By Bryan Sims
November 01, 2007
By Bryan Sims
November 01, 2007
By Michael Shirek
November 01, 2007
November 01, 2007
November 01, 2007
Redfield, S.D., which proclaims itself the pheasant capital of the world, has welcomed the opening of the Redfield Energy ethanol plant just north of town.
U.S. farmers responded to higher corn prices by seeding record acres and harvesting a bin-busting crop. While the prospect of an unprecedented corn crop has eased price pressure somewhat, events overseas have kept prices higher than expected.
The Imperial Valley in southeastern California is teeming with ethanol project activity. Beef and dairy operations are hefty in the valley, and agriculture thrives with diverted Colorado River water. EPM investigates why this county has attracted so much attention from would-be ethanol producers.
Sorghum is an old crop getting a new twist at Texas A&M University where researchers are working on two versions simultaneously—new tall hybrids for biomass and new sweet sorghum hybrids.
The only way ethanol producers can keep increasing production capacity is to ramp up demand. South Dakota ethanol proponents believe blender pumps are an excellent tool to increase sales of the renewable fuel and to dispel the myth that E10 is the optimum blend rate for nonflexible-fuel vehicles.
By Anduin Kirkbride McElroy
November 01, 2007
Crude glycerin is a low-value byproduct of the growing biodiesel industry. But one company, Glycos Biotechnologies Inc., sees potential for the product as a feedstock for ethanol production.
By Casey Whelan, U.S. Energy Services Inc.
November 01, 2007
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