The latest report from the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service indicates that both the corn and soybean crops are in good condition for this point in the year.

Nineteen Midwestern U.S. senators last week sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the agency to raise the ethanol blend limit from the current 10% maximum.

Terrabon has produced high-octane ‘green gasoline’ from non-food biomass at its laboratory in Texas and is looking to commercialize its MixAlco technology at a Valero facility next year.

Overuse of antibiotics is leading to antibiotic resistant bacteria and the ethanol industry should voluntarily stop such use since there are alternatives available , according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

The University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center reported the successful rocket testing of a fuel it derived from biomass in a demonstration test of the technology.

By using specific electrical modulations, OriginOil claims to have succeeded in extracting oil from algae on a continuous basis without destroying cell walls, which should lead to more efficient production.

Anti-ethanol groups that oppose a provision in the recently passed U.S. House bill that would bar the EPA from using international indirect land use change as a criterion for evaluating biofuels took their case to the Senate last week.

Intercontinental Exchange will begin supplying the Commodities Futures Trading Commission with enhanced data on large traders, in a move that ICE said has been in the works for years.

POET is working with agricultural equipment suppliers to find the most efficient ways to collect corn cobs for cellulosic ethanol production and last week completed the first test of that equipment in Texas.

When cap and trade legislation came up in Congress earlier this year, industries potentially affected by the move increased their lobbying efforts dramatically, reports filed in the U.S. House of Representatives show.

U.S. climate change policy is likely to have an impact on future international policy developments. The key to making progress on a global level in Copenhagen may even depend on the United States taking action.

In an effort to support research into using plant feedstocks for biofuels production, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture announced that they will award up to US$6.3 million in research grants.

The United States can still avoid the worst potential greenhouse effects of biofuels if policy-makers adopt certain principles, according to a “consensus” report from leading academics.