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Bioeconomy Community Conversations II Bioeconomy Community Conversations II: Food, Feed and Fuel 
(Posted on 9/12/2007)

The second in the series of Community Conversations on the Bioeconomy conducted by Iowa State University Extension were held in 96 counties in November and December 2008. This link provides video streams of the presentations at these meetings and background papers on the topics discussed. NEW: Executive Summary is now available.


 

Iowa Bioeconomy World and National News

8/7/2008 - Craig Chase can't recall more volatile time in agriculture
Agri News: GARNER, Iowa -- Craig Chase, Iowa State University farm management specialist based in Tripoli, can't recall a more volatile time in agriculture. 'I started with Extension in the late 1970s and rode out the 1980s, and it was a whole lot easier to predict what was going to happen then than it is now,' Chase said at a farmland leasing meeting last week in the Hancock County Extension
6/10/2008 - USDG inaugurates ethanol rail terminal in Texas
Ethanol Producer Magazine -- U.S. Development Group LLC, an industry leader in ethanol handling and distribution terminals, celebrated the grand opening of its Dallas-Fort Worth Rail Terminal LLC, a state-of-the-art ethanol handling and distribution terminal located in Arlington, Texas. A wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based USDG, the rail terminal will distribute a majority of fuel-grade
5/30/2008 - Anti-ethanol coalition stokes food versus fuel debate
Medill Reports, May 28, 2008 - There is a battle blewing over cornstarch-based ethanol in Washington, pitting onetime allies against each other. The camps are not separated by party affiliation, but by geography and interest in the agriculture supply chain. Each side is vying for the public’s compassion in a time when Americans are faced with a faltering economy and rising energy and food
5/28/2008 - Researchers use fungus to improve corn-to-ethanol process
PHYSORG.com - Growing a fungus in some of the leftovers from ethanol production can save energy, recycle more water and improve the livestock feed that’s a co-product of fuel production, according to a team of researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Hawai’i.“The process could change ethanol production in dry-grind plants so much that energy costs can be reduced by as much as

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