News - Ethanol

An animal science professor with the University of Minnesota says the added nutritional variability caused by the extraction of oil from corn dried distillers grains with solubles has raised the need for tools that will provide accurate estimates of the energy values of these ingredients.

The president of FarmEcon LLC suggests reductions in the affordability of food resulting from increased U.S. ethanol fuel production can be blamed for growing global political unrest.

A FarmEcon LLC study has shown the U.S. renewable fuel mandate has resulted in a dramatic increase in the cost of food production and a decrease in food affordability.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says, in the wake of concerns over feed grain availability this winter due to drought, support is building for changes in government policies that encourage the use of ethanol fuel blends.

In the wake of rising feed grain costs the Canadian Pork Council is calling for a review of policies that encourage the use of food to produce fuel.

A market analyst with the Guelph, Ontario based George Morris Centre suggests U.S. policies surrounding ethanol are the biggest factor driving up feed costs in North America.

Research being conducted at the University of Manitoba will allow livestock nutritionists to maximize the nutritional value of the by-products of ethanol production.

Researchers with the University of Manitoba report progress in the development of new winter wheat varieties tailored to meet the needs of the ethanol industry.