More funding for POET 

By: Lynn Grooms

POET, THE Sioux Falls, SD-based ethanol giant, announced that it will get a $6.85 million funding increase to an existing grant from the U.S. Department...

Do oil and ag mix? 

By: By Lynn Grooms

TEN COMPANIES currently control more than 80% of U.S. refinery capacity. Of those 10, most have entered into the biofuels business through outright acquisition...

Biofuels blog: Misconceptions put to rest 

The “Changes in Gasoline” series of manuals for auto technicians is also good reading for growers who are interested in fuel economy. The Renewable Fuels Association published the manuals...

A poplar solution 

By: By Lynn Grooms

To Meet future demand for biofuels, the U.S. will need to produce corn and a variety of other feedstocks, including cellulosic material, such as poplars....

Good News for Ethanol 

By: From Editor Karen McMahon

Ethanol Fans and motor buffs, take note of an automotive research project just completed at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The project compared...

Ethanol from stover 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Corn stover could provide as much as 20% of the feedstocks needed for ethanol production by 2030. But is corn stover sustainable? Will growers be able...

Concept Cob Collectors 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

In the search for cellulosic feedstocks, one source seems to be rising to the top in the nation's Corn Belt: corncobs. Why cobs? Why now? They're available....

Big Think 

By: By Lynn Grooms, Mark Moore, Karen McMahon and Jodie Wehrspann

When Mike Boehlje speaks, people listen. The distinguished professor in agricultural economics at Purdue...

Catch our new biofuels blog! 

Read the latest inside news on the biofuels industry in the “BioFuel Lines” blog by Lynn Grooms...

Ethanol industry 

I read your editorial on John McCain's position on the ethanol industry [“Ethanol Takes a Hit,” October 2008]...