In the UK, Farmers Weekly reports that even though the UK has left the European Union, its farmers will still have to comply with tighter regulations on mass balance figures from June 1 as part of the Red Tractor sustainability program to comply with biofuels sustainability rules. The UK market is expected to mirror EU […]
In South Carolina, the search for farmers to grow hemp is on with more than 100 applying for the license to grow 40 acres. Only 40 farmers will be selected from the 133 that have already applied and potentially more that come in before Friday’s deadline. Last year’s hemp trial granted 20 farmers licenses to […]
In Nigeria, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding last year between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the state government of Kebbi, farmers have been planting sugarcane to supply a new ethanol facility that will be developed there. The governor has promised to provide harvesting machinery to facilitate the cane harvest as well […]
In Argentina, the department of agriculture is developing a policy that would allow farmers to use their own biodiesel production on-farm to help reduce their operating costs for farm machinery. By some estimates, the move could save the agricultural industry $377 million every year thanks to biodiesel running at about 60% of the cost of […]
In Washington, the National Corn Growers Association and the National Farmers Union released a white paper highlighting that “net cash income for American farmers and ranchers is forecast to decline by 26 percent in 2015 from peak levels in 2013.” The authors added, “That devastating forecast is worse than originally projected, and it represents the […]
In Indiana, farmers using cover crops as a soil conservation method can remove much more corn stover per acre for biofuels or other uses and at the same time potentially increase their income, Purdue University research shows. Using cover crops – plants such as crimson clover or annual ryegrass that blanket the soil – farmers […]
In South Carolina, Clemson University has received a $78,000 grant from South Carolina Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education to teach farmers about incorporating renewable energy and other sustainability techniques into their farm management. Implementation of oil seed crop and biodiesel production along with passive solar energy and waste-to-energy will be included in the extension program. […]
In North Carolina, farmers and landowners are participating in a unique program from Greensboro-based Repreve Renewables to grow giant miscanthus grass for renewable product solutions. This innovative program provides famers with an economic alternative for underutilized and marginal land. The company developed a comprehensive solution for planting biomass at commercial scale, including solving the significant […]
In North Dakota, the push to grow energy beets for ethanol production is moving forward with a series of informational meetings for farmers being held in five cities around the state this week. The meetings are meant to help determine farmer interest in growing energy beet so Fargo-based Green Vision Group and Iowa-based Heartland Renewable […]
In Germany, the European farmers union Copa-Cogeca is calling on European legislators to implement a stable framework for biofuels, or else risk losing the positive impacts on the region’s rural areas. Copa-Cogeca highlighted the major benefits of biofuels for the environment, for the economy, for animal feed, for growth and jobs in EU rural areas […]
