Mar 11, 2010 10:35 AM, By Stu Hutson, University of Florida
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy set a goal that, by 2030, a third of the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels would be replaced by environmentally sound products made from plant material usually discarded as trash....
Mar 9, 2010 9:49 AM
The livestock sector can lead the agricultural economy to higher net farm income, assuming the farm economy benefits from a recovering general U.S. economy....
Mar 4, 2010 10:10 AM, By Charles H. Bronson, Florida Agriculture & Consumer Services Commissioner
As Florida's Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner, one of my proudest achievements is Florida's status as a leader in the biofuel industry. ...
Feb 26, 2010 8:12 AM
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced the completion of an innovative bioenergy project that helps manage animal waste while at the same time producing energy and agriculture products....
Feb 18, 2010 10:23 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
It upset many legislators when Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Majority leader, recently scuttled the Baucus/Grassley jobs bill by introducing a scaled-down bill of his own. ...
Feb 10, 2010 9:32 AM, By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky
A turfgrass scientist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is part of a regional team of university researchers studying the feasibility of growing miscanthus for biomass and biofuels....
Feb 8, 2010 9:46 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Calling for 36 billion gallons of biofuel to be produced by 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a long-awaited final rule on the implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) established in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act....
News from the Farm BillHouse votes to suspend base acre provisionSep 26, 2008 9:14 AM The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits. ... Senators, ag secretary spar over ACRE provisionsSep 16, 2008 10:21 AM, By Forrest Laws A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill.... ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 15, 2008 9:34 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill, flooding: Economist Daryll RayJul 9, 2008 9:57 AM, By David Bennett After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation.... |
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