Cindy and I are attending the National Association of Farm Broadcasters Convention in Kansas City this week. It follows the National Agri-Marketing Association’s Agribusiness Forum. I’m sure we’ll have several posts for you over the next few days that will include interviews with some people we hope you’ll find interesting. For example, at yesterday’s Forum session one of the presenters …
Domestic Fuels Go Hollywood
Ethanol and biodiesel took center stage in Hollywood over the weekend with the World Premiere of the award-winning “Freedom Fuels,” directed and produced by Martin O’Brien. The picture debuted on November 11 at the “Third Annual Artivist Film Festival and Awards” in Hollywood. “Freedom Fuels” received an award for best short in the Environmental Preservation category. According to the filmaker’s …
Biofuels Could Complicate WTO
The International Food and Agricultural Policy Trade Council has conducted the first comprehensive assessment of how World Trade Organization disciplines may apply to the rapidly expanding biofuels sector. The study sets out key WTO issues that need to be clarified, such as the classification of biofuels and their feedstocks and whether they are to be considered industrial, agricultural or environmental …
Domestic Fuel on I-65
From the Birmingham (AL) News – The installation of the first ethanol-and-biodiesel-blended-fuel pumps along Interstate 65 in Alabama should begin in early 2007, state officials said Thursday. State officials are talking with interested gasoline-selling convenience store operators and working quickly to make alternative-fuel purchase an option for drivers, said Kathy Hornsby of the Alabama Department of Economic and Development Affairs. …
Domestic Fuels Power Transportation Expansion
Increased demand for E85, biodiesel products brings need for more trains, trucks and storage. Story by David Pitt of the Associated Press. With new ethanol and biodiesel plants going online, transportation companies are scurrying to provide the needed trains, trucks and storage tanks to keep up. The fuel-additive industry is growing from regional to national distribution, driven by a federal …
All Minnesota Biodiesel is Accredited
According to the National Biodiesel Board, all of the major biodiesel producers in Minnesota are now accredited under BQ-9000, the voluntary biodiesel industry fuel quality control program. Last week, FUMPA Biofuels of Redwood Falls, Minn., and Minnesota Soybean Processors of Brewster, Minn. became the latest accredited biodiesel producers. Metro Fuel Corp. of Brooklyn, New York also became certified as a …
ADM Expects Growth in Low Percentage Ethanol Blends
The Chicago Tribune reports on comments from Archer Daniels Midland executives that they foresee “rapid growth in the market for gasoline blended with 10, 15 or even 20 percent concentrations of ethanol, but slower acceptance of so-called “E-85.” Read full story.
ADM Plans Global Lead in Biofuels
Archer Daniels Midland Company made presentations to financial analysts in Chicago Wednesday outlining plans to be the global leader in ethanol and biodiesel production, while expanding its top position in the agricultural processing value chain. “ADM is uniquely positioned at the intersection of the world’s increasing demands for both food and fuel,” said Patricia Woertz, ADM CEO and President. “As …
Million Mile Haul
Ten truckers will be driving a million miles over the next two years to study and promote the benefits of soy biodiesel. The Iowa Soybean Association, Decker Trucking Lines, Inc., the National Biodiesel Board, Caterpillar Inc., Iowa Central Community College, Renewable Energy Group and the USDA have partnered to support this study. The study will use a biodiesel mix of …