published the regulatory rules on line and there are a number of …

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Feeding The Biodiesel Machine

Chuck Zimmerman

The final general session of the National Biodiesel Conference featured a panel session titled, “Feeding the Biodiesel Machine: Understanding Feedstock Realities of Today and Tomorrow.” Captivating new feedstocks for biodiesel have grabbed headlines around the world. But which hold the most promise for expanding the biodiesel industry’s immediate and long-term feedstock needs? What’s the secret behind playing the commodities market… …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference, feedstocks

RFS-2 Importance To Biodiesel Industry

Chuck Zimmerman

There have been three panels discussions on the new RFS-2 at the National Biodiesel Conference and they had to be moved to larger than scheduled rooms to handle all the people who wanted to hear about the new rules. The National Biodiesel Board is working on this issue and will be producing several webinars on the topic in the near …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference, Government

Petroleum Panel Discussion at Biodiesel Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

If you’re wanting to know where biodiesel will sit at the oil company table then you’re in luck because we had a morning panel discussion here at the National Biodiesel Conference that included experts in the field to talk about it. The RFS-2 will likely mean that these companies will be adding biofuels to their product lines which has the …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference

Enterprise Fleet Moving To Biodiesel

Chuck Zimmerman

Enterprise Holdings made a major announcement this morning at the National Biodiesel Conference. Enterprise Holdings today announced plans for its entire fleet of more than 600 Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental airport shuttle buses across more than 50 North American markets to begin using at least 5 percent biodiesel (B5). Pictured at the press conference …

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Fueling Change Theme of NBB Chairman’s Remarks

Chuck Zimmerman

Today’s National Biodiesel Conference general session featured National Biodiesel Board Chairman Ed Hegland. He’s completing his final term as Chairman. He started his comments by reminding everyone that today is the anniversary of daylight savings time which was created to conserve on our energy supply during World War I. It was an innovative idea then and when it comes to …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference

Chat with Chairman of National Biodiesel Board

Chuck Zimmerman

The Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board is Ed Hegland, seen here as a guest on today’s AgriTalk show. Ed says that attendance was something they were very concerned about here at the Conference due to the state of the industry and the weather but they had to bring in 100 extra chairs to the opening general session so he …

Audio, Biodiesel, Biodiesel Conference

Going Green Can Save You Green

Joanna Schroeder

Last week, I wrote a story regarding President Obama’s executive order for the federal government to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020. One goal of this program is to get other companies to follow suit, but many companies don’t know where to start. Enter the Hondo Green Assessment Tool (HGAT). To learn more about how companies can …

Audio, Energy, Environment, global warming, transportation, water