Search Results for 'Soybean hull'

Purrfect idea: Soybean waste could be kitty litter alternative

Purrfect idea: Soybean waste could be kitty litter alternative

May 22, 2023 |

In Illinois, scientists with the Agricultural Research Service’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research are eyeing soy processing waste as kitty litter. In a recent Bioresource Technology manuscript, they describe a commercial use for soybean hulls and other agricultural waste that reduces the dust and smell of cat urine compared to traditional sodium bentonite litter. […]

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Continental Refining Company now purchasing soybeans in Central Kentucky

Continental Refining Company now purchasing soybeans in Central Kentucky

April 4, 2023 |

In Kentucky, Continental Refining Company (CRC) is now purchasing soybeans from farmers in Central Kentucky. CRC’s soybean processing facility is fully operational and has the ability to process 330 tons of soybeans into 250 tons of high-protein soybean meal daily, with the potential to expand production to over 500 tons per day. Soybean hulls, a […]

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Oxbow Crush acquires soybean processing plant in Mississippi

Oxbow Crush acquires soybean processing plant in Mississippi

December 13, 2022 |

In Mississippi, Oxbow Crush has acquired a soybean processing plant located in Greenwood, Mississippi. When fully operational, the plant will process over 20 million bushels per year. In conjunction with the acquisition, Oxbow also completed funding arrangements from a group of investors including The Energy and Minerals Group, Yorktown Energy Partners XII, L.P., Solaris Energy […]

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Auburn University awarded $1.6M in grants for biofuels, biomaterials and bioeconomy research

Auburn University awarded $1.6M in grants for biofuels, biomaterials and bioeconomy research

December 1, 2021 |

In Alabama, Auburn University has been awarded $1.6 million in research grants from the state of Alabama through the Alabama Research Development and Enhancement Fund. The grants, administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, are earmarked for research and development of four different sustainability projects housed in the Samuel Ginn College of […]

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USDA picks 70 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities in historic $2.8B investment

USDA picks 70 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities in historic $2.8B investment

September 19, 2022 |

News has arrived from Washington that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. It’s become the US Department of Action, as it turns out, the grand ol’ USDA. Big wins for industrials include: $5M for Scaling Up the […]

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Perdue AgriBusiness to invest $59.1M to expand soy operations in Virginia

Perdue AgriBusiness to invest $59.1M to expand soy operations in Virginia

March 24, 2022 |

In Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Perdue AgriBusiness, a leading U.S. agriculture products and services company, will invest $59.1 million to expand its operation in the City of Chesapeake. The company will modernize facilities and increase production of its high protein soybean meal, soybean oil, and hulls, positioning the company to expand its soybean crushing capability to […]

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Continental Refining Company to invest additional $20M in biodiesel project

Continental Refining Company to invest additional $20M in biodiesel project

April 28, 2021 |

In Kentucky, Continental Refining Company (CRC) announced that it is moving forward with plans to invest an additional $20 million to acquire and install a soybean crushing, biodiesel refining and blending facility at the current CRC oil refinery in Somerset, Kentucky. CRC has completed its evaluation of the project feasibility and is currently making progress […]

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A Sweet Soy Story – World’s 1st bioplastic from soy molasses

A Sweet Soy Story – World’s 1st bioplastic from soy molasses

March 27, 2021 |

Four companies developed the first process in the world to produce compostable bioplastic from food and feed production side streams. A biopolymer plant will be built in Uusikaupunki, Finland, in which bioplastic production will be piloted on an industrial scale. Finnfoam, Brightplus, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Nordic Soya have explored together the […]

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Winter is Not Coming: Pushing back the Frost Wall for more food, more fuel, more money, more everything

Winter is Not Coming: Pushing back the Frost Wall for more food, more fuel, more money, more everything

December 5, 2016 |

Winter barley and early tomatoes may sound like a dull foundation upon which to further a revolution in agriculture — but then again, the Spanish hardly developed California in two centuries of sovereignty because they couldn’t see the point. As Master Po said in Kung Fu, “Because a man can see, he does not look.” […]

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The 101 Hottest Biofuels Feedstocks : The Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

The 101 Hottest Biofuels Feedstocks : The Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

January 28, 2014 |

Tired of corn, corn, corn or cane, cane, cane? There are 101 feedstocks in the biofuels canon. Here’s what’s up with each of them, and all of them. In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its annual Guide to biofuels feedstocks, tracking 10,658 items published in the Digest in the past 48 months on 101 feedstocks for […]

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