In France, Amoeba, producer of a biological biocide capable of eliminating the risk in water and human wounds, and of a biocontrol product for plant protection, signed a Material Transfer Agreement with STÄHLER SUISSE SA and another MTA with BASF. The purpose of the BASF research partnership is related to the amoeba lysate Willaertia magna […]
In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, expanded their product pipeline to 9 crops and 14 projects under development, compared to 5 crops and 6 projects under development one year ago. The company expects 2020 revenue to nearly double and reports that revenue for 2019 increased to $7.3 million driven by the launch of […]
In the UK, a new report from the UK government encourages biofuel production from waste and not crops or plants in order to reduce carbon emissions. The report brings up the age old question of which biofuels produce lower emissions than fossil fuels and which ones are actually worse. It focuses on ensuring use of […]
In Germany, Europe’s rapeseed crop has been hit by insect damage in France and Britain along with frost damage to Poland’s crop, cutting production to 21.2 and 21.4 million tons from 22 million tons last year, which could provoke import demand from Ukraine, Australia and Canada. Poland’s crop is seen down 22%, the UK’s down […]
In France, futures prices for both European corn and wheat fell on expectations of a bumper crop for both, boosting the crush margin for ethanol. Corn prices are at their lowest since November while wheat prices are at their lowest since October. A bumper US crop is also weighing on European feedstock prices.
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois have published a study identifying yield zones for three major bioenergy crops. “The unique aspect of our study is that it provides detailed information about where these crops can grow, in terms of their location and stability over time, which has not been done in the past,” […]
In California, a powerful new tool that can help advance the genetic engineering of “fuel” crops for clean, green and renewable bioenergy, has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The JBEI researchers have developed an […]
In Iowa, cropping systems that are profitable for farmers and balance societal needs for food, feed, fuel, energy and clean air and water are the focus and challenge of Iowa State University’s Landscape Biomass Project. Researchers are studying how to strategically integrate second generation bioenergy crops, such as triticale, switchgrass and trees, with food and feed […]
In Michigan, a research team led by Michigan State’s Bruce Dale, writing in the November 2012 issue of Biomass & Bioenergy, that they believe that a lifecycle analysis approach to ILUC requires replacing the nutritional functions of the crops grown on the land, not the crops themselves. This functional approach to ILUC reduces the calculated […]
