By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
American Soybean Association leaders say that if federal officials wanted to damage the biodiesel industry they couldn’t do a much better job of it than they are now, presumably unintentionally....
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that he is hosting this year's "Farm to Fuel" summit July 29-31 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There has been plenty of commodity group support for President Obama’s recent directive to the USDA, the EPA and the Department of Energy to pick up the biofuels development pace....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Obama administration has announced a major, concerted push by the USDA, Department of Energy and EPA to support the development and expansion of domestic biofuels....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has submitted comments to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research regarding the impact of the indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2). ...
President Obama has issued a presidential directive to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to aggressively accelerate the investment in and production of biofuels. ...
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has commended President Obama for his commitment to the biofuels industry by the creation of the Biofuels Interagency Working Group. ...
The federal government should increase the ethanol blend level up to 15 percent, which will promote environmental protection, help create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn ethanol had a minimal impact on higher food prices in 2007-08, according to a study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). ...
The National Biodiesel Board has submitted formal written comments in response to the European Commission’s decision to impose provisional anti-dumping and countervailing duties on U.S. biodiesel entering the European Union....
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