By Stephanie Schupska, University of Georgia
When it comes to growing crops to make into biofuels, the talk usually centers on corn or switchgrass. ...
A proposed federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) uses assumptions and methodologies that exclude vegetable oil (including soybean oil), or about 70 percent of all available domestic raw material for biodiesel. ...
A national consumer awareness campaign aimed at owners of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) was officially launched in Orlando, Fla., at the recent Farm-to-Fuel Summit....
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess has announced that biomass conversion facilities can begin signing up to participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which will help increase production of renewable energy. ...
By Tom Nordlie, University of Florida
A newly discovered gene may be the key to producing fuel ethanol more efficiently from trees, and the University of Florida researchers who identified it have received a prestigious federal grant to investigate further....
By Stu Hutson, University of Florida
Most would identify the tree by its often troublesome, spiky “gumballs,” but what many call the sweetgum tree also goes by another name, thanks to its distinctive, reptilian bark: The alligator tree....
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced the joint selection of awards of up to $6.3 million towards fundamental genomics-enabled research leading to the improved use of plant feedstocks for biofuel production. ...
“I don’t think there is any question. You have to have a strong export market,” said Jim Hansen of U.S. Grains Council member POET to producers, agribusiness representatives and other agriculturalists at the Council's 49th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in San Diego, Calif. ...
As Congress continues to debate and fashion extraordinary energy policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on foreign oil, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is forging ahead with his efforts to promote the production of renewable energy from Florida's vast biomass resources....
By Jim Langcuster, Auburn University
Sometimes technology produces unintended consequences. That appears to be the case with an ethanol by-product, known as distiller's grain, which is fed to cattle as a corn replacement....
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