We’re happy to announce that in partnership with BASF, AgNewsWire is the official online news room of the Agricultural Media Summit (AMS). What this means is that during the upcoming event we’ll be posting news releases for various exhibitors and sponsors of the AMS. These should start showing up by July 27. Just like all releases you will find distributed …
World Ethanol Leaders Unite for Biofuels
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen about working together with biofuels groups from Canada, Brazil and Europe to provide input to world leaders meeting at this past week’s G8 meeting in Japan. Full Release
SPGC Coverage Available On-Line
Tifton, GA (AgNewsWire) Information from one of the nation’s largest peanut grower conferences is available on-line at: spgc.wordpress.com. All the proceedings with pictures, audio interviews and more from the 10th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference July 13-15 in Panama City Beach, Fla., can be found on the site. The conference coverage is sponsored by Trimble Agriculture/Ag Technologies, LLC. Full Release
Ethanol Industry Shows Strength at Workshop
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen, BBI International president Mike Bryan, Joel Velasco of the Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry Association, and “Energy Victory” author Robert Zubrin from last week’s 2008 Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Nashville. Full Release
Live Reports Available from Bioeconomy Conference
June 17, 2008 (AgNewsWire) – Risks generated in the evolving bioeconomy, tools to manage that risk and infrastructure needs are the focus of the June 24-25 conference, Transition to a Bioeconomy: Risks, Infrastructure and Industry Evolution. This event will be at the Doubletree Marina Hotel, Berkeley, Calif. Full Release
Ethanol Industry Concerns About UN Food Security Conference
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen about this week’s United Nations Conference on World Food Security. Full Release
Ethanol Industry Fights Back
Attached are an audio report and three sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen about the continued and increased attacks on ethanol by food and oil companies. Full Release
Support Energy Independence This Summer
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – As Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, many Americans may be choosing to stay closer to home rather than the pain of skyrocketing fuel prices at the pump. But as bad as fuel prices may be, they could be much worse if not for domestically produced, renewable biofuels such as biodiesel adding to the …
FMC Recommends Growers Use Preemergence Herbicides in Late Planted Soybeans
Philadelphia, May 15, 2008 — From Minnesota to Mississippi, cool temperatures and soggy conditions are keeping soybean farmers out of the fields. As planting dates slip into May and beyond, some soybean growers may consider foregoing a preplant or preemergence herbicide as part of their cultural practice. But experts warn that could be a very costly decision. According to Bob …
Ethanol Industry Holds Food Price Press Briefing
Attached is an audio report featuring comments from four agriculture and ethanol industry leaders who participated in a press conference on April 30 about the role of biofuels in food price increases. Featured are former Agriculture Secretary John Block, National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman, National Farmers Union president Tom Buis (buy’-us) and Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO …
EPIC and South Dakota Corn Utilization Council Announce Blender Pump Program
Sioux Falls, SD. (May 1, 2008 – AgNewsWire) – South Dakota is poised to lead the nation in raising public awareness for higher blends of ethanol with a new blender pump initiative announced Thursday. Through a partnership between the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) and the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (SDCUC), the initiative will help gas station retailers …
Ethanol Report – RFA Reacts to Criticisms
Attached is an audio report featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen on a number of topics coinciding with the annual RFA board of directors meeting in St. Louis this week. He talks about the angst felt by ethanol producers seeing their product maligned in the media and why the Texas governor’s request for a waiver of the …
Make it Ethanol for Earth Day
Omaha, Neb., (April 22, 2008 – AgNewsWire) – If every car in America would use a ten percent blend of ethanol for one week, the amount of greenhouse gases produced in the U.S. would be reduced by nearly 1.3 billion pounds. That is according to calculations done by life sciences researcher Nathan Danielson, president of BioCognito. “What we did was …
Ethanol Industry Getting Greener
Attached is an audio report featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen on a new report from Argonne National Laboratory about the increased efficiency of U.S. ethanol plants, as well as how higher oil prices are the real cause of food price inflation. Full Release
Green Racing Showcased in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Fla. (April 4, 2008 – AgNewsWire) – St. Petersburg, Florida will be the site of the greenest racing event in history April 5-6 when both the IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series will compete on the streets in the Honda Grand Prix and Acura Sports Car Challenge. This is the second year that the IndyCar Series …