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Terviva Offers New Biofuel Feedstock Grown on Trees

Agwired

Terviva has been developing elite pongamia cultivars over 15 years of research trials spanning nearly 2,000 acres in Florida, Hawai’i and Australia. “Terviva’s pongamia trees produce three or more metric tons of beans per acre, which feature a high oil content,” said Sikka. Australia, and other parts of the world.

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Lunch and Learn: Ethanol, Implications and a Livelihood

Wisconsin Farmers Union

The increased profit of corn has meant more corn is grown which has resulted in a 5% increase in erosion and nutrient leaking into public waters as acres are converted from perennial management or kept in row crops. about 300,000 acres from 2002 to 2014. They are also working with manufacturers on engine performance.

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Start-Up Journeys after World Agri-Tech

World Agri-Tech

We moved from a San Francisco office to a 20k sq ft manufacturing facility in Fremont, grew from 13 to 26 employees, and raised a $20M Series A. Commercially, we’ve been on many hundreds of thousands of acres, spread relatively evenly across cropping and grazing lands in the US. Nitricity has hit multiple significant milestones.

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Climate savior or ‘Monsanto of the sea’?

Food Environment and Reporting Network

In recent years, seaweed has been put forth as what one writer called a Swiss Army knife solution to climate change: able to absorb atmospheric carbon, reduce cattle’s methane emissions, provide feedstock for biofuels, and feed the world — no fertilizers, fresh water, or even land required. These concerns aren’t hypothetical. he asked. “Is

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Industry Ag News 3/1

Agwired

Elite Octane — a leader in the biofuel industry, producing 150 million gallons of bioethanol annually — joined the nation’s leading biofuel trade associations, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy. cotton acres. A Greenwood, Ind.,

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Coalition Letter Requesting Extension for Public Comment Period for Monarch Butterfly’s ESA Status Listing

NASDA

It is through pest control products, used by farmers, ranchers, public health officials, and other pesticide applicators; and produced by pesticide manufacturers, that we can address and mitigate these threats. This includes millions acres of U.S. farmland, creating a significant ability to affect agricultural production. agriculture.

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