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Monday, May 14, 2012
Is Ethanol Production Linked to Antibiotic Resistance?US - Two US congressmen have written to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ask what the agency is doing to ensure appropriate use of antibiotics in food-animal production.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Report on Antibiotic Residues in Distillers Products US - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that four of the 46 samples of distillers’ grains tested were quantifiable in the laboratory for one or more of 12 antibiotics. The information will...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Will Apple Beat Google to Tap NC's Pig Power?NORTH CAROLINA, US - Renewable methane gas produced by North Carolina’s massive hog farms has already attracted the attention of Google, and it looks like Apple could become the next tech giant to join...
Monday, March 05, 2012
Corn Used More for Ethanol than Feed in US US - For the first time in US history, ethanol refiners are consuming more of the US corn crop than livestock producers and this trend is set to continue to at least 2014 as government mandates and exports...
Meat Demand High Despite Consumption TrendUS - The average US consumer is eating less meat and poultry in general, a shift in consumption that reflects tighter budgets, fewer animals on the market and more meat going to foreign countries.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Understanding How Ethanol Impacts Food PricesUS - I’ve been forced to examine my biases over the past few weeks. The examination of conscience was driven by an invitation to speak to the Renewable Fuels Association’s National Ethanol Conference...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Broadening Feedstocks Eligible for RFSUS - US Representative Pete Olson (Texas) is introducing bipartisan legislation to increase competition, stabilise food prices and enhance American energy security and global competitiveness.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Livestock Producers Say Too Much Corn for EthanolUS - 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...
Friday, October 28, 2011
NC Farm Turns Pig Manure to ElectricityNORTH 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.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Company Now Sells Certified Antibiotic-Free DDGSUS - After several years in developing the process, POET is now offering antibiotic-free dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Short Corn Supply to Force Reduced ConsumptionUS - 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...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Purdue Report: Causes of High Commodity PricesUS - 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...
Friday, July 15, 2011
Delegation Spends Time Understanding DDGS SectorUS - 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....
Friday, July 08, 2011
Industry Groups Unhappy over Ethanol DealUS - Livestock and poultry groups have commented on what they describe as a compromise over ethanol taxes.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Biodiesel Returns US Soybean Farmers’ InvestmentUS - 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...
Monday, March 28, 2011
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.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Call for Contingency Plan for Feed GrainsIOWA, US - Iowa Pork Producers Association delegates at last week's annual meeting in Des Moines say they are concerned about the tight corn supply.
Monday, January 24, 2011
EPA Decision on E15 Disappoints Pork ProducersUS - 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...
Friday, January 14, 2011
CME: Significance of Latest USDA Reports for CornUS - "How significant was yesterday’s USDA reports and the resulting two-day move for Corn Futures?" ask Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Weekly Outlook: Corn - More on Ethanol and ExportsUS - 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...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
New Proposal from Ethanol Industry Concerns AMIUS - 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...
Monday, November 01, 2010
Domestic Livestock Rations Contain More DDGSUS - 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.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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...
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Homes in North Carolina to Get Pig-PowerNORTH CAROLINA, US - The state's utilities are buying pig manure to produce power.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Pig Manure into Electricity in North CarolinaUS - 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.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Feeding Glycerol Improves Pork Belly FirmnessUS - 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...
Monday, July 19, 2010
Groups Call for End of Ethanol SubsidiesUS - 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...
Monday, June 21, 2010
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.
Friday, June 18, 2010
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.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Meat, Poultry Groups Urge End To Ethanol SubsidiesUS - 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,...
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