By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Tennessee soybean producer of today could be the Tennessee oilseed producer of tomorrow if an initiative to diversify the states agriculture is successful....
According to the latest "Monthly Energy Review" issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sept. 24, 2008), renewable energy accounted for more than 10 percent of the domestically-produced energy used in the United States in the first half of 2008....
By Peter Hull
Clemson University
If a major biofuels refinery is built in South Carolina, it likely will source raw material from Palmetto State fields, which is an enormous opportunity for the state’s growers, a Clemson University alternative energy researcher says....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Adding biofuels as a significant part of the U.S. energy equation “plays to America’s strengths,” says David Fleischaker, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Biofuels must be part of the solution to attaining energy security and in reducing potential for global climate change, says USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, Gale Buchanan....
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced the selection of 144 recipients in 37 states and the territory of Puerto Rico to receive more than $19 million in USDA Rural Development assistance under the Value-Added Producer Grant program....
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
With abundant biomass, cutting-edge research and a strong agricultural base, Georgia is becoming a U.S. alternative fuel leader, said Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue at a recent conference in Tifton....
By Rosalie Marion Bliss
United States Department of Agriculture
A new "green" technology developed cooperatively by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) could lead to production of hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria....
Like the great American president Abraham Lincoln, the fuel of his traveling bicentennial exhibition will be “Made in America.”...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the People’s Republic of China have signed an important agreement to collaborate on biofuels research. ...
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