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Energy alternatives: can they make a significant difference?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS OF the world's oil supplies reaching a peak and then declining have helped to fuel financial speculation in crude oil and driven prices to record highs. They have also helped to raise expectations that alternative sources of energy--everything from ethanol and biodiesel to nuclear, solar,...
Tags: biofuel, corn, food, Manufacturing, OPEC, World Bank
Research articles 2008-08-01
Whether it's corn or oil, futures market no bed of roses
Despite Congress' periodic hauling of weak-kneed oil executives before their committees to charge them with collusion and price- gouging, subsequent federal investigations turn up no evidence to support the charges. Right now oil company executives are getting a bit of a respite as Congress has turned its attention to crude...
Tags: barrel, corn, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-07-09
PBS's "Independent Lens" Announces the Winner of the "Independent Lens" Filmocracy Mashup Contest: Kylee Darcy's "Corn King Takes Over the World"
ITVS Interactive Independent Television Service and PBS's Emmy® Award-winning weekly series " Independent Lens " announce Kylee Darcy of Fairfax, Calif., as the grand prize winner of the inaugural PBS "Independent Lens" Filmocracy online video mashup contest. Darcy, whose entry was chosen by the "KING CORN" filmmakers,...
Tags: corn, Corn, food, Getty Images, Manufacturing, PBS
Research articles 2008-06-24
Setting Aside the Renewable Fuel Standard Will Not Reduce Corn Prices
BIO Opposes Texas Petition to EPA for Waiver of RFS WASHINGTON -- Biofuels are needed to help reduce fuel prices, which are the root cause of higher food prices, according to the available evidence. The Biotechnology Industry Organization today submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA opposing...
Tags: BIO, biofuel, Biotechnology, corn, Texas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-06-24
Origin Agritech Announces New Seed Approvals: 3 New Corn Hybrid Seeds and 1 GM Cotton Seed
Strong internal breeding program continues to bring new hybrid and genetically-modified products to markets BEIJING -- Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin" or the "Company"), a leading technology-focused supplier of crop seed and agri-biotech research in China, today announced it has approved three new corn hybrid varieties and one...
Tags: Beijing, China, Company, corn, General Motors Corp., hybrid, MARKETING, SALES
Research articles 2008-06-13
Soybean corrections offer opportunity
Volatility is the buzzword for sellers of options on any market. Price volatility can create opportunities on both sides of the market and the investor who knows the underlying fundamentals will have the advantage in capitalizing on such volatility. Soybeans have been on a wild ride as the spring...
Tags: corn, FINANCE, Investment, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, volatility
Research articles 2008-06-01
Soybean corrections offer opportunity
Volatility is the buzzword for sellers of options on any market. Price volatility can create opportunities on both sides of the market and the investor who knows the underlying fundamentals will have the advantage in capitalizing on such volatility. Soybeans have been on a wild ride as the spring planting...
Tags: corn, FINANCE, Investment, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, volatility
Research articles 2008-06-01
Ethanol benefits are questioned
WASHINGTON -- Just months ago, ethanol was the Holy Grail to energy independence and a "green fuel" that would help nudge the country away from climate-changing fossil energy. Democrats and Republicans cheered its benefits as Congress directed a fivefold increase in ethanol use as a motor fuel. President...
Tags: benefit, corn, food, Manufacturing, Rep., U.S. Congress, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-05-07
Pre-harvest price expectations for corn: the information content of USDA reports and new crop futures
Futures prices play an important price discovery role in the marketing of storable commodities. This function requires that agents (1) have informed expectations regarding the size of the future crop and futures prices reflect that available information. Hence, two interesting questions that arise are: What sources of information contribute to...
Tags: agent, alphA, corn, Delta, forecasting, Hamilton, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2008-05-01
Speak with other shareholders about: (OTCBB: IHME), (NASD: ASTIZ), (NASD: SEED), (OTCBB: JUNI).
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 2008-Stockwire.com: Speak with other shareholders about: (OTCBB: IHME), (NASD: ASTIZ), (NASD: SEED), (OTCBB: JUNI).C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26032008 AUSTIN, TX -- Are you looking to speak with other investors about your favorite stock in real-time? Stockwire.com,...
