RFA Reacts to EPA Decision Delay on E15

Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen expresses frustration over EPA’s second delay on making a decision about increasing the amount of ethanol allowed to be blended in regular gasoline from the current 10 percent to 15 percent.  Full Release

AgChat Foundation Announces Farmer-Oriented Social Media Training

June 16, 2010 (AgNewsWire) – Farmers from even the most remote small towns are engaging life-long city dwellers in stories of their farm through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. These conversations are at the core of building understanding of agriculture by the 98 percent of Americans not living on the farm. Improving individual effectiveness is the goal of …

RFA President Addresses Issues at Fuel Ethanol Workshop

This edition of “The Ethanol Report” comes from the 26th annual Fuel Ethanol Workshop in St. Louis where Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen gave the keynote address which touched on major issues facing the industry.  In this interview immediately following his address, Dinneen discusses those issues, including increasing the blend rate and renewing ethanol tax incentives, with …

Rabo AgriFinance Establishes New Regions and Promotes Executives

ST. LOUIS (June 3, 2010 – AgNewsWire) – Rabo AgriFinance (RAF), a leading provider of financial services for agricultural producers and agribusiness in the United States, has established two new regions and promoted several executives. “In a time when many organizations are at a standstill, we are positioning ourselves for long-term growth,” said RAF President and CEO John Ryan. “Our …

USDA-ARS and Fluidigm Media Advisory

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service describes a program that will dramatically decrease the cost of genetic analysis of food. Fluidigm will disclose a new bio-chip technology to support the program. See Full Release for details

Study Shows Rainforest Protections Would Benefit U.S. Farmers

WASHINGTON, DC – Leading U.S. farm and forest products groups today called on Congress and the administration to help end tropical deforestation. The groups cited a new report showing that overseas agriculture and logging operations are expanding production by cutting down the world’s rainforests, allowing them to flood the world market with cheap commodities that undercut American goods. The report …

HarvestMaster Launches FRS Field Layout

Logan, UT—HarvestMaster is pleased to announce the release of Field Layout as part of the Field Research Software (FRS) suite. FRS provides a comprehensive solution for mobile field data collection. FRS Field Layout is a new addition to the FRS suite, and is used to map field boundaries with GPS technology. When using Field Layout, a field researcher can set …

U.S. Ethanol Exports Increasing

As Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) president Bob Dinneen was in Seville, Spain talking about American ethanol in the world market, the organization released a new report on the increase in U.S. ethanol exports. Full Release

Ethanol and the Blend Wall

In this edition of “The Ethanol Report,” Renewable Fuels Association Director of Market Development Robert White talks about what RFA is doing to help ethanol scale the rapidly approaching blend wall.  He discusses the BYO Ethanol program to get blender pumps installed, encouraging EPA to grant a waiver to allow up to 15 percent ethanol in regular gasoline, and reaching …

W. R. “Bob” Watt, Jr Retires as President of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

Fort Worth, Texas (April 21, 2010 – AgNewsWire)— The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo has announced the retirement of W. R. “Bob” Watt, Jr. In honor of Watt’s more than 40 years of service to the organization, Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief will host a public ceremony proclaiming May 4th, 2010 as W.R. “Bob” Watt, Jr. Day in the …

Higher Ethanol Blends Could Save More at the Pump

According to information from the Renewable Fuels Association, American drivers could be saving 12-19 cents per gallon if more ethanol were allowed in gasoline.  In this edition of “The Ethanol Report,” RFA Vice President for Research Geoff Cooper talks about the current price differential between gasoline and ethanol and how much could be saved if the blend level for ethanol …

RFA Pleased with Bill to Extend Ethanol Incentives

Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen participated in a press conference today to introduce the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act (RFRA) sponsored by Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and John Shimkus (R-IL). Full Release

Ethanol Report on VEETC Study

In this special edition of “The Ethanol Report,” Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen discusses a new report that shows that economic importance of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) which is set to expire at the end of this year.  Dinneen talks about how failure to extend the blenders tax incentive would reduce U.S. ethanol production …

AgChat Foundation Announced

April 5, 2010 (AgNewsWire) – Twitter. Facebook. YouTube. LinkedIn. More frequently, these are services being accessed from the turnrow, tractor’s seat and barn. Farmers are tapping into social media services more frequently, especially since the weekly streaming conversation called AgChat was founded on Twitter last year. As many offices closed Friday for holidays, farmers launched the AgChat Foundation online. Hundreds of people talked about the new website and the mission …