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Crops, Machinery, Markets

Reactions mixed on U.S. biofuel policy role in Canadian market

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The climate of the Canadian renewable fuel market could shift when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes its new targets, some industry professionals say. Revised biofuel targets recently proposed by the EPA would reduce standards put in place in 2007. The changes would adjust Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations by reducing volume […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. seeks middle ground on biofuel targets, pleasing few

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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York | Reuters — U.S. regulators on Friday unveiled much-delayed biofuel targets that sought to strike a middle ground for the nation’s contentious renewable fuels policy but still met with threats of legal action from two of the biggest industries, oil and corn. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decided to raise its previous target […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

ADM cuts biodiesel output as industry hit by weak margins

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg/New York | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland , one of the world’s top biofuels producers, has slowed North American biodiesel output, the latest sign the industry is battling uncertainty over U.S. renewable fuel policy while the oil rout curbs demand. The Chicago-based agri business has “temporarily” shifted production at its Velva, N.D. oilseeds processing […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Antwerp | Reuters –– European oil refiners urged the European Union on Monday to review laws calling for increased biodiesel content in road fuel because the cost of such renewables will counter the recent plunge in crude prices and weigh on the refining sector. “Governments should not inflict extra burden on the public by increasing […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Quebec police bust alleged veg-oil theft ring

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Updated — Seven people in Montreal and Laval were arrested Thursday morning and more arrests are expected, linked to what provincial and local police allege has been a major theft ring for used cooking oil. The Surete du Quebec’s Montreal division and the Service de police de Laval said Thursday the seven are alleged to have […] Read more
Man standing in front of biodiesel facility.
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Starting a biodiesel plant can make going on ‘Dragon’s Den’ look like a walk in the park

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Reading Time: 7 minutes Long before the foundations ever got poured, or even dreamed of, Zenneth Faye was already on the road toward Milligan Biofuels Inc., Canada’s first canola-based biodiesel fuel plant, in Foam Lake, Sask. In fact, he traces his role in its origins to the mid-1980s, when he got involved with Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association and he […] Read more

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