Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Any outlet is good. Selling it for biofuel as an alternative market is valuable for us. All my crop is damaged.”

UK wheat farmer John Seymour on the weather-damaged English wheat crop: “Any outlet is good. Selling it for biofuel as an alternative market is valuable for us. All my crop is damaged. Some of it has started sprouting before it’s harvested, which is bad news. There will be very little milling wheat in the north of England. We’re desperately trying to beat the weather, and the clock.”

B J Maheshwari, the company secretary of India’s Dwarikesh Sugar Industries: “Like crude oil, ethanol prices should also be determined by market forces and not by any government or regulatory obligations. In the open market, the current realisation is at least Rs 2-3 higher than the contract price.”

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