Biofuels Corn and Beyond 

By: By Lynn Grooms

In December, the U.S. ethanol industry was reported to be producing up to 7.3 billion gallons of ethanol annually. Figuring that it takes one bushel of...

ATV goes "green" 

Arctic Cat introduces a diesel ATV that will run on biodiesel. The ATV is powered with a fuel-efficient, 700cc, twin-cylinder diesel engine that runs on six forms of diesel...

Bumps on the ethanol highway 

By: BY DAVID HEST

Questions about the corn ethanol industry's profitability are beginning to slip into news coverage that, on the whole, continues to be overwhelmingly positive...

FIRST 100% BIODIESEL PUMPS 

ONE OF the country's top producers of biodiesel, Iowa is the first state to offer pumps with 100% biodiesel. The Prairie Land Co-op has installed B100...

PRICE PREDICTIONS 

By: By Edward Clark

IF YOU still need to buy nitrogen fertilizer for this growing season, there is good news on the price front: It appears that prices for the fertilizer...

BIODIESEL'S BOOM 

By: By Peg Zenk

IT'S NOT unusual to stumble a bit before you hit your stride. That's how analysts are characterizing what happened in the booming biodiesel business this...

TEARLESS TIER 3 

By: FROM SENIOR EDITOR WAYNE WENZEL

WAS I the only one cheering at the news of stricter EPA off-road diesel emissions standards? Seems all I heard about the issue for most of the past five...

CARGILL PLANS BIODIESEL PLANT 

The largest biodiesel plant in the United States is scheduled for construction in Iowa Falls, IA. This summer, Cargill reported that it plans to construct...

SHIPPED WITH BIODIESEL 

All tractors and combines leaving John Deere manufacturing plants soon will be shipped with B2 fuel in the tanks. B2 fuel is a blend of 2% biodiesel made...

BIODIESEL TAX INCENTIVE 

A new biodiesel tax incentive began January 1 that should increase demand for the soybean-based product. The tax incentive is a savings of one cent per...