Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that an enzyme from a microorganism first found in the Valley of Geysers on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 1990 can digest cellulose ...
Gevo, Inc. the world's only commercial producer of bio-based isobutanol, today confirmed that Underwriter Laboratories (UL) has approved the generic use of up to 16% isobutanol in UL 87A pumps by any manufacturer meeting ASTM ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday dropped 13.58 cents, or 12.47%, to a seven-week low of $0.9535/gallon, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
Tags: Ethanol Output, Chemicals
Since late last summer, corn prices have fallen dramatically, but distillers grain prices have not. "While corn prices at South Dakota ethanol plants have dropped $1.50 per bushel since August 2, dried distillers grains plus solubles ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Grain
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Prices Mar. corn closed at $4.23 and 1/2, up 3 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.89 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $424.50, up 70 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.34, ...
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Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. Near term weather forecasts for South America look generally non-threatening and there was some rain in parts of their soybean region over the weekend. Overall, trade will be fairly slow ...
Tags: Weaker Corn, Soy, Wheat
Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth ...
Tags: drinking during pregnancy, binge drinking, fetal alcohol syndrome
The results of a field trial with genetically modified poplar trees in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, shows that the wood of lignin modified poplar trees can be converted into sugars in a more efficient way. These sugars can serve as the starting ...
Tags: genetically modified poplar trees, wood of lignin, bio-based products
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.87, down 25 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $423.80, down $13.90 Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.51, ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture, Food
The transition to lower prices is occurring differently for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Corn and wheat prices have come under the most pressure due to large U.S. and/or world crops in 2013. Soybean prices have remained higher due to strong ...
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Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced that together with DONG Energy (Denmark) it has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars from wheat straw on an industrial scale. The combined ...
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a voluntary program that is available to cattle producers throughout the country and gives guidelines on production and management. Practices taught through BQA certification classes promote management ...
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Much has happened in 2013 for the ethanol-producing world: taking a look at new sources for ethanol, an inaccurate story instigating Twitter reaction, and markets looking to ethanol as both a worry and a possible helper to the corn ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Soybeans closed higher Friday. DTN cites buying late in the session, the result of USDA's bullish export sales figures for soybeans. That may have been even more bullish, except for a general distrust of USDA's estimates, and of China's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn, Soybean
Beef cattle nutrition, breeding and bedding were among the subjects NDSU researchers studied in 2013. Beef cattle diets, breeding systems, drylot vs. pasture cow-calf production, forage digestibility enhancements, grazing and effects of ...
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