Tags: Benefits, British Telecommunications, China, compensation, corn, FINANCE, Investment, investor, MARKETING, NASD, shareholder, stock, trait, U.S.
Research articles 2008-03-26
Speak with other shareholders about: (OTC: CPRK), (NASD: SEED).
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 2008-Stockwire.com: Speak with other shareholders about: (OTC: CPRK), (NASD: SEED)C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26032008 AUSTIN, TX -- Are you looking to speak with other investors about your favorite stock in real-time? Stockwire.com, ranked in the top...
Tags: Benefits, British Telecommunications, China, compensation, corn, FINANCE, Investment, investor, MARKETING, NASD, shareholder, stock, trait
Research articles 2008-03-26
Ethanol Hoax Spreads Economic Havoc
One of the many mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 calls for oil companies to increase the amount of ethanol mixed with gasoline. During his 2006 State of the Union Address, President Bush said, "America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the...
Tags: Benefits, corn, Ethanol, FINANCE, gasoline, Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-03-17
Corn Seed Treatment to Repel Cranes Approved
To: FOOD EDITORS Contact: Ken Ballinger of Arkion Life Sciences LLC, +1-302-504- 7420, kballinger@arkionls.com NEW CASTLE, Del., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ArkionR Life Sciences LLC has again received Environmental Protection Agency EPA approval to use Avitec in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan to protect corn seed from deprivation by cranes....
Tags: corn, Manufacturing, Texas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wisconsin
Research articles 2008-02-14
CAGW Celebrates Festivus
WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today marked its fourth annual celebration of Festivus to acknowledge the disappointments and successes for taxpayers in 2007. In the sitcom Seinfeld, Festivus is a fictional holiday invented by Frank Costanza to protest the commercialization of other December holidays. The Festivus dinner begins...
Tags: Air Force, Benefits, corn, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Lockheed Martin Corp., SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S. Congress, Washington
Research articles 2007-12-18
Ethanol Demand For Corn Fading, 2007 Highs Behind Us.
Byline: Don Bousquet, Resource News International Ltd Winnipeg, Oct 17, 2007 Resource News International via COMTEX -- Winnipeg grain and oilseed futures finished the week ended Oct 12th mixed with canola higher and the feed grains lower. Canola was lifted by strength in Chicago...
Tags: corn, FINANCE, grain, Investment, stock, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-10-17
US farmers to boost wheat, soya crops
NEW YORK AFP — US farmers are likely to boost wheat and soybean crops in 2008 in response to critically high prices, potentially displacing others such as corn and cotton, analysts said this week. "Even with corn prices higher ... we do believe that farmers are going to increase...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, analyst, corn
Research articles 2007-09-30
Soaring corn prices hit US cattle farmers
SALMON, United States AFP — America's drive for alternative sources of energy is proving an expensive challenge for cattle farmers who are struggling to pay for traditional feed as the price of corn soars. Corn has traditionally made up 40 percent of the diet of cattle at the Agri...
Tags: corn, Government, grain, Idaho, Manufacturing, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-09-24
A treaty we can live with: the overlooked strategic value of Protocol II
Introduction The Global War on Terror GWOT has dominated the consciousness of the United States and the world since the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001. Many aspects of this war have been the subject of vigorous debate, but the status and treatment of detainees has been a lightning...
Tags: Administration, al-Qaeda, Corn, president, Quality, treaty, U.S., U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2007-09-01
Down on the farm, it's business as usual
If now isn't the time to overhaul the nation's Depression-era system of farm subsidies, it's hard to imagine a better one. Crop prices are high, driven in part by a huge demand for corn to make ethanol, which squeezes the land available for other crops and...
Tags: corn, Democrat, Government, Leadership, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE, subsidy, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-07-31
Declining growth hormone usage likely to hurt milk output
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting that milk output will increase 1.3 percent in 2007. But I think that forecast is on the high side. That's because dairy cow numbers will move below 2006 levels in the second quarter and will likely stay there for the year. With the...
Tags: corn, FINANCE, Investment, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-07-23
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