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World Bioenergy Association forms to promote bioenergy

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Pictured is a sweet sorghum harvester and crusher designed and built by Harold Witulski of Beatrice, Neb. The plants were harvested and directed via belts to the crusher. The squeezed juice is then deposited into a mounted tank that contains yeast fo

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These sweet sorghum plants reached 17-feet-tall in September 2007 at Lincoln, Neb. The plants were rain fed and grown in rotation with soybeans. 

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Adam Liska, a post-doctoral research associate, stands in front of a mature rain-fed field of sweet sorghum variety M81E grown at Havelock, Neb. in 2007. The crop was planted in rotation with soybeans and no additional nitrogen was applied.

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Many years have passed since sweet sorghum made its debut in the 1800s as a possible substitute for sugarcane. The crop is now back by popular demand, this time as a potential ethanol feedstock.

Sweet Harvest

USDA NASS reports Midwest flooding impacts corn yield

Ag Processing selects HPD's stillage concentration system for Nebraska plant

Reports indicate Americans are changing fuel, driving patterns

Poe wows air show audiences with his aerobatic flying and educates them about ethanol. He uses 85 percent to 95 percent ethanol to fuel his Fagen MX-2 aerobatic airplane.

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Ethanol is the fuel of choice for Greg Poe but rather than use it in his flexible-fuel vehicle he uses it to fuel up his high-performance aerobatic Fagen MX-2 airplane.

Ethanol Takes to the Skies

North Dakota State College of Science's new electron microscope will allow biofuels and nanoscience students to see deep into their subject.

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Growth projections in the ethanol industry are being scaled back in response to the slowdown in new plant construction. As the current generation of ethanol companies mature, locating highly-skilled employees may be challenging.

Workforce Future

Emalfarb returns to Dyadic

Ommen resigns as VeraSun chairman

Novozymes to build Nebraska facility

Canadian government passes renewable fuels standard

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Food companies decline discussion with Sen. Grassley

BIO opposes RFS waiver request

Novozymes wins FEW booth award

HPD to supply evaporation technology for Abengoa's Rotterdam plant

Studies blame policies, ethanol for high food prices

Range Fuels appoints Pat Wood to board of directors

Utica Energy settles lawsuit with Wisconsin

FoodPriceTruth.org prepares Fourth of July menu

CR Fuels secures permits for Alberta biofuels project

GIS tool available for potential Illinois plants

U.S. Biofuels Exchange establishes marketplace

From left to right: General Motors Director of Environment and Energy Policy & Commercialization Mary Beth Stanek, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Mascoma Chief Executive Officer Bruce Jamerson pose with an ethanol-capable E85 Chevrolet HHR./PHOT

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Mascoma advances plans for Michigan plant

VeraSun postpones VE30 launch

John Winter joins Range Fuels

EPIC calls for Energy Independence Day

Brazil launches campaign to remove ethanol tariff

Imperial System Inc. provides a Big Round Filter that provides ethanol plants with a self-contained cleaning system./PHOTO: IMPERIAL SYSTEMS INC.

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Imperial Systems introduces dust mitigation filter

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RIN compliance surprisingly low

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