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New Energy Economics: Initial impact of E15 will be modest
by Cole Gustafson, Biofuels Economist For the past several years, the biofuel industry has been concerned with a blend wall that would arise if more ethanol was produced than could be sold as E10 (1...
Posted on 10/29/10 at 12:58 PM
Bankrupt ethanol co. wants refund from corn farmers
Worthington, Minn. Farmers in Minnesota and across the Midwest who had the bad luck to sell corn to a bankrupt ethanol company are now being asked to repay most of the money they earned. VeraSun, b...
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:34 AM
NDSU partner in $1 million energy beet project
FARGO, N.D. — A project that will develop an advanced biofuel from energy beets and provide growers across North Dakota with a new industrial crop is taking another important step forward, fueled by a significant two-year North Dakota Renewable Energy Council grant.By NDSU Agriculture Communication , February 01, 2012
Corn demand is strong
By Sue Martin , January 30, 2012
Potential exports drive wheat higher
By Ray Grabanski , January 30, 2012
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BNSF completes expansion in Minot, N.D.By Agweek wire reports , January 30, 2012
Export market shows potential life
By Ray Grabanski , January 23, 2012
USDA deflates bulls
By Ray Grabanski , January 16, 2012
No blender’s credit may lead to higher E85 prices
Consumers may see the cost of E85 rise at the pump, but the end of the federal blender’s credit for ethanol is otherwise not likely to send any major ripples through Minnesota’s agriculture economy.By Tom Cherveny , January 05, 2012
Minnesota ethanol cooperative fined $450,000 in federal court
An ethanol cooperative in southern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to making false statements under the Clean Air Act. Corn Plus of Winnebago was fined $450,000 and placed on three years probation today in federal court. Conditions of probation include internal compliance monitoring systems and company-wide training requirements.By Associated Press , November 23, 2011
Ethanol eats too much corn, livestock farmers complain
By Michael J. Crumb , November 23, 2011
Ethanol mandate debate
WATERTOWN, S.D. - A recent government report on federal mandates for increased biofuels production has opponents of corn-based ethanol increasing their call for an end to subsidized renewable fuels and supporters saying the report is mostly a rehash of unjustified criticisms.By Terry O’Keefe , October 11, 2011
Vilsack says U.S. on track to meet ethanol mandate while study predicts production shortfall
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Oct. 4 he still thinks the United States will be able to meet the congressional mandate to produce 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels for the national fuel supply by 2022, even though a major government study released recently said the production is unlikely to be met unless innovative technologies are developed or policies change.By Jerry Hagstrom , October 11, 2011
ND grant to coax motorists to use more ethanol
BISMARCK, N.D. — A state Commerce Department official says many North Dakotans who drive so-called “flex-fuel” vehicles don't even know it.September 21, 2011
Evacuees home after derailed train cars drained
EAGLE LAKE, Minn. — Several hundred people have returned to their homes following an evacuation in a southern Minnesota town caused by train derailment.August 08, 2011
Vilsack announces new Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas
WASHINGTON — One day after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would lower the goal for cellulosic ethanol use in the nation’s energy supply because there is not enough ethanol available, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declared his faith in cellulosic energy, and announced $45 million in federal contracts for four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas in six states to expand the availability of nonfood crops to be used in the manufacturing of liquid biofuels.By Jerry Hagstrom , August 04, 2011
Senators propose immediate end to ethanol credit
WASHINGTON — Two senators from ethanol-producing states proposed Thursday to immediately end a tax credit for the corn-based fuel and agreeing to support shifting some of that money to debt reduction.By Mary Clare Jalonick , July 08, 2011
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