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Fraser Valley Crops Suffering in July Heat
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:18 PM CDT
Dry July weather is causing damage to the crops of British Columbia, Canada, CTV British Columbia reported on Thursday. Opinder Bhatti of O'Bhatti Farm said he expects his sweet corn will yield about 40 percent less than last year.
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Gee Whiz: Human Urine is Shown to Be an Effective Agricultural Fertilizer
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:17 PM CDT
Researchers in Finland grew beets as an experiment using sustainable fertilizer -- human urine, Scientific American reported on Friday. Surendra Pradhan and Helvi Heinonen-Tanski, environmental scientists at the University of Kuopio used a combination of urine and wood ash, which they found worked just as good as traditional mineral fertilizer.
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Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:16 PM CDT
Novomer Inc. announced Wednesday is has been awarded $18.4M in federal funding from the Department of Energy to convert waste CO2 into various sustainable polymers, Market Watch reported. The CO2 would be used to manufacture such products as bottles, films, laminates, coatings on food and beverage cans, as well as other wood and metal surface applications.
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Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:14 PM CDT
Novomer Inc. announced Wednesday is has been awarded $18.4M in federal funding from the Department of Energy to convert waste CO2 into various sustainable polymers, Market Watch reported. The CO2 would be used to manufacture such products as bottles, films, laminates, coatings on food and beverage cans, as well as other wood and metal surface applications.
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Alfalfa Joins Feedstock Choices for Ethanol
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:13 PM CDT
Hay could be a possible feedstock for ethanol and offset some of the environmental concerns associated with corn, according to scientists at the Department of Agriculture's Dairy Forage Research Center in St.
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Zimbabwe Government to Allow Private Investment in Energy Sector
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:12 PM CDT
Zimbabwe's government announced Tuesday it will open up the country's energy sector to private investors as independent power producers or public-private partnership arrangements, according to the Global Times.
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EU Shows Growth in Ethanol Production, Use
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:40 PM CDT
European ethanol production is continuing to increase, Ethanol Producer reported. While ethanol production growth was nearly 60 percent in 2008, 2009 saw the European Union's production continuing to grow by 31 percent.
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Blender Pumps Get UL Certified
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:40 PM CDT
Underwriters Laboratory has given final safety certification to new ethanol blender pumps from Dresser Wayne and Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Domestic Fuel reported. The Dresser Wayne pump has a dual hose, offering low blends on one hose for conventional vehicles and mid to high-level blends on the other hose for flexible fuel vehicles.
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Green Car Passes Test at NSS
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:39 PM CDT
Green racing research data from the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago is proving successful, according to automotive researcher Forrest Jehlik. Jehlik has been crunching numbers collected during three days of testing at Florida's New Smyrna Speedway, the Daytona Beach News-Journal Online reported.
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Groups Rally to Fight Against E15
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:38 PM CDT
A group of environmental organizations and companies are banding together to discourage Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from promoting widespread use of the E15 ethanol blend, Biofuels International reported.
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Some Crops Struggle, Others Thrive in Heat
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:37 PM CDT
The hot and dry weather Pennsylvania has seen this summer has caused some of the state's crops to struggle to survive while others have thrived in the hot and dry field conditions, the Williamsport Sun Gazette reported on Wednesday.
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Deer Damage Expensive, can be Contained
Wed Jul 28, 2010 03:34 PM CDT
Deer can cause hundreds of dollars of damage to a field, but there are practices that farmers can employee to limit these losses, the Midwest Producer reported on Tuesday. "Deer love newly forming ears," said Scott Hygnstrom, with the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).
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Montana Hay Farmers See Biggest Harvest in Years
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:27 PM CDT
Because of extra moisture and a mild spring, farmers in Montana are harvesting a record amount of hay, the Missoulian reported on Monday. Missoula County Extension agent Jerry Marks said the extra moisture this growing season has made it a good grass year with average alfalfa growth as well.
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Biomass Innovation Park Set for Construction
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:26 PM CDT
Genera Energy plans to begin construction on what it is calling biomass innovation park in east Tennessee, the Knoxville News in Knoxville, Tenn., said, as part of a partnership with Dupont Danisco to produce cellulosic ethanol using corn cobs and eventually switchgrass.
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Ethanol, Agriculture Groups Push for E12
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:25 PM CDT
The American Coalition for Ethanol, the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to approve the use of E12, reported Cattle Network in Lenexa, Kan., as the industry bumps up against the blend wall waiting for pending EPA approval of E15.
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Ethanol, Agriculture Groups Push for E12
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:24 PM CDT
The American Coalition for Ethanol, the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to approve the use of E12, reported Cattle Network in Lenexa, Kan., as the industry bumps up against the blend wall waiting for pending EPA approval of E15.
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China Prohibits Artificial Flavors in Food Products
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:23 PM CDT
A new law in China prohibits the use of artificial edible flavors in food, India-server.com reported. The law restricts the use of artificial flavors in various types of food, such as milk, cream, vegetable and animal fat, baby food and bottled water.
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New Dairy Comes to South Carolina Prison Farm
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:23 PM CDT
South Carolina's largest state Department of Corrections farm will soon be the site of a new, state-of-the-art dairy, according to The Item. The Wateree River Correctional Institution's 7,000-acre farm will be the site of a new 27-acre, $7 million complex of barns and milking parlors.
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County Sees Dip in Winter Wheat Yield
Tue Jul 27, 2010 03:22 PM CDT
The winter wheat crop in the Findlay, Ohio, area will yield lower than last year's crop because of head scab and hot weather this growing season, the Findlay Courier reported on Tuesday. Ohio State University Extension educator for Hancock County Gary Wilson said the county's average yield this year is about 58 bushels per acre, down more than 26 percent from last year's 79 bushels an acre.
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Farmers Need Rainfall to Save Cash Crops
Mon Jul 26, 2010 03:24 PM CDT
Farmers in the Hampton Roads, Va., area are in need of rainfall to save crops as well as pasture, the Daily Press reported on Friday. Isle of Wight farmer Dee Dee Darden said the combination of lack of rainfall and extremely hot temperatures over the last two months has caused the loss of the corn crop and pastureland.
