(Columbia, MO)—This week marks the 36th anniversary of National Ag Week, a nationwide effort to recognize agriculture’s contribution to the everyday lives of Americans. In Missouri, the state’s commodity groups are working to ensure this key message is extended beyond March 15-21. “National Ag Week provides a great opportunity to highlight the success of the agriculture industry, how agriculture revitalizes …
Communicating Renewables Summit
March 17, 2009 – AgNewsWire – Important communications lessons learned from the biofuels industry’s fall from grace will be presented at the upcoming Communicating Renewables Summit, April 21-23, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN. The biofuels industry went from “Darling to Devil” in less than a year – but better industry communications could have helped control the damage and may still be …
Beef Safety Research into Ethanol Co-Product
Columbia, MO (AgNewsWire) Increasing numbers of Missouri beef cattle producers are feeding their animals with a by-product of ethanol production known as distillers’ grains and research is showing that this practice provides a nutritious, low cost feed supplement for cattle and a healthy final product for consumers. Missouri currently has six ethanol plants in production and Missouri Beef Industry Council …
Getting Over Blend Wall is Priority for Ethanol Industry
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, EPA Acting Biomass Program Manager Valerie Lightner, and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Executive Vice President Kris Kiser about work being done to increase the amount of ethanol approved for use in regular gasoline. Full Release
Getting Over Blend Wall is Priority for Ethanol Industry
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, EPA Acting Biomass Program Manager Valerie Lightner, and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Executive Vice President Kris Kiser about work being done to increase the amount of ethanol approved for use in regular gasoline. Full Release
Renewable Fuels Association Analyzes Recent Reports
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from Renewable Fuels Association Vice President of Research and Analysis Geoff Cooper about recently released studies from the University of Nebraska and the University of Minnesota regarding life cycle analysis and greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol compared to gasoline. Cooper compares the two reports and discusses RFA’s major concerns with …
Seminar on “Using Social Media Marketing to Grow Your Business” at the Farmland Investment Fair
(February 2, 2009, AgNewsWire) – Jeff Korhan, green industry speaker, video blogger, Internet marketer, and the founder of True Nature will speak on Using Social Media Marketing to Grow Your Business at The Chicago Farmers Farmland Investment Fair on Saturday February 7, 2009 in Joliet, Illinois Full Release
Drovers CattleNetwork and Bayer HealthCare Launch the Fly Control Center
(February 2, 2009, AgNewsWire)Drovers CattleNetwork, an online news service of food360, Vance Publishing Corporation, and Bayer Healthcare announced the launch of the Fly Control Center, an all encompassing, new consumer-oriented website dedicated to fly control management. The Fly Control Center (www.flycontrolcenter.com) is already one of the largest repositories for fly control information on the internet, housing nearly 16,000 documents including …
AgNewsWire Audio Feeds from International Poultry Expo
AgWired has been covering the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta this week and since not very many ag media attend this event we are sending out links to some audio interviews for anyone who might be interested, courtesy of Novus International. Full Release
Nufarm Expands Glyphosate Portfolio with Continued Innovation
Burr Ridge, IL – Nufarm Americas has expanded its crop protection product line with the introduction of five new products that include the active ingredients tribenuron and thifensulfuron. These herbicides offer broad-spectrum weed control in cereals including wheat, barley, oats and triticale. Full Release
New Business Tool for Cattle Feeders
LENEXA, Kan. (Jan. 28, 2009) — Whether looking for up-to-date market data, trading tools or industry news, www.cattletradercenter.com offers U.S. cattle feeders the tools and information they need in one location. Full release
Ethanol Industry Working for Clean Energy Economy
Attached is an audio report and sound bites featuring comments from a recent press conference featuring Renewable Fuels Association chairman of the board Chris Standlee of Abengoa Bioenergy and RFA president and CEO Bob Dinneen. Both discuss priorities for the ethanol industry that are in line with the new administration’s goals for developing a “clean energy economy.” Full Release
Agriblogs and Farm Podcasts are Growing
(Holts Summit, MO – January 22, 2009) The agriculture industry is using new media to harvest a growing audience on the internet. “There are now literally hundreds of blogs relating to agriculture,” according to Chuck Zimmerman, president of ZimmComm New Media, a company which specializes in agricultural and biofuels related blogging and podcasting. “They include farmers or farm wives with …
Ethanol Industry Outlook for 2009
The economic climate is creating all sorts of challenges for every industry, including ethanol. In this “Ethanol Report,” Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen talks about what he expects for the coming year. Full Release