Tradition, an interdealer broker in commodity and financial products, has announced the launch of Tradition Green, a business hub that brings together all environmental products brokered by Tradition under one brand.
Trestle Energy LLC has received a favorable carbon intensity rating from the California Air Resources Board for a pathway approach that creates a new coproduct credit from using corn stover for electric generation.
A recent U.S. Grains Council mission to Argentina offered participants the chance to meet with local grain industry representatives just as new President Mauricio Macri has begun implementing changes that could impact grain markets.
The USDA's Farm Service Agency has published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on a revision of a currently approved information collection in support of the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP).
Valero Energy Corp. has released 2015 financial results, reporting the company's ethanol segment achieved increased production volumes, but decreased operating income. Overall, Valero reported increased adjusted net income.
A team of U.S. Grains Council staff and two ethanol industry representatives traveled to Japan, Korea and Taiwan last month to review the ethanol markets in these countries and evaluate potential for ongoing export promotion programs in the region.
ExxonMobil, a global leader in advanced biofuels research, announced an agreement with Renewable Energy Group Inc. to study the production of biodiesel by fermenting renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) data for December, reporting that more than 1.21 billion RINs were generated during the month, bringing the full-year 2015 total to nearly 17.89 billion.
The U.S. Grains Council visited 10 major distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) importers and commercial mixed feed manufacturers recently to carry out one-on-one consultations and review the current DDGS market situation with them.
New research shows variations in the biomass supply chain could reduce potential for cellulosic biofuel production, but that feedstock diversification and portfolio strategies can effectively mitigate risk.
Abengoa has announced plans to sell its non-core assets, including its first-generation biofuel plants, as part of a new restructuring plan to avoid bankruptcy. It is currently unclear how the company's cellulosic ethanol plant will be affected.
Readers may remember a story from the July issue of EPM, about Poet partnering with an organization bringing clean-burning ethanol cook stoves to Haiti. Here's more about what's happening now, in Haiti and with other similar projects.
Flint Hills Resources is moving forward with a project to build its first ethanol terminal in Texas. Construction will begin this month and the terminal is expected to be operational by December 2016.
The U.S. Grains Council recently conducted a research study with North Carolina State University that determined carotenoid pigments may add potential value and profitability to corn distillers solubles oil (CDSO) within the ethanol industry.
The USDA has released a report detailing the impacts investments made by its Rural Development team have had on rural America. Bioenergy investments are among those highlighted in the document.
The February issue of EPM is now online, including a story about growing export markets. Tom Bryan writes that today's total ethanol exports adds up to the amount of ethanol produced by all the ethanol plants in Ohio and Missouri combined.
Clariant was recently honored for its innovative sunliquid technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues as part of the 2015 German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment.
A white paper published by Iowa's Cultivation Corridor and the Iowa Biotechnology Association shows that Iowa is better positioned than many domestic competitors to capitalize on the next frontier of bioprocessing in the U.S.
The USDA's Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration is soliciting comments to ensure that current services reflect market needs to facilitate the marketing of grain and related commodities, including disillers grains.
A case study examines strategies that leave openings for upside opportunities while mitigating risk. This contribution appears in the February issue of EPM.
The U.S. Grains Council's outreach program in the Middle East and North Africa promoting U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles continued last month with feed consultants traveling to both Algeria and Egypt to meet with potential customers.
Joule, a developer of drop-in liquid fuels from recycled CO2, has announced the formal completion of its acquisition of Red Rock Biofuels, a project development company of renewable jet and diesel fuel based on waste from biomass or other sources.
CropEnergies has released financial results for the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, the nine months ended Nov. 30, reporting that profitability improved significantly despite reduced revenues.
Off to a slow start, 2015 margins improved, thanks to exports and strong driving demand. What will 2016 bring? This article appears in the February issue of EPM.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association recently announced Helena Gruensteidl, a student at Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, won first place in IRFA's 6th Annual "Fuel the Future" video contest for Iowa high school students.
The Federal Trade Commission has published a rule finalizing amendments to its rule for automotive fuel ratings, certification and posting. The new rule adopts rating, certification and labeling requirements for certain ethanol fuel blends.
Fighting to maintain a strong and growing federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) is key to long-term renewable fuels success, stated Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw at the 10th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit Jan. 19.
In a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Jan. 19, the entire Iowa Congressional delegation urged the agency to set the next round of renewable fuel standard (RFS) volume levels in line with the statute.
University of Illinois economist Coppess outlines the EPA's assertion that Congress' use of ambiguous terms provides some degree of reasonable delegation to the agency, and the ethanol industry's countering argument.
A recently retired ACE board member helped the organization focus in on the wants and needs of the target market, writes Ron Lamberty. This column appears in the February issue of EPM.
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