Aug 27, 2010 2:34 PM, By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
How important is it for the United States to find a viable, sustainable energy source to free our country of dependence on foreign oil? Scientist, author and outspoken proponent of alternative energy development Robert Zubrin puts the numbers on the table....
Aug 11, 2010 2:47 PM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s not what President Barack Obama has been saying in recent speeches that worried several market analysts speaking at Brock Decision 2010 Seminar in Memphis...
Aug 4, 2010 2:24 PM, By Patricia McDaniels, University of Tennessee
Mid-summer is nearly here, and the University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative (UTBI) is closely watching how more than 1,000 acres of newly planted, improved varieties of switchgrass are faring...
Jul 23, 2010 2:48 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
The castor plant thrives in Mississippi and produces great quantities of valuable oil in its seeds, but it has a reputation that a team of researchers at Mississippi State University are trying to address...
Jul 21, 2010 2:24 PM, From the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
A July 29 field day at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s Rohwer Research Station will feature biofuel and traditional crops, said Kelly Bryant, director of the Southeast Research and Extension Center...
Jul 16, 2010 2:21 PM, From the National Biodiesel Board
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will require the domestic use of 800 million gallons of biodiesel in 2011...
Jul 14, 2010 4:00 PM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Picture this: One day in the future, you pull into a service station and fill the tank of your biofuels-powered car with fuel made from okra seed, or castor seed...
News from the Farm BillFinal rule on country of origin labelingUSDA has announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program required by the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. ... NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rulesDespite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying.... MU Breimyer Seminar unpacks farm bill, Sept. 3Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... |
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