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Ag Secretary Vilsack on Renewable Energy's Impact in Rural America | Energy content from Corn and
cornandsoybeandigest.com | 5 hours 44 minutes ago
< div class="field-byline" > Source: USDA < /div > < p > Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry regarding the impact of renewable energy in rural America. "Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to

A Pig is What it Eats | Nutrition content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | 12 hours 26 minutes ago
A recent press release announced that the ethanol industry had overtaken livestock as the largest consumer of the nation’s corn supply. The release, citing data from North American Risk Management Services, Inc., explained that ethanol production had nearly quadrupled between 2005 and 2011, now

ENERGY NOW - Help for Farmers' to Develop AD
www.thepigsite.com | Feb 16, 2012
ENERGY NOW - Help for Farmers' to Develop AD UK - A new consultancy service for farmers looking to branch out into anaerobic digestion and biogas production was launched at the Energy Now exhibition and conference at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern this week.

EU waste proposals must not jeopardise UK biogas
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 8, 2012
Farmers using certain types of digestate may face extra cost and regulation under EU waste proposals

Growth of biomass industry dependent on government policy | Bioenergy content from Farm Industry
farmindustrynews.com | Feb 7, 2012
< p > The biomass industry, and consequently the market for handling equipment, is growing, but just how much will depend a lot on government policy. While federal legislators recently retained funding for energy title programs in the 2012 appropriations & ldquo;minibus, & rdquo; there could be

PigProgress - News: Impacts of ethanol policies on Canada’s pig industry
www.pigprogress.net | Feb 7, 2012
A study from the George Morris Centre demonstrates that the growth of ethanol production in Canada has had negative economic consequences for the livestock industry. The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) partnered with the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Meat Council to have this work

Farmers set to benefit from Teesside project - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Feb 7, 2012
FARMERS are set to benefit from a new project on Teesside to speed up the development of small scale anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies.

BusinessDay - Biofuels sector ‘frustrated’ by lack of a policy framework
www.businessday.co.za | Feb 6, 2012
Tongaat Hulett CEO Peter Staude says small-scale farmers would have a better chance of succeeding if the government finalised the regulatory framework enabling independent players to get into the generation of energy, including electricity and biofuels

AllAboutFeed - News: Canadian ethanol policy impacting the meat industry
www.allaboutfeed.net | Feb 3, 2012
Canadian ethanol policy has directly impacted Canadian grain markets and users of grain, such as the Canadian livestock and meat industry.

Ethanol Producer Magazine | EthanolProducer.com
ethanolproducer.com | Feb 2, 2012
Ethanol and grain producers in Canada reacted to a report by the George Morris Centre charging it misinterprets the connection between clean-burning, renewable ethanol and the livestock and meat markets.