GLG News by Ethanol Experts (Brazil)

Flooding across the Midwest is causing billions of dollars of crop damage as corn and soybean crops are killed or washed away. What had looked as a stellar year for farmers throughout the Midwest will result in some major losers, starting with farmers and livestock producers, and continuing with crop...

The Argentine farmer strike continue. It has been 100 days with on and off again strikes, with truckers and housewives joining the protests. Exports as well as domestic agricultural processing has been stopped again, putting additional pressure on soybeans in the US and the Argentine Government.

The record rains and flooding in Iowa will result in a further drop in corn and soybean production this year, with estimates of up to  3 million acres and 20% of the Iowa crops lost. This has already caused a run up in corn, soybeans and wheat prices and a drop in many companies' stocks, including...

The midwest has had exceptional amounts of rain since last December leading to major delays in the seeding and emergence of the corn and soybean crops. La Niña has been blamed for the cool wet weather, if it is disappearing what type of summer and crop will we have.

World sugar prices have dropped below the 10 cent/lb. level , even as energy prices and food demand increases. Why is this happening, will it end soon and what are the implications for ethanol, HFCS and alternative crops next year?

- The focus should be on "The Immorality of Imported Oil". - U.S. corn production for 2007 was about 14 billion bushels - One bushel of corn will produce about 2.7 gallons of ethanol - Total fuel costs have had a bigger impact on food costs than the increase in corn prices in the past 24 months....

- Elizabeth Rosenthal, author, has an established track record of anti-alternative fuels.  THE INTERNATION HERALD TRIBUNE is owned by THE NEW YORK TIMES and has consistently published anti-alternative fuel articles. - The assertion that rain forests are being desimated in order to raise invasive...

Solving our "energy problem", like any other problem we face is a matter of living within our means. As we consume more energy than can easily be supplied (as with any other commodity) the prices of the commodity will begin to rise.  Substitutes will be found, but when the demand continues, the...

With corn prices climbing to record new highs everyday, there is additional incentive to accelerate the drive to switch from corn to cellulose as the raw material for ethanol in the U.S. The Department of Energy, Congress and private enterprize have their foot on the accelerator to find a commercially...

Argentine farmers are blocking highways and roads in their second strike of the year protesting increases on taxes. Major grain companies ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Corn Products and Dreyfus have major operations that are being impacted. Last month the strike caused major food shortages in Buenos Aires as...