In Iowa, farmers have been turning to corn stover as a cattle feed in light of the recent droughts causing hay shortages. Many farms are beginning to mix stover with hay, vitamins, and minerals to stretch the volume of feed from their hay harvests each year. Iowa State University Extension Beef Specialist Denise Schwab believes […]
In the UK, the Vivergo wheat ethanol plant is set to open late this year, after delaying their opening for two years. The plant, which stands to be one of the largest in Europe, is currently in the market to buy wheat for delivery next week. The demand is putting pressure on the UK’s grain […]
In Qatar, Qatar University is scaling their aviation biofuels project up to 25,000 liter tanks with the hope that a pre-commercialization pilot plant will be constructed with 1.5 million liter tanks in the near future. The project has isolated cyanobacteria and micro algae that are unique to the waters of Qatar that are capable of […]
In India, M Manickam of Sakthi Sugars, one of India’s largest sugar producers, expects their financials to take an upturn by Q4 of this year in response to the E5 blending mandate. He indicated that cane prices, not the ethanol mandate, will continue to have the largest impact on prices, and that if the cane […]
In North Carolina, the North Carolina AT&T State University has launched a five-year project to research the development of advanced thermochemical biomass conversion technology. The research will particularly focus on the production of syngas from gasification and nanocatalysts for the conversion of syngas to bioethanol. The project is funded by a $5m grant from the […]
In China, the vice general manager of Dongling, one of China’s largest soybean crushers, indicated that the government has scaled back its ethanol production and ended their incentives for corn processing in order to stretch its dwindling corn supply. He argues that corn, along with soy, will experience heightened demand as the population demands more […]
In California, Viral Genetics will be changing its name to VG Life Sciences, and implement a 1-for-600 reverse split of its common stock. The name change and the reverse stock split are expected to be become effective on or about November 26, 2012, pending review and acceptance by FINRA. Haig Keledjian, Viral Genetics’ CEO, stated, […]
In California, Ceres’ Q4 numbers look better than expected, with the company reporting a net loss per share of $0.27. Estimates had placed that number at $0.34 per share; the company has been bringing in revenue from R&D projects. Cash on hand was $60M, down from $68M, but representing enough capital to get the company […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association has released ethanol production data for last week with ethanol production averaging 811,000 barrels per day or 34.06 million gallons, down 13,000 b/d from the week before. However, expressed as a percentage of daily gasoline demand, ethanol production represents 9.11% of the market. Ethanol imports sat around 6000 b/d, […]
In Israel, Evogene has announced its Q3 results, with revenues increasing to $4M, an 18% improvement over Q3 of 2011 due in part to last year’s collaboration with Monsanto. Evogene’s president and CEO, Ofer Haviv, indicated that the company will focus on four divisions in the coming year: yield and abiotic stress, biotic stress, ag-chemicals, […]
