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The Energy Blog: EPA Raises Raises Requirements for Renewable Fuels
thefraserdomain.typepad.com | Feb 8, 2012
An item of interest to ethanol producers and other supporters of ethanol is this announcement by EPA, as further clarified by this announcement by EERE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 17 that the 2009 renewable fuel standard (RFS) will require most refiners,

2012 Crop Insurance Decisions | CSD Blogs and Opinions
cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 7, 2012
During the next few weeks, many farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2012 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2012 crop year.The Common Crop Insurance Policy (COMBO) was introduced in the 2011 crop year, and will continue for

Continuous Corn Wins | We’ll See Continued Increase in Corn Profitability Over Soybeans Unless
blog.cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 6, 2012
< p > Market watchers often debate how the commodity markets must "buy" corn or soybean acres in any given year. In fact, price relationships may shift some last-minute acreage plans. But when you take into consideration all that goes into production, yield is the rotation trump card. < /p > < div

Rates
www.fwi.co.uk | Jan 31, 2012
This is a blog post for fertiliser nerds only. Later on this morning am going to a Syngenta technical update about Nemathorin. If you are really well-behaved then I might write a post for Potato Cyst Nematode nerds a bit...

What I need is a hay cannon | Farm Industry News Blog
farmindustrynews.com | Jan 20, 2012
There is a lot of perfectly good science going to waste out there in the countryside. For instance, the first thing someone should have done the last few years is to clone Honest RC, The Farmer's Friend from Beginning to End. One copy of him is not enough.

Corn, oats, soybeans drop on the Chicago BOT, wheat gains; livestock trades mostly lower
blog.taragana.com | Jul 15, 2009
Agriculture futures mostly lower on the CBOTCHICAGO — Agriculture futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Retarded Europe
www.allaboutfeed.net
An article in one of the main opinion magazines in the Netherlands caught my eye recently with the header

World Poultry - Weblog: Re-evaluation of Ethanol Production
www.worldpoultry.net
The precipitous decline in the price of crude oil from approximately $80/barrel in late July to $60/barrel by mid-September stimulated a major re-evaluation of the feasibility of ethanol production. By Simon Shane

R-Squared Energy Blog: Response to Green Algae Strategy Review
i-r-squared.blogspot.com
Robert Rapier works in the energy industry, and writes about issues related to national energy policy.

Photo Gallery: Rural Weird | Corn and Soybean Digest
blog.cornandsoybeandigest.com | Feb 3, 2012
Is there a landmark you direct people to because they just have to see it? Does your neighbor have an obnoxious mailbox? What do you drive by that makes you chuckle every time? Take a photo and email it to csd@csdigest.com and we’ll add them to our Rural Weird album!