Most recent articles from Corn and Soybean Digest on Biofuels, Water Quality, Credits, and the importance of "going green" in agriculture.

Water Quality

Go Organic?

| By Larry Stalcup

No herbicide, no pesticide, no treated seed, no biotech. But your soybeans bring as much as $20-25./bu. That's the life of an organic soybean grower.... More

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Water Quality Credits

Stream Of Dreams

| By Susan Winsor

Craig Recker won a yield contest without a speck of commercial fertilizer. His New Vienna, IA, neighbors couldn't believe that manure and alfalfa credits... More

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Biofuels Archive

USDA, DOE Announce Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative

May 6, 2010 4:01 PM | Source: USDA

The USDA and Department of Energy (DOE) on May 6 jointly announced up to $33 million in funding for research and development of technologies and processes to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products... More

RFA to President Obama: Gulf Response Requires Immediate Solutions and Long Term Strategies

May 5, 2010 2:53 PM | Source: Renewable Fuels Association

Addressing the tragedy hitting the Gulf of Mexico and coastal areas requires both an aggressive short-term response and an equally aggressive long-term energy and environmental strategy... More

ASA Says President Obama’s Main Street Tour Highlights Role of Biofuels

Apr 30, 2010 3:03 PM | Source: American Soybean Association

The American Soybean Association (ASA) says President Barack Obama’s visit today to POET Biorefining in Macon, MO, highlights the role the biofuels industry can play in the creation of green jobs... More

Iowa and Nebraska Congressmen Promote Renewable-Fuels Pipeline Act

Apr 2, 2010 2:07 PM | Source: Soyatech

Congressmen Leonard Boswell (D-IA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) are promoting a bipartisan effort to boost the nation’s homegrown energy industry by improving infrastructure for moving ethanol from the Midwest to the rest of the country... More

Biofuels in the News

July 2009 Ethanol Production: 728,000 Barrels/Day

Oct 2, 2009 3:47 PM | Source: Renewable Fuels Association

U.S. ethanol producers continue setting new records for production, as demand for renewable alternatives to gasoline grows. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), American ethanol facilities produced 728,000 barrels/day in July 2009... More

Study shows more corn for biofuels would hurt water

Oct 1, 2009 1:51 PM | Source: Purdue University

More of the fertilizers and pesticides used to grow corn would find their way into nearby water sources if ethanol demands lead to planting more acres in corn, according to a Purdue University study. The study of Indiana water sources found that those near fields that ... More

Corn Stover: How Much Can You Harvest?

Sep 28, 2009 2:24 PM | Source: Farm Press

How much corn crop residue, or stover, can be removed for biofuels without harming soil? An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study of a 10-mile circle around the University of Minnesota’s Morris campus offers some clues... More

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