In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, launched a retail offering of Calyno cooking oil, the company’s first commercial product, which is grown by Midwest farmers and produced in the United States. Calyno oil is allergen and gluten-free, with zero grams trans-fat per serving, 20% reduced saturated fat and comes with an FDA qualified […]
In Washington, D.C., the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center released a new report, Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy in the United States: A Pragmatic Way Forward which provides a set of near and long-term federal policy options that could be implemented in order to encourage the use of sustainable aviation fuels. The report contextualizes each policy […]
In Illinois, ADM reported its first quarter earnings showing Ag Services and Oilseeds and Nutrition both delivering strong results and higher than last year but carbohydrate solutions lower than last year’s Q1. It also reported that it is providing industrial ethyl alcohol to Sazerac and is donating sanitizer to Decatur healthcare and long-term care facilities. […]
In Indiana, Bloomberg Law reports that e-Biofuels LLC and other defendants face a $70 million liability for violating the False Claims Act by engaging in a scheme to defraud the EPA’s renewable fuel program, an Indiana federal court said. “Alexander Chepurko’s whistleblowing efforts allowed the government to criminally prosecute some defendants in this case for […]
In California, Aemetis commenced deliveries under a long-term agreement with Messer to supply carbon dioxide to a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art CO2 plant located adjacent to the Aemetis ethanol plant. The ethanol Plant will provide about 450 tons of CO2 daily for use in food, beverage and other Industries, helping meet market shortage caused by COVID-19 crisis. […]
The ‘Rona Cyclona pandemic is creating havoc on the agricultural industry, not just in the U.S. but around the world. The ethanol industry and corn farmers have had several years of low profitability even before Covid 19, thanks to natural weather disasters like droughts and floods, tanking of oil prices, a trade war with China, […]
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Special to The Digest As crop farmers charge ahead into the spring planting season, livestock producers are putting in longer hours to keep meat, dairy and eggs on the grocery store shelves. As a leading producer of corn, soybeans, pork, eggs, […]
In Germany, for the first time, scientists from Ruhr University Bochum were able to fully observe all movements between water molecules, the so-called intermolecular vibrations. The findings help, among other things, to better determine the energy landscape of the molecules and thus to better understand the strange properties of water. Of particular importance is a […]
In Belgium, in a letter sent to the European Commission, Copa and Cogeca express their concerns about the potential consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on the vegetable oils, biodiesel, protein-rich by-products like rapeseed and sunflower meals and DDGS, and ethanol sectors. Faced with falling European production and social distancing measures in the EU and worldwide […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that expectations of another sub-standard rapeseed harvest in Germany are the driving force behind oil mills’ efforts to procure supplies for the coming season well in advance. However, producers are not very ready to sell. The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP), taking a closer look at […]
