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Earlier soy planting improves yields, oil content, researchers find
Researchers at Purdue University have found that earlier soy planting increases yields and oil content, and reported the results of a two-year study in the January-February 2009 issue of Agronomy Journal. The research, sponsored by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Crop Improvement Association, found that yield was consistently highest when planting in April [...]
February 06, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Ethanol has become a lost issue as a fuel, a lost issue as a process and people don’t like the end product.”
Eric Apfelbach, outgoing CEO of Virent Energy Systems: “Ethanol has become a lost issue as a fuel, a lost issue as a process and people don’t like the end product. Corn ethanol is a political solution, and our [Virent] system is much more efficient. If you’ve got green gas that’s 10 cents more a gallon, [...]
December 29, 2008 | Jim Lane | Comments 0


