Advanced biofuel businesses and advocacy groups have asked for a targeted investment tax credit to help the industry attract investment capital needed to accelerate production and meet ambitious volume requirements of the renewable fuel standard.
Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee.
2010 is more than shifting funds. What? Everett Griner tells us.
A planned bio-refinery located near Soperton, Georgia has received a loan guaranteed by USDA Rural Development to make cellulosic biofuel from wood chips.
A compromise climate bill has been in the works for the past few months and is now expected to be introduced in the Senate sometime next month.
2010 is an off year for farm markets. Everett Griner tells us why.
New technology must be developed because population growth is not slowing down. Everett Griner explains to us how many people will have to be fed in the near future.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson (w/ hat in photos) hosted numerous media 
outlets and about a hundred guests Tuesday at a bioenergy test project in Ocala. This process helps manage animal wastes while also producing energy and agricultural by-products. Sigarca, Inc.’s experiemental Bioenergy Plant is set up at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala, FL, where it processes horse manure into renewable energy, organic soil and bio-fertilizers. Read the rest of this entry »
There are new revelations this week about research flaws by the key UN climate change body. Mistakes that American Farm Bureau’s Rick Kraus says are serious enough that environmentalists could end up focusing more on the old question of proving that climate change is a threat, instead of the new question of how to stop it.
A new report has detailed the significant economic impact of ethanol production, stating that it supported nearly 400-thousand jobs in all sectors of the economy during 2009.
USDA scientists have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will enable researchers to shed light on the genetics behind hardier varieties of wheat and improved varieties of biofuel crops.
Small town America is growing. Why? Everett Griner answers this today.
American Farm Bureau Federation Renewable Fuels Specialist, Elizabeth Jones, says the Administration’s three part plan to increase production of renewable fuels in the United States should be good for agriculture.
The development of bio-fuel has just begun. Today Everett Griner looks at the future of bio-fuel.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that in order to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry, all the various government departments must work together.
Farm critics are speaking loudly. Is anyone listening? Everett Griner answers this.
The administration has launched a major cooperative effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. The mode of action includes USDA’s proposed rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, EPA’s final rule to implement the renewable fuels standard and a report from the President’s task force that lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry.
Everett Griner explains how buyers of stolen property can help.
Poor choices hurt California farmers. Everett Griner explains.
Cap and Trade has once again remerged as a headline as President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget will project hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal revenue from a proposed comprehensive cap-and-trade climate law.
Special districts warn EPA rules mean higher taxes, eminent domain and less effective South Florida canals
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Association of Special Districts warned today that the new water regulations for Florida proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would severely weaken the flood protection provided by Florida’s water control and improvement districts, especially in the South Florida region, which was often inundated by floods before the construction of the region’s complex canal system. Read the rest of this entry »
According to the results of a poll recently released by Growth Energy, A vast majority of U.S. consumers support country of origin labeling of their fuel.
The Obama Administration is beginning to talk more about clean energy legislation and tying it to job creation and less about Cap-and-Trade.
This is an unsolvable problem that just keeps growing. Is there a solution? Everett Griner discusses.
The University of Florida has received special funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to conduct a radically new genetic analysis of poplar trees in an effort to help harness the trees as a sustainable and economical fuel source.
Keith Menchey, manager of science and environmental issues for the National Cotton Council, gives a little more detail on the efforts in Congress to suspend the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Saxby Chambliss, has announced his support for a resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to an endangerment finding.
Being organic, or sustainable. Everett Griner tells us…Well, you decide.
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Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis, spoke to attendees at the 2010 Legislative Agricultural Chairs Conference regarding the potential of renewable fuels.
The U.S. Department of Energy will investment nearly 78-million dollars under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced biofuels research and fueling infrastructure.
