Feds Investing in Ethanol Plant
Markets melt down, $700 bln going to bail out Wall Street because banks threw good money after bad in crazy mortgages, … and now the Fed’s want to throw more good money after bad in chasing a crazy...
View ArticleBiofuel plants closing amid meltdown, spike in crop prices
BY CHRIS BLANK Associated Press AND CHRIS KILLIAN Special to the Gazette LILBOURN, Mo. – It’s one of the newest buildings in this small agricultural town. Aligned between two city water towers, the...
View ArticleEthanol Will Curb Farm Income Until Economy Rebounds, Economist Says
Press Release — CHAMPAIGN, IL — November 10, 2008 — Ethanol helped drive two years of record profits for grain farmers, but also will hold income down during a looming recession that has already sliced...
View ArticleRacing Around in Circles Over Ethanol
Wow! The ethanol lobby’s rhetoric has outdone itself on this connection to Memorial Day, … read the box below: RFA ASKS INDY RACING LEAGUE TO RECONSIDER BRAZIL ETHANOL MARKETING AGREEMENT Earlier this...
View ArticleOoops! This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
VeraSun Energy Statement Sioux Falls, S.D., November 21, 2008 - VeraSun Energy Corporation (VSUNQ) (the “Company”) released the following statement. “VeraSun Energy values the relationships with our...
View ArticleEPA Being Pushed to Allow Higher Blends of Ethanol
One thing about the ethanol sector, … it never stops pushing for more, more, more. Like right now, the industry is pushing EPA to sign off on higher blends of ethanol into gasoline. Currently the cap...
View ArticleBiofuels in the Middle East ?!?!?!
This is proof that biofuels have reached the level of mania. Like coals to New Castle, we’re now importing vegetable oil to the Middle East to make biodiesel United Arab Emirates to Host Region’s First...
View ArticleEthanol’s Federal Subsidy Grab, …
Leaves Little For Solar, Wind and Geothermal Energy WASHINGTON, January 8, 2009 - As Congress and the incoming Obama administration plan the nation’s next major investments in green energy, they need...
View ArticleUSDA: 2008 Food Inflation Worst in 18 years
From Keith Good’s farm policy blog, … “The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in December, its third consecutive monthly...
View ArticleEconomist: Ethanol exuberance will hit fan
From AgWeek An Iowa State University agricultural economist who is famous for criticizing the ethanol fuel industry recently made his third appearance in a row at the annual North Dakota Grain Dealers...
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