Lynn Grooms hails from the Badger State. An agricultural journalist and contributing editor to Farm Industry News, she frequently covers the biofuels industry.
 

Posts by Lynn Grooms

in Farm Industry News Blog Mar. 14, 2013

Oil subsidies “take the cake”

“If oil companies cannot stand on their own two feet after 100 years of clinging to certain taxpayer subsidies, Congress shouldn’t hurt American....More

Biofuels critical to rural America’s survival, Secretary Vilsack says

“You’ve got to keep pushing on. You’ve got to keep fighting. It’s too important not to. Rural America’s survival is at stake.”....More

EPA proposal for RFS lowers cellulosic biofuel requirement, but retains advanced biofuel and renewable fuel requirements

“The 2013 RFS requirements will be the catalyst that finally compels oil companies to get serious about breaching the so-called blend wall. This year....More
in Farm Industry News Blog Jan. 25, 2013

Court of Appeals today rules against cellulosic biofuel standard, upholds advanced biofuel standard

“Although we disagree with the court’s decision vacating the 2012 cellulosic volumes, today’s decision once again rejects broad-brushed attempts to....More
in Farm Industry News Blog Jan. 18, 2013

RFS has helped spur advances in development of second-generation biofuels

“The RFS was designed to drive technology and it is; and was designed to drive a marketplace, and it is,” said Brett Erickson, executive vice....More

Biofuels tax credits survive

"Congress has finally approved an extension so that we can get production back on track.”....More
in Farm Industry News Blog Nov. 26, 2012

Syngenta increases involvement in ethanol market

Growers will begin planting Enogen corn under contract in spring 2013 and deliver the grain to a Kansas ethanol plant next fall....More
in Farm Industry News Blog Nov. 16, 2012

EPA keeps renewable fuels levels in place, livestock and poultry industry vow to fix “misguided policy”

“How many more jobs and family farms have to be lost before we change this misguided policy and create a level playing field on the free market for....More

As you head to the polling place, think energy

There are a lot of things to think about as you head to your local polling place. A long-term energy policy should be one of them....More
in Farm Industry News Blog Oct. 26, 2012

BP cancels plans for cellulosic ethanol plant

BP has cancelled its plans to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., but has completed construction of its joint venture 110 million gallon....More