Too much ethanol? 

By: By Lynn Grooms

This Has been a roller coaster year for the corn ethanol industry. Some of the largest ethanol producers delayed start-up of ethanol plants, and some...

Ethanol takes a hit 

By: From Editor Karen McMahon

It's Not often that farmers and their farm groups have the opportunity to put on a big party for politicians. So the AgNite celebration held in Minneapolis,...

Seeds for energy 

By: By Lynn Grooms

A New Provision in the 2008 Farm Bill's Energy Title could be just the incentive some producers need to test growing biomass for huge renewable energy...

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...