
Based out of Homerville, Georgia, Conner Holdings utilizes the surrounding southern yellow pine within the Pine Belt in its sawmill-to-pellet production. IMAGE: STELA DRYING TECHNOLOGY
October 7, 2025
BY Caitlin Scheresky
Advertisement
Advertisement
The USDA is formally rescinding a notice of funding opportunity issued in October 2024 for FY 2025, 2026 and 2027 Rural Energy for America Program funding. Any applicant without a fully executed financial assistance agreement will have to reapply.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2025-’26 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released April 9. The estimated season-average price for soybean oil was revised up.
The London Laurel County Economic Development Authority, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative have issued a BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Laurel County, Kentucky. The BDO Zone is rated for 342,000 bone dry tons per year of low-risk woody biomass .
Casterra Ag Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., on March 31 announced successful commercial field trials in Brazil, highlighting castor oil as a compelling candidate for economically viable biofuel production.
Seeing investment tax credits (ITCs) for biomass projects come into effect is a welcome, long-overdue step for Canada’s forest sector. After years of uncertainty, the measure offers a starting point to restore investor confidence, according to FPAC.