Archive for April, 2008

Grain Companies' Profits Soar As Global Food Crisis Mounts - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Grain Companies' Profits Soar As Global Food Crisis Mounts
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago
John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate, has said he favors scrapping the 51-cent per gallon ethanol tax credit and a 54-cent per gallon tariff

Farm Machinery, Other Ag Giants Slide On Agco's Full-Year Earnings … - Investor’s Business Daily (subscription)

Farm Machinery, Other Ag Giants Slide On Agco's Full-Year Earnings
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) - 13 hours ago
"Legislation against ethanol is a potential head wind for all agriculture-related stocks," said Lawrence De Maria, analyst at Sterne Agee.

Stocks Finish Mixed - BusinessWeek

Stocks Finish Mixed
BusinessWeek - 14 hours ago
He defended his ethanol programs and said many problems would be solved if Congress would pass ANWAR legislation. Bush told a Rose Garden news conference

5 Stocks That Swayed the Skeptics - Motley Fool

5 Stocks That Swayed the Skeptics
Motley Fool - 19 hours ago
However, some Ethanol Plant projects have been pulled back due to prices of corn. Look for oil companies to start blending ethanol with gasoline (perhaps

Given Food Crisis, It's Time to Plant a Garden - RedOrbit


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Given Food Crisis, It's Time to Plant a Garden
RedOrbit, TX - 20 hours ago
The shift to ethanol production to ease reliance on imported foreign oil has come in for considerable criticism by leaders concerned with the world's food
If biofuels are sustainable, we should be able to show it Grist Magazine
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Stocks to Watch: Rails and Oil Drillers - U.S. News & World Report

Stocks to Watch: Rails and Oil Drillers
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 22 hours ago
Then ethanol and the grain business [picked up], and rail had a rebirth with limited competition. As long as we have high energy prices, the rails are going

Israel stocks decline for a third day - MarketWatch

Israel stocks decline for a third day
MarketWatch - Apr 29, 2008
But investors in fertilizer producer ICL and its parent may be keying on negative sentiment about corn-based ethanol. ICL is down 2% and Israel Corp. is off

Israel stocks decline for a third day - MarketWatch

Israel stocks decline for a third day
MarketWatch - Apr 29, 2008
But investors in fertilizer producer ICL and its parent may be keying on negative sentiment about corn-based ethanol. ICL is down 2% and Israel Corp. is off
ISRAEL STOCKS: Israeli Stocks Higher Before Central Bank's Rate CNNMoney.com
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Food price hikes fuel anti-ethanol moves in US - Reuters UK


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Food price hikes fuel anti-ethanol moves in US
Reuters UK, UK - Apr 28, 2008
Critics say federal subsidies and programs such as Missouri's, which encourage corn-based ethanol production, have reduced corn stocks available for food
Governor’s Request for Renewable Fuels Standard Waiver Is Hot Issue The Farmer-Stockman
ANALYSIS-US corn stokes food woes; relief in wheat Reuters UK
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Ethanol Producers Will Surprise Many - Seeking Alpha

Ethanol Producers Will Surprise Many
Seeking Alpha, NY - 3 hours ago
Corn ethanol producers are natural candidates to switch to cellulose with their already built and functioning plants. Competition from cellulose feed-stocks

Increasing Ethanol Demand and the Likely Price Implications for Corn - Seeking Alpha

Increasing Ethanol Demand and the Likely Price Implications for Corn
Seeking Alpha, NY - 5 hours ago
So we will have very tight ending stocks of 0.5 billion bushels or approximately 4% of total use. Assuming these numbers held up well during the growing

Only Renewables Gain (Week Ending 4/25) + Solar ETFs - Cleantech Blog

Only Renewables Gain (Week Ending 4/25) + Solar ETFs
Cleantech Blog, CA - 9 hours ago
There were 7 advancing stocks to 8 stocks falling. Several of the ethanol stocks (AVR, PEIX, VSE) seemed to benefit from coverage by Oppenheimer whose

Supply's fine, but US shoppers snap up rice - USA Today

Supply's fine, but US shoppers snap up rice
USA Today - 12 hours ago
Rick Perry on Friday asked the federal government to attack "skyrocketing" food prices by cutting in half federal mandates for corn-based ethanol.

The Week In Cleantech (Apr. 20 - Apr. 26) - Are Alt Energy Stocks … - Alternative Energy Stocks

The Week In Cleantech (Apr. 20 - Apr. 26) - Are Alt Energy Stocks
Alternative Energy Stocks, Canada - Apr 26, 2008
On Monday, Michael Kanellos at CNET's Green Tech Blog told us that cellulosic ethanol was to surpass corn…in 14 years. Turns out he got that info from one

Chance of US drought seen; food squeeze feared - guardian.co.uk

Chance of US drought seen; food squeeze feared
guardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours ago
The government would also have to roll back its corn-based ethanol usage mandate, which requires the use of 9 billion gallons of ethanol in motor gasoline

Wheat production likely to rise 7% - Hindu Business Line

Wheat production likely to rise 7%
Hindu Business Line, India - 15 hours ago
Continued robust demand for ethanol in the US would mean as much as 20 mt of more corn would be diverted as biofuel feedstock.

No panacea for high food prices - Vancouver Sun

No panacea for high food prices
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 15 hours ago
Ethanol processing now consumes a third of the US corn crop. To meet the Bush targets over the next decade, analysts assert, the entire crop will have to be

UPDATE: Petrobras Became Net Importer Of Oil, Products In 1Q - CNNMoney.com

UPDATE: Petrobras Became Net Importer Of Oil, Products In 1Q
CNNMoney.com - 15 hours ago
That reversal - along with difficulties in raising domestic gasoline prices due to the rising competitiveness of ethanol fuel in Brazil - may make first-

Ethanol mandates pressing - News Virginian


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Ethanol mandates pressing
News Virginian, VA - Apr 24, 2008
stocks,” Kaine wrote in an April 19 response letter to Marshall. But Marshall said the presence of other factors doesn’t change the fact that ethanol

Commodities Weigh Down Toronto's Stocks; Markets in Mexico, Brazil … - Wall Street Journal

Commodities Weigh Down Toronto's Stocks; Markets in Mexico, Brazil
Wall Street Journal - Apr 24, 2008
Petrobras stocks were also influenced by news that Brazil's largest sugar and ethanol group, Cosan Industria e Comercio, has signed a contract to buy Exxon

Amyris and Crystalsev Join to Launch Innovative Renewable Diesel … - FOXBusiness


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Amyris and Crystalsev Join to Launch Innovative Renewable Diesel
FOXBusiness - Apr 24, 2008
Santelisa Vale, the second largest ethanol and sugar producer in Brazil and majority owner of Crystalsev, has contracted to provide two million tons of
Amyris joins forces with Crystalsev to produce sugary fuels VentureBeat
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Wall Street goes bargain hunting in the farm bill - The Hill

Wall Street goes bargain hunting in the farm bill
The Hill, DC - 2 hours ago
The stocks of some of the top publicly traded ethanol producers — VeraSun Energy, Pacific Ethanol and Aventine Renewable Energy — all climbed in