Category: ethanol

  • Food Production

    Over at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2341">mtpolitics</a> there is an interesting link to a story on ethanol (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/25ethanol.html) in the NY Times yesterday. If you are at all interested in the politics of ethanol it is a good read. It also raises some of the concerns I have as a livestock producer in the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Unless we…

  • Growing Pains

    The ethanol industry is having some growing pains. According to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_prices_ethanol">this story</a>, the price we will pay for gasoline this summer is going to be significantly higher because there is not sufficient distribution facilities to get the ethanol where it needs to be causing shortages of fuels in some markets.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>But there's trouble…