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Addressing a gathering of thousands of leading ethanol industry pioneers at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW), Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Bob Dinneen made clear those “that are quite comfortable with our use of oil and want to see cheap corn” are mounting a full assault on the policies that have helped make ethanol 10 percent of the nation’s fuel supply, specifically focusing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the march toward E15 ethanol blends....More

What happens when traditional cotton country is converted to grow bioenergy crops? That’s what a team of Texas AgriLife Research scientists will determine in a new U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture-funded project. The team, led by Dr. Nithya Rajan, AgriLife Research agronomist in Vernon, has been awarded a $500,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative bioenergy grant....More

National Farmers Union applauds the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent publication of data concerning biofuels produced from grain sorghum under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program....More

American Soybean Industry partner the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) called on Congress Thursday to reinstate the biodiesel tax incentive to avoid further disruption to an emerging American industry that is creating jobs across the country while diversifying U.S. energy supplies....More

Mike Dwyer, director of global policy for USDA’s Foreign Ag Service, never gets tired of giving speeches these days....More

The White House has announced up to $35 million over three years to support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products....More

The EPA indicated that the model Misfueling Mitigation Plan for E15 meets the requirements of EPA’s E15 waiver decision....More

Crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production, could be an economical ingredient in cattle diets, according to studies by Texas AgriLife Research and West Texas A&M University personnel....More

The U.S. Department of Energy has granted more than $1.8 million to a researcher looking at tobacco as a potential fuel source. And if that succeeds within 18 months, almost $2 million more will be given to transfer the technology into giant reed, a fast-growing grass species....More

John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil and author of “Why we Hate the Oil Companies,” says the remedy to the U.S. energy abyss lies in reforming the political system by removing the energy puzzle from the hands of politicians. The U.S. uses 18.5 million barrels of oil daily, but produces only 7 million, meaning an increasing dependence on foreign oil. Energy sources such as coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear energy, hydroelectric, biofuels and solar and wind energy — if developed to fullest potential — would easily keep the U.S. energy sufficient for the next 300 years....More