Industry News 
05.12.08
President Bush Threatens Farm Bill Veto
US President George W. Bush says he will veto the five-year, $300 billion farm b...
05.09.08
India Bans Futures Trading of Four Commodities
Late yesterday, commodity markets regulator, Forward Market Commission, banned I...
05.08.08
Germany to Sign Biofuel Pact With Brazil
Germany’s Environment Minister returned from a visit to Brazil saying his countr...
05.07.08
2007 Renewable Energy Investments Reach $100 Billion
High oil prices and an array of government incentives are leading to soaring rat...
05.06.08
Biodiesel Extracted From Wild Sesame Tree
Vietnamese scientists have managed to extract biodiesel from the seeds of wild s...
05.05.08
Firm Invests $500 Million in Green Technology
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers has raised $500 million ...
05.02.08
$2.2 Billion Canadian Biofuel Bill Expected to Pass
Canada's $2.2 billion biofuel package now before the House of Commons is expecte...
05.01.08
President Bush Reiterates Support For Biofuels
During a Rose Garden news conference on the economy, US President George W. Bush...
04.30.08
Tyson Foods Urges End To US Ethanol Traiffs
Dick Bond, President and Chief Executive of Tyson Foods said that Congress shoul...
04.29.08
Merrill Lynch Sees Biofuels Growth
In a new report on biofuels, Merrill Lynch is upbeat, saying biofuels are set to...
Farmers Strike Clogs Argentine Ports
03.28.08
The farmers’ strike continues in Argentina, the world’s third largest soy bean exporter.
US brokerage FC Stone said that several suppliers of Argentina soybeans and soy oil have declared force majeure on cargoes to China, and traders say about 2.2 million mt of product is being held up in ports.
There are reports that some exporters have defaulted on shipments and several ships which had been on route for Argentina have been diverted to other destinations.
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