Record amount of corn to be used for ethanol production
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As President Bush nominated Samuel Bodman as the nation&#39;s next energy secretary Friday, the US Department of Agriculture reported more of the nation&#39;s corn crop will be used for ethanol production this year.
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol.
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RADCLIFFE, Iowa -- Corn farmer Jim Handsaker has found a slew of ways to ride the heartland boom in biofuels that is reshaping the economy of rural Iowa.
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The corn lining the outfield is tall again this year.
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U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion (18 billion pounds) worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.
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U.S. production of distillates, which  include heating oil and diesel, hit a record average of 4.3  million barrels per day last week, the federal Energy  Information Administration said on Wednesday.
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Illinois and Missouri are among 18 corn- and 12 soybean-producing states reporting record yields this fall, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - A record 3-1/2 year stretch of profits for hog producers appears to be coming to an end this year due to high corn costs, but a growing export market could again bolster profits in coming years, a leading agriculture economist said.
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The ethanol producer's star is rising once more.
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After seeing Midwestern farmers improve their lot by selling corn to ethanol distilleries, sugar cane and sugar beet growers want their own ethanol deal, paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
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Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.
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America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel. Automakers in Detroit have already built millions of cars, trucks and SUVs that can run on it, and are committed to making millions more. In Washington, politicians have approved generous subsidies for companies that make ethanol.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. ,  the largest U.S. ethanol producer, is considering a purchase of  Brazil&#39;s Cosan SA as ADM prepares to enter Brazil&#39;s sugarcane  ethanol business, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web  site on Friday.
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By DEB RIECHMANN SAO PAULO, Brazil - At a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks, President Bush heralded a new ethanol agreement with Brazil Friday as way to boost alternative fuels production across the Americas.
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With the harvest area of maize about 2.3 million hectares and current workload on farming machinery, maize harvesting works on the largest part of the territory of Ukraine will not be completed until around ...
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.