Mar 15, 2010 10:58 AM, By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a Texas AgriLife Research scientist....
Mar 11, 2010 10:58 AM
Analysis by a Texas AgriLife Research economist reveals new renewable fuel standards would lead to more than a $13 billion increase in net farm income, yet cost consumers on average $10 more for food per person annually by 2022....
Feb 26, 2010 3:34 PM
new renewable fuel standards would lead to $13 billion increase in net farm income....
Feb 17, 2010 11:24 AM, By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Microalgae has the potential to produce more biofuel per acre than any other potential source, according to Texas AgriLife research scientists....
Feb 16, 2010 11:01 AM
A new feed mill at Kansas State University in Manhattan will soon become a reality....
Feb 10, 2010 11:10 AM, By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
When a study conducted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy landed on the desk of one of our sister publications – well, on the computer screen – it raised some questions....
Feb 9, 2010 10:34 AM
Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (MN) issued the following statement on Renewable Fuel Standard regulations announced by the Obama Administration....
Farm BillACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 11, 2008 10:01 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill: Several provisions delayed until 2009Jul 8, 2008 9:38 AM The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 that U.S. farmers will be hitched to for the next five years has something old, something new, something borrowed and certainly something to make a few farmers blue.... USDA issues advance direct paymentsJul 8, 2008 9:21 AM America's farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments that began July 7.... |
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