Ethanol Promotion Success at Sturgis

Cindy Zimmerman

Promotion of ethanol to motorcycle lovers was a bigger success this year than last. This edition of the “Ethanol Report” with Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) Director of Market Development Robert White takes a look at how their sponsorship at the 70th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally went this year. This is the second year that RFA partnered with the Legendary Buffalo …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, Ethanol Report, Miscellaneous, Promotion, RFA

Export Exchange Focuses on Ethanol By-Product

Cindy Zimmerman

The upcoming Export Exchange 2010 is shaping up to be a must-attend event for anyone involved in the production of ethanol who also produces the co-product dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), which is becoming a major export commodity from the United States. The Export Exchange, sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), features …

Distillers Grains, Ethanol, Ethanol News, Exports, RFA, USGC

Analysis Credits Ethanol With Lower Gas Prices

Cindy Zimmerman

Gas prices have hit an eight-month low and an analysis in the Washington Post today gives part of the credit to ethanol. The main reason they say gas prices have declined is weak demand due to the economy and continued high unemployment. That comes from an American Petroleum Institute (API) news release last week, which reported gasoline demand for July, …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, Oil, RFA

RFA Successfully Promotes Ethanol At Sturgis

Joanna Schroeder

There is nothing more American than motorcycles and Sturgis, South Dakota in the summer. There is also nothing more American than ethanol. This year, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) roared back into Sturgis for another round of ethanol promotion. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over America descend on Sturgis each summer for the largest motorcycle enthusiast event in …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFA

USDA Predicts Record Corn Crop

Joanna Schroeder

In the latest forecast issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), corn farmers are on track for a record corn crop and yield per acre for this year. The numbers are estimated to surpass the records set in 2009. USDA expects farmers to harvest 13.37 billion bushels, 2 percent larger than in 2009. They are also projecting 165 bushels …

Agribusiness, corn, Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFA

Ethanol Production Strong, Exports Holding Steady

Joanna Schroeder

Ethanol production fell slightly for the week ending August 8, 2010 as compared to the week prior, yet remained strong totaling 866,000 barrels per day (b/d) or just shy of 36.4 million gallons per day. This according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) and reported by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). The four-week average ending August 6, 2010 shows ethanol production …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFA

RFA: EPA Overestimates ILUC Emissions

Joanna Schroeder

The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has sent another letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding what they call errors in the calculations of biofuels’ carbon intensity under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). In the August 4th letter, RFA writes, “according to [EPA’s] own analysis, EPA grossly overestimated potential emissions from land use change (LUC) attributable to the [greenhouse gas] …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, Indirect Land Use, RFA

ACE Update on Ethanol Blender Pumps

Cindy Zimmerman

One year ago at the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) conference in Milwaukee, the BYO Ethanol campaign was launched as a joint effort between corn-producing states, ACE, and the Renewable Fuels Association with the goal of installing more blender pumps nationwide. Today that effort is more important than ever as the industry is face to face with the 10 percent …

ACE, Audio, blends, corn, Ethanol, Ethanol News, RFA

Ethanol Report on the Climate in Washington

Cindy Zimmerman

It’s August in the nation’s capitol and the climate is hazy, hot and humid with a chance of afternoon thundershowers, which Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen says kind of describes what is happening on Capitol Hill these days as well – especially the hazy and stormy part. In this edition of “The Ethanol Report,” Dinneen discusses the …

Ethanol, Ethanol News, Ethanol Report, Government, RFA