Foro PAIS – Productores Agro Industriales de Soja – was born in 2011 with the purpose of promoting the Argentine soy agro-industry and we learned more about it during the IFAJ 2013 Congress. Foro PAIS Communications and Institutional Relations Director Dr. Adrián Figueroa says soybean production is a huge industry for Argentina. “Soybean production in Argentina in the last ten …
BASF to Acquire Verenium
BASF Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire biotechnology company Verenium Corporation. The agreement, in which BASF will purchase all of the outstanding shares of Verenium’s common stock for US$4.00 per share, has been unanimously approved by both Verenium’s and BASF’s Boards of Directors. Based on all outstanding shares and including all net financial liabilities, the enterprise value would …
Growth Energy Pleased with New Holland Support
At the 2013 Farm Progress Show, representatives from Growth Energy were pleased to be part of the New Holland Club Blue event for dealers and customers. “New Holland is a fantastic company, they produce top notch equipment, but they also are willing to step up for rural America,” said Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis. “What we’ve seen over the last …
Pope Car Can Run on Biofuel
According to a story in an Italian Catholic publication, the Pope’s new/old car is able to run on biofuels. The National Catholic Reporter reports that Italy’s Famiglia Cristiana interviewed the priest who gave Pope Francis the 1984 Renault 4L as his personal vehicle. “Knowing Francis’ environmental activism, (Fr. Renzo) Zocca proudly told Famiglia Cristiana that the Renault can run on …
USDA Announces Support for Advanced Biofuel Producers
USDA announced Thursday that the agency is making nearly $15.5 million in payments to support the production of advanced biofuel. At the National Advanced Biofuels Conference in Omaha, USDA Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Doug O’Brien said 188 producers will received payments through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. “Producing advanced biofuels is a major component of the drive to take …
USDA Increases Corn Crop Forecast
Despite a slowly maturing corn crop impacted by late summer heat, USDA upped its production forecast for the crop this year by a little bit instead of lowering it. Corn production is forecast at 13.8 billion bushels, up less than 1 percent from the August forecast and up 28 percent from 2012. If realized, this will be a new record …
RFA’s Cooper on Corn Crop and E15
This edition of “The Ethanol Report” features an interview from Farm Progress Show with Renewable Fuels Association Vice President of Research and Development Geoff Cooper on several timely topics, including corn and ethanol production this year, cellulosic ethanol, the importance of the RFS, and sales of E15 ramping up again as summer volatility requirements end. Cooper talks about how despite …
Tune in Live for Great RFS Debate
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen is live right now on AgriTalk in a debate with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Executive Director of Legislative Affairs Kristina Butts over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Great RFS Debate is being co-hosted by Agri-Pulse. Dinneen is pictured here, left, as the debate begins. Next to Dinneen is AgriTalk host …
Illinois Ethanol Workers Write to Protect RFS
The employees of Illinois River Energy and GTL Resources Biorefining sent a letter to their Congressional delegation this week urging support of the Renewable Fuel Standard. “We are the 60 hard working employees of an independently owned and operated corn bio-refinery in Rochelle, Illinois,” they wrote, asking to correct misinformation about the RFS that was presented during a House Energy …
Senate Leaders Support RFS
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) attended a press conference for the National Farmers Union in Washington on Monday to stress support for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “We’ve learned a lot about biofuels, we’ve done so much better in producing biofuels for things other than crops that we eat and that’s …