Broadening Feedstocks Eligible for RFS
US - US Representative Pete Olson (Texas) is introducing bipartisan legislation to increase competition, stabilise food prices and enhance American energy security and global competitiveness.

Livestock Producers Say Too Much Corn for Ethanol
US - Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat prices and even shortages at supermarkets if corn growers have a bad y...

NC Farm Turns Pig Manure to Electricity
NORTH CAROLINA, US - Loyd Ray Farms has joined a handful of the state's pig farms in using manure in a digester to provide the farm's electricity.

Company Now Sells Certified Antibiotic-Free DDGS
US - After several years in developing the process, POET is now offering antibiotic-free dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).

Short Corn Supply to Force Reduced Consumption
US - With the 2011 corn crop not likely big enough to meet demand and as prices continue to rise, livestock producers soon might be facing a critical decision: whether they should reduce their use of corn...

Purdue Report: Causes of High Commodity Prices
US - Growing demand for corn to use in biofuels and for soybeans to help feed a booming Chinese economy are among key forces driving commodity prices higher this year, according to a report by three Purdue...

Delegation Spends Time Understanding DDGS Sector
US - To gain a more thorough understanding of the production and use of US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), the US Grains Council organized a mission from China to visit the United States....

Industry Groups Unhappy over Ethanol Deal
US - Livestock and poultry groups have commented on what they describe as a compromise over ethanol taxes.

Biodiesel Returns US Soybean Farmers’ Investment
US - An updated, independent study funded by the United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff shows production of biodiesel continues to positively impact US soybean farmers’ on-farm profitability...

First Zero-Waste Pork Processing in Sight
US - Heritage Acre Foods is working on setting up the country's first zero-waste pork processing plant due for completion in two years.

Call for Contingency Plan for Feed Grains
IOWA, US - Iowa Pork Producers Association delegates at last week's annual meeting in Des Moines say they are concerned about the tight corn supply.

EPA Decision on E15 Disappoints Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council on Friday, 21 January, expressed strong disappointment with the Obama administration’s decision to allow a broader range of vehicles to use gasoline blended with...

CME: Significance of Latest USDA Reports for Corn
US - "How significant was yesterday’s USDA reports and the resulting two-day move for Corn Futures?" ask Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Weekly Outlook: Corn - More on Ethanol and Exports
US - Corn prices continue to be supported by expectations that the USDA will reduce the forecast size of the 2010 US crop and by a rapid pace of ethanol production, writes Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist...

New Proposal from Ethanol Industry Concerns AMI
US - AMI has joined a number of agriculture associations in expressing serious concerns over a new proposal from the ethanol industry that would extend the expiring ethanol blenders credit and import tariff...

Domestic Livestock Rations Contain More DDGS
US - This year, for the first time, distillers grains will displace more than one billion bushels of corn in domestic feed rations, according to estimates from the ProExporter Network.

NPPC: EPA's Decision to Increase Ethanol Blend Rate
US - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Ethanol Task Force Chairman Randy Spronk yesterday expressed concern about the US Environmental Protection Agency's decision to increase the ethanol blend...

Homes in North Carolina to Get Pig-Power
NORTH CAROLINA, US - The state's utilities are buying pig manure to produce power.

Pig Manure into Electricity in North Carolina
US - Hoffland Environmental Inc is introducing its technology to generate electricity from pig manure with the first one-megawatt facility planned for North Carolina near the city of Goldsboro.

Feeding Glycerol Improves Pork Belly Firmness
US - Feeding pigs eight per cent crude glycerol throughout the growing-finishing period resulted in a three per cent improvement in growth rate and a two per cent depression in gain efficiency, according...

Groups Call for End of Ethanol Subsidies
US - The nation’s largest livestock and poultry trade associations have asked the Senate leadership to allow a 30-year-old tax credit and a protective tariff for ethanol to expire as scheduled at the...

Hog Producers Observe DDGS Production Process
US - As hog producers from Manitoba, Canada, travelled to Des Moines, Iowa, for the World Pork Expo, 8-12 June, they visited a South Dakota ethanol plant along the way.

Hog Producers View US DDGS Production Process
US - As hog producers from Manitoba, Canada, traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, for the World Pork Expo June 8-12, they visited a South Dakota ethanol plant along the way.

Meat, Poultry Groups Urge End To Ethanol Subsidies
US - American Meat Institute (AMI), joined by national industry trade associations including the National Turkey Federation, the National Chicken Council and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association,...

Ethanol Mandate Creates Chance of Corn Price Spike
US - If the US corn industry experiences a weather-induced shortfall that typically has a 10 per cent chance of happening in any given year, the price of a bushel of corn could rise to more than $7.

Study Shows Biofuel Mandates Could Push Prices Up
US - Grocery shoppers face hefty price increases if bad weather withers a US corn crop that is now tethered to grain-intensive renewable fuel mandates, a new University of Illinois study warns.

Industry Speaks out Against Ethanol Tax Credits
US - A coalition of meat and poultry associations has provided a joint comment on the introduction of Pomeroy-Shimkus legislation to extend ethanol tax credits

Renewable Fuel Standard Increases Net Farm Income
US - Analysis by a Texas AgriLife Research economist reveals new renewable fuel standards would lead to more than a $13 billion increase in net farm income, yet cost consumers on average $10 more for food...

Weekly Outlook: South American Production Prospect
US - The month long decline in corn and soybean prices has slowed and signs of a near term low have emerged, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at the University of Illinois.

CME: Corn and Soybean Markets Under Pressure
US - All eyes will be on USDA’s monthly Crop Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) when they are released at 8:30 EST on Monday, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.