In the Netherlands, agrofoodportal.com has been launched to provide information on Dutch agricultural trade data, long-term developments in agricultural prices, sustainability indicators, income, farm animals, labour, soil use, crop protection and outdoor grazing. On this site LEI Wageningen UR presents relevant data in a synoptic manner, with short analyses from specialists. In the future, several […]
In Washington, the Senate Agriculture Committee yesterday held a hearing on the economic benefits of advanced biofuels in creating jobs and lowering gasoline prices. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, said that advanced, non-food based biofuels are critical to growing our economy, creating jobs and lowering […]
Today on Twitter: BioenergyIntl Pie chart of the top global #biofuels producing nations & share % 2012 | Big Picture Agriculture OnEarthMag: After 6 years of struggle, the cellulosic biofuel industry is finally taking its first steps toward self-sufficiency clean_Trans KiOR (KIOR) Produces Commercial Biofuels; Exposed to RIN Values
In Israel, Kaiima Agro-biotech Ltd., an agro-biotch startup, seeks to raise up to US $50M in an equity financing round to further develop their products which increase crop productivity without genetically modifying the DNA of the selected crop. Kaiima’s products take advantage of “polyploidy,” a condition which causes species to have extra sets of chromosomes. […]
In the Philippines, the mandated biofuels blend will be raised to 5% from 2% after an announcement from the National Biofuels Board. Not only will the heightened blend requirements strengthen the country’s coconut industry as well as lowering air pollution, but the government will save billions of pesos because of petroleum import substitution, asserted Agriculture […]
In Iowa, DuPont and Biotique Systems entered into a research alliance to accelerate genetic discovery in agricultural crops globally, bringing better products to farmers faster. Under the agreement, Biotique will provide knowledge and access to its proprietary “TITAN” solution for next-generation sequence management, marker analysis, and genotype to phenotype association as well as its “Make-Sense” […]
