Biofuels

A major player is entering the grain-handling business.  Concord Grain Company, owned by Todd Ochsner, began construction on its new shuttle loading facility on April 1 and plans to open for business Sept. 15.  The $11.2 million grain elevator with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - National Farmers Union (NFU) recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting the EPA's proposed volumes for cellulosic, advanced and other renewable fuels. Under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act,...

ROBESONIA, Pa. - Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea), a species unrelated to the marijuana plant sometimes also called hemp, is a tropical plant used in Africa, Asia and South America for animal forage, soil improvement and fiber production. In North America...

The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...

A company that owns an ethanol plant in Aberdeen has agreed to pay fines for violations of federal Environmental Protection Agency rules. The EPA says Advanced BioEnergy has agreed to pay $136,500 to settle violations at its ethanol plants in Aberdeen...

Energy industry watchers made comments Thursday on the state's plan to change how it categorizes renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydropower at a public hearing in Hartford. The plan — out as an energy department study and pending...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...

 A company that owns an ethanol plant in Aberdeen has agreed to pay fines for violations of federal Environmental Protection Agency rules.  The EPA says Advanced BioEnergy has agreed to pay $136,500 to settle violations at its ethanol plants in Huron...

SOUTH BEND – The former New Energy ethanol plant is costing South Bend taxpayers about $12,000 a month and the city doesn’t even own it. And some city council members have big questions about the plant’s future. Council Vice...

Corn prices have plummeted nearly 90 cents a bushel since Thursday, when two key USDA reports showed the nation has more corn in storage than previously thought and farmers plan to plant a record number of acres this spring.  On Thursday morning, May...

JOHNSTON, IOWA - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new federal-private collaboration with DuPont to safeguard natural resources on private lands used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production. The joint agreement...

The neighborhood farmer grapevine, fiber optic for years now, was set abuzz two weeks ago with news that a 237-acre piece of the township for sale at $12,500 per acre. Whoa, right? Well, the land sports five-year averages of 199 bu. for corn and 60...