Commodities report: With the weak El Nino predicted to hold sway through February, lower-than-normal storage inventories and the stark memory of last winter, volatility in the natural gas market is likely to continue through the end of the year.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released an updated sugarcane harvest report, reporting ethanol production for the current harvest season is up 5.11 percent through the first half of November.
Commodities report: Corn producers utilize storage to full potential. Strong cash markets and positive end-user margins support corn market.
Commodities report: Weather is becoming a bigger part of the DDGS pricing picture and there's still hope for a solution to the Chinese situation.
Japan is a mature market, but ethanol could represent a new opportunity in the country. In partnership with industry associations, the U.S. Grains Council has opened a strategic discussion with key industry and government officials about biofuels.
Commodities report: As ethanol futures prices have surged higher, gasoline prices and the entire energy complex have remained under pressure. This has quickly changed the dynamic between ethanol and gasoline markets.
I recently attempted to rent a FFV for a work trip and had a less than satisfactory experience.
AAA's claims about E15 don't stack up to the facts, writes Ron Lamberty of ACE. With the help of two motor clubs, that organization helped reveal the truth just like Scooby-Doo and his friends do in the cartoons.
UNICA is looking forward to working with Brazil's newly re-elected President Dilma Rouseff on putting the right policies in place for the country's future, writes Leticia Phillips.
Having led the charge to ban leaded gasoline 30 years ago, Marilyn Katz is leading a campaign to require E15 in the Windy City.
Abengoa recently released third quarter financial results, reporting positive performance for the company's biofuels business. For the first nine months of the year, the company reported overall revenues in line with those achieved in 2013.
The Fuels Institute recently published a study that predicts a substantial increase in E85 sales over the next several years. At minimum, the report predicts E85 sales will double by 2023. Under certain circumstances, the growth rate could be higher.
A Canadian farmer and hot rodder recently talked with me about altering engines for pure ethanol. If E85 were widely available, the work racers are doing in this area could be applied to street vehicles with a positive impact on fuel mileage.
Class I railroads have filed their fourth weekly status reports with the Surface Transportation Board. The reports provide an overview of operational performance for the week ending Nov. 8.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the November issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting that ethanol production will average 934,000 barrels per day next year.
Research by Purdue University scientist Jon Schoonmaker and his colleagues has shown that small amounts of calcium oxide can neutralize the acid in distillers grains, a commonly used alternative to corn in many livestock feed mixes.
Brazil-based Cosan has released financial results for the third quarter, reporting a 2 percent increase in the volume of ethanol produced despite a 9 percent reduction in sugarcane crush volumes.
As the old saying goes “the cure for low prices is low prices.� Demand and corn at five-year lows developed a low pricing point as of late October, despite a record yield and big carryout.
IGPC Ethanol Inc.'s fuel ethanol facility in Aylmer, Ontario, has now produced over 1 billion liters (264.17 million gallons) of ethanol, a substantial milestone in IGPC's history. The facility has been in operation for more than six years.
Murphy USA Inc. has released financial results for the third quarter, reporting $6 million of operating income from its 110 MMGy ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. The company posted a loss of $900,000 for the facility during the same period of 2013.
The natural gas market is caught between risk of a cold winter and a growing imbalance between structural growth of natural gas supply and demand. There's now a realization that underlying market fundamentals are encouraging for end users.
Growth Energy participated in a market development mission with the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association to explore export opportunities for U.S. ethanol in Panama and Peru. Missions are also planned to countries in Southeast Asia.
The Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality detailing a number of requested changes to the proposed rule for Phase 2 of the Oregon Clean Fuels Program.
USDA is still projecting a record corn crop, but just not quite as big, reducing its forecast by 68 million bushels in the Nov. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. Corn production is now forecast at a record 14.407 billion bushels.
Domestically, increased DDGS inclusion rates are continuing. Both soymeal and corn never got as cheap as buyers expected, and with DDGS getting below 100 percent, and then 95 percent or below, the value of corn, buyers formulated it in to the max.
Ethanol prices shifted higher in a moderately aggressive manner through the middle of October, fed by renewed buyer support in the corn complex as well as a three-week pull-down in overall ethanol inventories across the country.
A public comment period on the Oregon Clean Fuels Program is set to end Nov. 7. The program, which is similar to California's Low Carbon Fuels Standard, requires a 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels by 2025.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported good overall financial results for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, including significant improvements in corn processing. In fact, profit in this segment nearly doubled, reaching $356 million.
A Renewable Fuels Association analysis of model year (MY) 2015 warranty statements and owner's manuals reveals that auto manufacturers explicitly approve the use of E15 in approximately two-thirds of new vehicles.
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has announced that W. Scott Thurlow has stepped down from his position as president and Andrea Kent, previously vice president of communications, has been appointed to the position.
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