1 VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money back. Source: Charles City Press
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2 Doubling corn, soybean yields a daunting challenge
KEOKUK -- When Chris Lindner ponders the possibility of doubling yields of corn and soybeans, he thinks back to yields common when he was a youngster then looks to the future when his son, Bryor, will be grown up. Source: Iowa Farmer
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3 Ord station adds ethanol blender pump, fifth in Nebraska
ORD -- Nebraska will add its fifth blender pump at a special ceremony this morning in Ord. Source: Grand Island Independent
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4 Study Confirms Farmer Concerns about Collecting Corn Cobs
A Purdue University study funded by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council found that farmers would need about $100 per dry ton for corn cobs from biofuels producers before they would consider adding cob harvesting capabilities, according to the West Lafayette Journal & Courier in West Lafayette, Ind., http://dld.bz/uMZ4. Source: DTN / The Progressive Farmer
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5 Putnam pushes environmental policy
Increasing access to fruits and vegetables, focusing on Florida seafood and energy producing crops other than corn top the list of priorities for Congressman Adam Putnam in his bid to make a career change. Source: The Tampa Tribune
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6 Reorganized VeraSun asks farmers to return payments
Area farmers who sold corn to the former VeraSun Energy Corporation have recently been receiving notices from law firms in New York demanding that they pay back any money received from VeraSun 90 days prior to the company filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 31, 2008. The money is to be returned to the bankruptcy-reorganized VeraSun. Source: Grand Island Independent
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7 Dunlap Fire Crews Respond to Grain Elevator Fire
Local fire departments were called to Dunlap Wednesday afternoon after corn caught fire in a grain bin. Source: WEEK News 25 Central Illinois
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8 Novozymes banks on bioenergy
Danish biotech company Novozymes said on Wednesday that it is banking on the rapid growth of China's bioenergy industry to boost its portfolio in the country, the company's second-largest overseas market. Source: People's Daily
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9 Guest Post: Why Current Food Scares are Overhyped
By Kalpa, who blogs at big picture agriculture. Kalpa’s formal education was in medicine, science, and the humanities. Having seen the destruction that industrial agriculture has done to the biosystem of the Midwestern Plains, where she grew up, she writes on the comprehensive picture of economics in agriculture, ag science, ag policy, food security, energy, [...] Source: Naked Capitalism
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10 Spontaneous Combustion Responsible for Dunlap Fire
Monica Elevator Company employees called 911 after seeing smoke coming from the top of a grain bin. The Dunlap fire chief said after local crews arrived and assessed the situation they called for mutual aid. Crews from at least five nearby towns showed up to help. Source: WEEK News 25 Central Illinois
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