Archive for the 'Biofuels' Category

Barak Obama campaign on Agritalk to discuss biofuels

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

With only 4 weeks until the election, the presidential race is certainly heating up. Both campaigns have made energy policy a priority, and now we’ll have a chance to hear specifics straight from the horse’s (or elephant’s!) mouth. In a two-part presidential forum series, the Renewable Fuels Association is partnering with the popular rural and agricultural [...]

New York company plants first pennycress crop for stinkweed biofuel

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

ALBANY, N.Y. – The request caught dairy farmer Brian Ziehm off guard: Would he devote an acre of his idfields near the Vermont line this fall to grow stinkweed? “It was like, ‘What the heck? I’ve been trying to get rid of these things for 30 years. Now you want me to plant them?’” But [...]