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Study Group: Biofuels Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 79

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Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services
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Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units acrossthe...

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Elias Luna Barrios

Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Luna & Goodman Advisors
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Elias Luna is Partner & CEO of Luna & Goodman, where he advises international financial institutions (Private Equity, Funds, Capital and Risk, Distressed Management, Investment Banks) and has independently advised the Board of Directors at Daimler AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler until the US Chryslerarm...

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Larry Fradkin

President
Future Enviroassets, LLC
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Larry Fradkin is the President of Future Enviroassets, an international energy and environmental consulting firm. His expertise and extensive experience in energy includes policy/regulatory and technology in climate change/greenhouse gases, solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, biomass, nuclear, coal,...

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Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates InternationalGary Drimmer

President
Drimmer & Associates International
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Gary Drimmer is the President of Drimmer and Associates, a commodity, animal nutrition, plant biotechnology and international agribusiness consulting firm. Mr. Drimmer has over 30 years of international business experience in plant biotechnology, corn and flour milling, soybean processing, animal feed...

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Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business AssociatesJay Thompson

President and General Manager
Transportation Business Associates
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Jay Thompson is the President & General Manager at Transportation Business Associates; a firm providing planning, marketing, energy, carbon reduction, M&A / BK and investment consulting services to financiers; investors; top-name shippers; trucking companies; Intermodal; bus; industry suppliers; and...

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Joe Victor, Vice President, ALLENDALE INCJoe Victor

Vice President
ALLENDALE INC
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Joe Victor is Vice President at Allendale, one of the largest commodity research advisory firms in Mid-America and one of the brokerage firms that develops its own research. Mr. Victor is responsible for conducting research on grains and livestock in order to provide the worldwide data needed to inform...

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Philip Corzine, General Manager, South American Soy LLCPhilip Corzine

General Manager
South American Soy LLC
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Philip Corzine is Founder and Consultant at AgPage International Consultancy, providing electronic communications, and agricultural business development and economic analysis services to small businesses and organizations. Mr. Corzine also consults with the international investment community, providing...

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Brian Stevenson

Principal
B. Stevenson Associates
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Brian Stevenson is the Principal of B. Stevenson Associates. He was previously a Senior Vice President at Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC). While at IBC, Mr. Stevenson was a member of the corporate senior executive management team and reported directly to the CEO. Prior to that, he managed procurement...

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Class 8 Truck Prebuy Is Coming To An End - 2010 Skepticism Here!

November 6, 2009

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Class 8 Orders See Sharp Rise From September | www.truckinginfo.com

FTR Associates President Eric Starks shows North America Class 8 October order numbers at 21,792 trucks. This is a rate more triple than we were seeing February through July of this year - ranging 6,000-8,000 per month and double the August and September numbers. My friend Eric knows the numbers better...

Fertilizer Musical Chairs Coming to Sad End- Agrium & CF Industries Last Offers

November 6, 2009

Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates International

Agrium increases cash portion of bid in final attempt to buy CF Industries | www.chicagotribune.com

Since the beginning of the year Agrium Inc.  and CF Industries Holdings  Inc.  have been seeking to make a major acquisition in consolidation effort after drop in sector share prices. This week new offers went out and we might be reaching an end to this round of efforts as the outlook for the sector...

Transports Telling Different Story Than 3.6% GDP Blip!

November 2, 2009

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Why the Lagging Transports Are Worrying | www.minyanville.com

Some stock technicians who compare numbers from the past to today are throwing more red flags regarding the recent quarters’ very positive numbers because the transports are not showing it. Transports are a good leading indicator in real time when real tonnage grows or shrinks. Shipper planning leads...

Omega-3 Soybean Oil Closer To Commercial Reality For Monsanto and Solae

November 1, 2009

Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates International

Solae, LLC and Monsanto Company reach important regulatory milestone that advances the development of foods containing the world's first stearidonic acid (SDA) omega-3 soybean oil product | www.seedquest.com

The GRAS certification of Monsanto's new omega-3 Soybean Oil is a major step not only for Monanto and their partner on this product, Solae LLC, but a it could also help pave the way to the acceptance of GMO crops around the world. The product still needs to be developed and marketed correctly as it...

"Where's the Beef?" Will Meat Lose Global Favor?

October 30, 2009

Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates International

Vegetarian diet is better for the planet, says Lord Stern | www.guardian.co.uk

The production of meats is responsible for 18% of man made green house gas emissions and 25% of man made methane emissions. No wonder there is talk that eating beef is not very green. WIll sustainable farming and green consumers move away from meats and towards a vegetarian diet? 

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December 13, 2007

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