By Nicholas Zeman
April 01, 2006
Is the U.S. ethanol industry's connection to value-added agriculture—and the predominantly rural Corn Belt communities that support and benefit from production—diminishing? Or, as non-farm interests take hold of a greater fraction of the nation's ethanol market, are investment opportunities for farmer cooperatives and independent growers simply changing with the times?
By Jerry Dalton, U.S. Energy Services
April 01, 2006
By Sean Broderick, Commodity Specialists Company (CSC
April 01, 2006
In the face of rising oil prices and growingly volatile trade relations with developing nations, the European Union has established a new set of priorities to bolster its economy, secure its future fuel supplies, support agriculture and curb climate change. Despite Europe's predisposition toward diesel power, experts say its fledgling ethanol industry is poised for sheer growth—and a fresh EU Biofuels Strategy supports that notion.
By Todd Alexander and Marissa Leigh Alcala
April 01, 2006
By Howard Gebhart
April 01, 2006
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