Tag: USDA
Sec. Vilsack comments on Congressional progress toward passage of a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill
Tweet In Washington, Secretary Vilsack made the following statement in part on congressional progress toward passage of a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill: “I am encouraged that Congress took action this week toward passage of a five-year, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill. I appreciate the leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in particular Chairwoman [...]
The Farm Bill: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide to the Energy Title
Tweet What’s in that Durn-tootin’ US Farm Bill, anyhow? For the harried taxpayer, some relief. For energy security and rural economic development, targeted investments that now head to the legislative floor. Here are the need-to-knows. In Washington, the House and Senate Agricultural committees have now passed their respective versions of the proposed 2013 farm bill, which [...]
Bently Biofuels receives bonus from USDA
Tweet In Nevada, Bently Biofuels has received $17,000 as a part of the $14 million of bonus payments announced last week by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. The company, which converts waste vegetable oil into biodiesel along with the local Biodiesel of Las Vegas, has seen an increase in production from prior years, to which the [...]
Value-Added Producer Grants support local producers, biobased initiatives
Tweet In Washington, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses that will help create jobs and develop new products. The USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today’s announcement is one part of the Department’s efforts to strengthen [...]
New yeast strain could eliminate need for additional enzyme
Tweet In Illinois, the USDA has developed a strain of yeast that can tolerate cob-derived compounds that interfere with yeast growth and fermentation rates, but can also grow rapidly in high temperatures. The strain, developed at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, was able to start consuming the sugar in corn cob [...]
Vilsack, LaHood sign “Farm to Fly” agreement
Tweet In Washington DC, at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is extending for five years its agreement to work with the Federal Aviation Administration and other partners to help develop a viable biofuel for the aviation industry. The Secretary signed the agreement with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood [...]
US Transportation, Agriculture Secretaries to sign “Farm to Fly” agreement at ABLC.
Tweet Secretaries Vilsack, LaHood to keynote ABLC’s first day prior to signing. On MONDAY, April 15, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Federal Aviation Administration, along with other partners, are extending an agreement to help develop viable renewable fuels for the aviation industry. [...]
USDA asking White House to approve feedstock flexibility program
Tweet In Washington, the USDA is asking the White House to approve the first ever use of the feedstock flexibility program that allows the USDA to sell sugar at a loss to ethanol makers. The USDA is set to buy up to 400,000 tons of sugar to avoid forfeiture under the commodity insurance program at [...]
“USDA asks White House to approve sugar-for-ethanol program.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: USDA asks White House to approve sugar-for-ethanol program: WASHINGTON… howserob S. African govt plans to support creation of local biofuels industry. http://t.co/JuZTLkI9T8 opean USP and Embrapa researchers ID ways to reduce biofuels nitrogen emissions: Filed under: Biofuel News InterdasGlobal: #Global #Biofuels Production Will Reach Nearly 62 Billion Gallons by 2023,
Hawaii awards $200,000 grant to USDA, BioTork project
Tweet In Hawaii, the state has invested $200,000 in a papaya-based biofuels program. The grant, coming from the state’s Department of Agriculture, has been awarded to the USDA’s Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, who has teamed up with BioTork Hawaii. The process uses algae and fungi, and will be scaled up to a pilot facility [...]
