http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog The Renewable Fuels Association blog all about Ethanol Wed, 07 May 2008 17:42:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you don't have time to the entire one hour press conference from last week, here's a six minute summary. This "Ethanol Report" podcast features comments from the four agriculture and ethanol industry leaders who participated in a press conference on April 30 about the role of biofuels ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/05/07/ethanol-report-on-press-conference/ As the House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality heard testimony regarding the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) on Tuesday, oil hit yet another record high of $122 a barrel. RFA president Bob Dinneen reminded the committee of that several times during the hearing, having to correct his own pre-prepared remarks. ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/05/07/rfa-at-rfs-hearing/ It was publicity hound P.T. Barnum who is credited with the quote "I don't care what they say as long as they spell my name right." Wonder if his name was as hard for the media to get right as "Dinneen." Bob's name is frequently spelled "Dineen" by the media ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/05/06/at-least-spell-the-name-right/ The media was very interested in hearing the story that agriculture and the ethanol industry had to tell about food prices during a press conference Wednesday at the National Press Club. Former Agriculture Secretary John Block, National Corn Growers CEO Rick Tolman, National Farmers Union president Tom Buis and RFA's own ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/30/press-turns-out-for-food-price-briefing/ Updated with recorded video Today at 1pm eastern time, RFA is hosting a press conference at the National Press Club. In attendance will be: The Honorable John Block, former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union (NFA) Bob Dinneen, President of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/30/food-price-press-conference/ VeraSun Energy broke ground on a new facility last week that will tap into ethanol for oil. VeraSun’s patent-pending Oil Extraction process is designed to yield 7-8 million gallons of corn oil annually from 390,000 tons of distillers grains currently produced at VeraSun’s ethanol production facility in Aurora, S.D. The corn ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/30/verasun-oil-facility-breaks-ground/ This "Ethanol Report" podcast features comments from RFA President Bob Dinneen on a number of topics coinciding with the annual RFA board of directors meeting in St. Louis this week. He talks about the angst felt by ethanol producers seeing their product maligned in the media and why the ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/30/rfa-reaction-to-current-criticism/ Texas governor Rick Perry is asking the federal government to cut "skyrocketing" food prices by waiving half of the renewable fuel standard for ethanol made from grain. The Renewable Fuels Association criticized the governor's action, saying that reducing the use of ethanol will not appreciably reduce grain prices for livestock producers ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/25/governor-ignores-own-study/ A new poll commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Now Coalition shows that when it comes to energy, Americans are most worried about dependence on foreign oil. The survey, conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc., polled 1200 voters earlier this year about a number of issues facing Americans. The top three ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/24/new-poll-reveals-americas-energy-concerns/ Two reports out this week on ethanol show the economic and environmental benefits of ethanol. The Missouri Corn Merchandising Council released a study done by John Urbanchuk with the economic consulting service LECG that finds drivers in Missouri can expect to save an average of 9.8 cents per gallon this year ... http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/conference/blog/2008/04/22/ethanol-saves-money-reduces-greenhouse-gases/