Bakers vs. Wheat Farmers 

By: From Guest Editor Allen Skogen

Wheat Growers have a message for America's baking industry: We told you so. For years, farmers warned that the milling and baking industry was pursuing...

Ethanol roots 

By: By John Kestner

Almost Daily some news item or commentary confirms just how far ethanol has entered our consciousness. The price of ethanol futures contracts in Chicago...

TALK 

Hurt by ethanol, IH Socket Set, BMB mower, Tie rods, Manure tank...

Talk 

In support of ethanol I enjoyed reading your comments in The Heck With Ethanol Critics [December 2007, page 4]. Your acceptability rationale is refreshing....

Ethanol Will Determine Direction of AG 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Extension Economist Mike Duffy, Iowa State University, prefaces his answers to all questions about the agricultural economy by noting that ethanol is...

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...

Who will own the plants of the future? 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Farmer Cooperatives and local investors have had a dramatic impact on the growth of the biofuels business, especially the ethanol business. In January 1999, 28% of the country's 50 ethanol plants were locally owned...

Grain analysis grows 

Delivering Corn and soybeans to an elevator or ethanol plant is becoming high-tech as companies seek more detailed grain analyses. Foss, a major manufacturer...

The Heck With Ethanol Critics 

By: From Editor Karen McMahon

The Biofuels Journal recently landed on my desk — all 216 pages of it. You can tell what business is booming by the size of its magazines...

Boom Times 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

In the early morning, Dale Launstein's new grain bin is so big it blocks the rising sun. This 240,000-bu. bin stands 86 ft. tall and is half the size of the local elevator. Just how much storage does this guy think he needs?...