Thursday, June 5, 2008

News and Notes - June 5, 2008

US News

Memphis Bioworks Heads to the Farm
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=37305

12 Companies racing to build cellulosic ethanol plants in the US
http://earth2tech.com/2008/06/03/12-companies-racing-to-build-cellulosic-ethanol-plants-in-the-us/

Armed with Facts, USDA Ready to Defend Ethanol
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=F9FE8C1645E7436CBB354D4698C01CC6

US Ag Secy Says Genetically Modified Food Output Must Rise
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20080604-705442.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Monsanto Seeks Big Increase in Crop Yields
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/business/worldbusiness/05crop.html?em&ex=1212724800&en=13c31749831dd592&ei=5087%0A

Ethanol Push Shows Congress is Not Serious About Oil Independence
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1415858/ethanol_push_shows_congress_is_not_serious_about_oil_independence/

SunEthanol brings DuPont exec Frey in as CEO
http://www.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2008/06/02/daily29.html

Biotechnology seen as a key to solving food crisis
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=biotechnology-seen-as-a-k

Start-up takes over abandoned ethanol project
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/06/03/a7b_alico_0604.html

International News

Brazil cellulosic ethanol plant possible in 5 yrs
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0440526720080604

Dow Chem Unit, Brazil Sugar Co To Make Plastic From Ethanol
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806041507DOWJONESDJONLINE000739_FORTUNE5.htm

U.N. shows some sense: International body offers good advice on world food crisis
http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/6/3/109602536.html

GLOBAL: Bad ethanol, good ethanol
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78576

End to ethanol could stave off grain crisis
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0362046020080603

Biofuels make useful villain for food crisis
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4061208.ece

Fuel a factor at UN food talks
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-food-summitjun04,0,7088636.story

China needs new policies to kickstart biofuel sector – expert
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/06/03/afx5073275.html

Thailand to cut ethanol taxes
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2264224.htm?tab=latest

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