Ethanol Euphoria 

By: From the editor, Karen McMahon

Nearly every year, some major issue rages through the Midwest crop industry. Two years ago, it was Asian soybean rust. Today, the prime topic is ethanol....

WHO CARES ABOUT BRAZIL? 

By: FROM THE EDITOR KAREN MCMAHON

WHAT A difference a year or two makes. Not long ago, crop farmers in the Midwest feared the worst when it came to their soybean markets. They worried...

Farm Tales 

Team FIN member Jeff Ryan farms near Cresco, IA, and heads to his computer at night to write about his day. He weaves his stories into entertaining tales...

Revolution in Feed 

By: By Lora Berg

Ethanol production has the potential to make a huge impact on what and how we feed our country's livestock. If ethanol production continues to ramp up...

Flex Fuel for Ag? 

By: By Richard Ries

Farmers and others in agribusiness wholeheartedly support E85. They want the public to buy flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) and run them on ethanol. They're...

Ethanol's Impact 

By: By Peg Zenk

If it seems like nearly everyone is jumping on the ethanol bandwagon lately, that's because they are. The number of U.S. plants now producing the liquid...

CONVERT OR BUY NEW E85 

By: By Richard Ries

IT'S A domestic fuel. It's renewable. It's cleaner burning than petroleum. That's how Tim Morse, director of the travel management division for the State...

New E85 vehicles 

By: By Peg Zenk

LIKE ALL the U.S. car companies, Ford is trying to find the right mix of flexible-fuel models to offer consumers. With current petroleum price woes, and...

UPSCALE ETHANOL PLANTS 

ASALLIANCES BIOFUELS expects to become the largest U.S. ethanol producer after constructing three large-scale ethanol production plants in Nebraska, Indiana...

ETHANOL SCORES ONE 

By: FROM THE EDITOR KAREN MCMAHON

IT'S GREAT to be right. The ethanol industry recently received solid support from Science magazine. In its January issue, Science published a research...