All Entries Tagged With: "corn"
Ethanol crush spread strengthens after corn falls, ethanol flat, oil rising
In Illinois, corn retreated from last week’s high prices, while oilis rising and ethanol was flat — another strong wee for the ethanol “crush spread” between the price of corn and ethanol.
For the week, the December corn contract finished at $3.66, down $0.31 for the week, while ethanol was at $1.935, down $0.02 for the [...]
US voters trust farmers, support corn ethanol, survey says
A nationwide survey of 1,000 US voters conducted for the National Corn Growers Association by David Binder Research found that 95 percent of US voters believe farmers to be trusted messengers on issues such as agriculture, corn products and ethanol. 67 percent of respondents supported corn as a sweetener and 65 percent as an ethanol [...]
Indiana corn acres, energy inputs, fertilizer inputs down, but yields continue to rise in refutation of indirect land use change projections
In Indiana, Hoosier Ag Today ran a feature on indirect land use change, finding that corn planting had decreased from 6.5 million acres in 2007 to 5.6 million acres in 2008 and 2009, in response to higher corn prices.
Indiana Corn Marketing Council president Mike Shuter said that Indiana farmers, as a rule, plant corn and [...]
Brazil expecting record soybean harvest as global corn prices fall
In Brazil, Bloomberg is reporting that Brazil is looking at a record soybean harvest after US corn prices have plunged, dampening enthusiasm for planting maize.
Soybean prices have dropped 5.5 percent this year, while corn prices are off 18 percent and more than 50 percent off 2008 highs that reached $8 per bushel. In addition, favorable [...]
Six midwestern ethanol producers band to acquire, operate 100 Mgy Guardian Energy corn ethanol plant in Minnesota
In Minnesota, six farmer-owned ethanol plants in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska have formed Guardian Energy to acquire and operate a 100 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Janesville formerly owned by VeraSun Energy.
Al-Corn Clean Fuel, Central Minnesota Ethanol, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company, Golden Grain Energy, Heartland Corn Products, and KAPPA Ethanol operate facilities in local Midwest [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Rising use of biofuels in the U.S. hasn’t cut available food supplies because of greater crop yields.”
From Bloomberg: “Archer Daniels Midland Co., the world’s largest grain processor, expects improved yields will deliver enough crops during the next 40 years to supply rising demand for ethanol without hurting the food supply.
Archer Daniels, based in Decatur, Illinois, plans to boost output and storage capacity as global food needs rise. Rising use of biofuels [...]
Brazil approves three new varietals of genetically modified corn; up to 30 percent of harvest now GMO
In Brazil, Reuters is reporting that the national government has approved two varietal of genetically modified corn, produced by Monsanto and Syngenta; the modifications increase corn’s resistance to pests and herbicides. Also, the government approved a new varietal developed by Syngenta with pest resistant qualities.
According to the report, nine GMO varietals are approved for corn [...]
Corn growers association urges comments on Renewable Fuels Standard, land use change
In Missouri, the National Corn Growers Association is conducting outreach efforts to remind supporters that the EPA is accepting comments until Sept. 25 on proposed regulations about the expanded renewable fuel standard, RFS 2, including indirect land use change. The NCGA is offering a link to assist in making comments, and especially is focused on [...]
US corn yields to 161.9 bushels per acre, from 153.9 last year
In Washington, the USDA released the September 11th World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate, and projected that US corn production will reach 13 billion bushels, based on average yields of 161.9 bushels per acre compared to 153.9 bushels per acre for last year.
Ending corn stocks were projected to reach 1.6 billion bushels, and prices for [...]
Iowa State tracks falling GHG emissions in ethanol, corn – asks why California carbon standards freezes emission levels
In Iowa, Don Hofstrand, Co-director of the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center at Iowa State tackled GHG emissions from corn and ethanol production, including trends in lowering emission from corn production, including higher yields, tillage, fertilizer efficiency, renewable ammonia, reduced corn drying, and use of renewable fuels for tractors and trucks.
In ethanol production, the report examined [...]
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