By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Collin Peterson remembers the first ethanol boom in the 1970s. ...
Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will host an Alternative Energy Symposium on Friday June 5 and will highlight wind energy, ethanol, and energy policy. ...
A recent study from the University of Minnesota claims that ethanol production is resulting in a dramatic increase in water use, larger than was previously thought. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Steve House could be called an opportunist — but in a good way....
The Renewable Fuels Association joined with Growth Energy, the American Coalition for Ethanol, the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, and other groups in filing an official waiver request with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to approve for general use gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15)....
By Justin Bannister
New Mexico State University
At times, the formidable winds known across much of the Western United States can be unpleasant, but now Western farmers and ranchers are seeing dollar signs in the wind as they look to lease portions of their land to wind farm developers....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
Ethanol plant construction has come to a halt, but the mandates by government are not declining, which could mean prices could jump again....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
New anti-ethanol commentary by environmental and food manufacturing organizations are “stirring up fear” among consumers at a time when all segments of the economy should be pulling together to bring about recovery....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Thirty-five years ago this month, President Richard Nixon declared the country would be energy independent in a mere seven years....
As we approach a new year, America is getting closer to the RFS mandate of 100 million gallons per year (mgpy) of cellulosic biofuels by 2010....
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