In Germany, UFOP reports that Global production of grains in the 2017/18 marketing year, an estimated 2.1 billion tonnes, is intended for human consumption, but also used as a livestock feed and feedstock in bio-ethanol production. At 44 per cent, the largest part of the grain harvests goes into feeding troughs, trending upward. By contrast, […]
In the United Kingdom, Argus Media reports that French biodiesel imports from outside the EU must have a minimum 60pc greenhouse gas savings value from 1 January — a measure that could have considerable impact on trade flows from Argentina. The law, thought to be an attempt to protect French biodiesel production from swelling Argentinian […]
In India, Madurai Kamaraj University signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based Extreme ProTech to collaborate on research together in the fields of extremozymes, biopolymers and biofuel production based on micro-organisms. MKU also signed another MoU with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology which involves a staff exchange, student and faculty visits between the […]
Happy New Year to all of you Digest readers! Some of you may have already embarked on your New Year’s Resolutions, or some of you may have vowed to not make any resolutions for 2018. Either way, the Digest has you covered with 18 ways you can support a biobased economy in 2018. We’ve already […]
In Texas, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC increased its holdings in shares of Colombia-based Ecopetrol SA by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,437,088 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after acquiring an additional 608,262 […]
In Illinois, half of U.S. soybeans exported to China this year would not meet Chinese rules for routine delivery in 2018, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters. As of January 1st, more stringent quality rules by China could require additional processing of U.S. oilseeds at Chinese ports to remove impurities, leading to increased costs […]
In Argentina, grains workers started a 48-hour strike in the city of Rosario, Argentina’s busiest port where 80% of Argentina’s agricultural exports are sent from on cargo ships headed to the shipping highways and byways of the South Atlantic. As the largest exporter of soymeal livestock feed and major supplier of corn and raw soybeans, […]
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Grains Council representatives traveled to Indonesia and Thailand to engage with their governments and help develop biofuel policies that include a larger role for ethanol trade. Indonesia’s mandate that was established in a national ethanol policy in 2006 has been mostly unmet, so USGC is hoping to help develop a consistent […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production went back up to second-highest on record last week ending the year on a positive note, according to EIA data. Output totaled 1.090 million barrels a day, on average, which is up about 1.2% from 1.077 million barrels a week earlier. Output is up 6.0% than last year. Ethanol inventories […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that between January and September 2017, biodiesel exports climbed around 11% to 1.16 million tons. Just about 94% were shipped to EU-28 countries. This was up 16% from the previous year. The biggest recipient of German biodiesel was the Netherlands with imports seeing a 1.5% rise to 428,000 million tons. Demand […]
