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Consumers Reveal Tactics Against High Pump Prices
A December Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel survey reveals the No. 1 way consumers are dealing with today's high prices at the pump is by "combining errands and trips" (70% of respondents)...
Retail Gasoline & Diesel Prices Retreat Across The U.S.
The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline retreated from the highest recorded January price, dropping 4.1˘ to $3.068/gal., as of Jan. 14, or 83.9˘ above a year ago. Meanwhile, the average price for retail diesel fell 5˘...
Repeal Ethanol Tariff
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has indicated he plans to introduce legislation to temporarily repeal the ethanol tariff. The reason is to make more corn ...
Accept change and get on with it
I'm disturbed by all the complaining today particularly by cattlemen regarding grain-based ethanol. As a consulting nutritionist with 400,000 cattle under...
Carefully Consider Wind-Energy Contracts
Ag is firmly at the center of the growing trend for alternative energy, and it's not just ethanol and biodiesel. Increasingly, electricity produced from wind turbines ...
Study Says Biodiesel To Boost Economy By $24 Billion
25x25 Renewal Energy Proposition Gets House Support
Biogas Facility Planned In Grand Island
Beef In Your Tank
Today's world is crazy for ethanol. Every corn grower from South Dakota into the Southern Plains seemingly is either part of an ethanol-production co-op...
Aussies look to tallow for energy
Australia hopes to convert tallow into more than 10-million gals. of biodiesel annually in a move to boost the long-term sustainability of its red meat...
Australian Meat Industry Launches Biodiesel Venture
Renewable Energy Conference Set For October
Learn About Biofuel's Future On Crop/Livestock Ag
Permanent Renewable Fuels Incentive Introduced
2525 energy initiative pushed
Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Ken Salazar (D-CO), and Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Collin Peterson (D-MN), introduced a Congressional resolution...
House Committee Moves E-85 Measure Forward
Michigan Looks To Make Energy From Switchgrass
Energy proposal
The House Democratic Rural Working Group, chaired by Bobby Etheridge (D-NC) and Stephanie Herseth (D-SD), unveiled the House Democratic Caucus' energy...
USDA Plans Risk Management Session On Energy
Senate Energy Plan Aims To Promote Sustainability
Increased Energy Costs
Record Prices Send Oil Company Profits Surging
Oil, Not Numbers, Driving Cattle Market
"Gear Up / Throttle Back" And Save Fuel
Government Predicts Rise In Fuel Prices
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
