The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, is not opposed to all ethanol-based fuel, just that derived from corn, which it believes drives up food prices. Instead, GMA favors the development ...

Ethanol is commonly produced from crops like corn, switchgrass, sugar cane and sweet sorghum. But the next big ethanol crop might the ultimate summer fruit: Watermelon. A 20-pound watermelon can yield ...

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ST. PAUL - The incoming chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee said farmers in Minnesota and across the country will benefit from more investment in new types of ethanol fuel. U.S. Rep.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Sweet sorghum is best known as a syrup poured over hot biscuits. But now a half-dozen Florida companies want to serve up the crop as a biofuel for creating ethanol. Its future ...

Ethanol has become a mainstay in stretching out supplies of gasoline as the United States and other countries seek renewable sources of energy to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and imported ...

Feb 16 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is poised to announce an adjustment to its scientific modeling for ethanol that will show the corn-based fuel to be less effective at reducing ...

At 6 a.m., seven mornings a week, Charles Ray Brown, 68, of Springfield rides out to his, and two brothers’, Tony and James, fields of corn to check the irrigation (pivots) machines. One field alone ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil's Petrobras is leaning toward corn as the raw material for a renewed foray into ethanol, potentially sidelining sugarcane and beleaguered sugar producer Raizen, three ...

Among all the problems that have surfaced as a result of using ethanol as an alternative to gasoline, one is especially troubling. It can damage automobile engines and fuel systems. The Environmental ...

Residents of Edmonton, Alberta, will soon be able to fuel their cars with household garbage, albeit indirectly. Enerkem says it is successfully producing ethanol from nonrecyclable or noncompostable ...

FILE PHOTO: An ethanol plant with its giant corn silos next to a cornfield (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is poised to announce an adjustment to its scientific modeling for ethanol ...