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U.S. EPA strikes deal on biofuel blending targets with oil groups

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters –– Oil refiners who have complained that U.S. federal regulators missed deadlines to issue rules on blending renewable fuels into the nation’s supply of gasoline and diesel fuel are set to get long-awaited targets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under a deal the EPA announced Friday with two oil industry groups […] Read more

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U.S. EPA to propose biofuels standards this spring

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grapevine, Tex. | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to put out a proposal that will address Renewable Fuels Standards for 2014, 2015 and 2016 this spring, an agency official at an industry conference in Grapevine, Tex., said Thursday. The agency will address all three years at once and plans to look at […] Read more


A sea of soybeans

Argentina believes it can be the brightest spot on the world’s agricultural map, mainly thanks to its phenomenal capacity to grow 50 million acres of soybeans

Reading Time: 3 minutes When the world thinks of Argentina and agriculture, it may drool over slabs of grilled beef big enough to fill any plate. But when Argentina thinks of agriculture, it thinks of something even bigger — the soybean. Argentina is becoming a dominant global player in farm production, says Gustavo López, a market research consultant for […] Read more

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Get it built

Starting a biodiesel plant can make going on ‘Dragon’s Den’ look like a walk in the park

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