The Renewable Fuels Association joined with Growth Energy, the American Coalition for Ethanol, the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, and other groups in filing an official waiver request with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to approve for general use gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15)....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
New anti-ethanol commentary by environmental and food manufacturing organizations are “stirring up fear” among consumers at a time when all segments of the economy should be pulling together to bring about recovery....
By Carol Spence
University of Kentucky
In the 1950s, more than 120,000 acres of Kentucky farmland stood in barley. ...
The U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) has announced up to $25 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value biobased products, subject to annual appropriations....
By Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia
Southerners may best know sorghum as sweet, biscuit-topping syrup. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Southeast farmers can expect nitrogen prices to remain high in the coming years, primarily due to limited increases in supply and dramatic increases in demand globally....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Officials from East Kentucky Power Cooperative and the University of Kentucky recently demonstrated switchgrass' feasibility as an alternative energy form as it was combined with coal to generate electricity at East Kentucky Power's Spurlock Station in Maysville....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
When the cost of diesel skyrocketed to more than $4 a gallon, Travis Sweat fought back. ...
Ceres, Inc. has announced it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. ...
By Don Comis
United States Department of Agriculture
A computer model called ALMANAC promises to provide answers about a key issue facing agriculture today: The management of crops such as corn and switchgrass for bioenergy production....
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