Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced he is hosting this year’s “Farm to Fuel” summit from July 30 to Aug. 1 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Experts are confident a new generation of biofuel technologies under development at Auburn University no longer will require a tradeoff between U.S. energy self-sufficiency and the steep food prices currently associated with corn-based ethanol....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The announcement that the proposed 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant to be built in Hopewell, Va. will operate primarily on barley has Virginia and North Carolina grain growers buzzing with the possibilities....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
As gas and other oil-based energy costs rise, so do the calls for domestically produced bio-based products. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There is no evidence the nation’s growing demand for biofuels and the crops needed to produce them are the culprits behind higher food prices at home or abroad, according to USDA’s top official....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As concerns about rising gasoline and food prices continue to swirl, corn ethanol is being pointed at as a causative factor. Is that the case and, if so, can it be easily reversed?...
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has called on Congress and the Bush Administration to launch full and thorough investigations into skyrocketing fuel prices which are threatening the state and U.S. economy, as well as jeopardizing national security....
Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association and other U.S. agriculture groups have joined together to dispel many of the accusations that have been levied against biofuels in recent months and emphasize the positive contributions of corn ethanol....
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