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Science News
July 22, 2006
Ben Harder |
Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices.   |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
Robert Aronen |
The Corn Conundrum There could be higher prices for just about the entire food supply because of rising ethanol production. When it becomes mainstream, we'll find out if consumers would rather pay higher gasoline prices or higher prices for everything in the supermarket. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
Food Processing
July 2011
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Against the Grain Scientists warn that corn-based ethanol can't realistically cut carbon emissions or gasoline usage. This hasn't stopped US ethanol producers happily gobbling up corn, galvanized by high oil prices and generous tax credits. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2008 |
Cracking the Corn for Ethanol Some ethanol producers have, indeed, been using the entire corn kernel for ethanol but others, such as progressive food ingredient producers, see the value of using just part of the corn kernel to produce ethanol. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Kellogg's Chipped by Corn Higher sales are offset by high corn prices. Expect that Kellogg will continue to show the same steady performance it's been known for, but look for higher commodity costs to continue eating away at margins. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Cobs Clobber VeraSun's Profits High corn prices hammer the ethanol producer's second-quarter earnings. Shocked investors drove shares down by as much as 15%. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2008
Toby Shute |
The Corn Crunch Is On Weather damage is catapulting corn prices and crushing corn consumers; ethanol producers look particularly vulnerable. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
James B. Meigs |
The Ethanol Fallacy: Op-Ed America needs smart alternative to oil, but the just-passed energy bill puts too much emphasis on the wrong alternative |
Science News
May 31, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Global Food Trends Last year, for the third year in four, world per-capita grain production fell. Even more disturbing in a world where people still go hungry, at 294 kilograms, last year's per capita grain yield was the lowest in more than 30 years. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries. |
National Defense
January 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Mileage Mandates and Biofuels Aren't Silver Bullets The United States cannot ignore the many serious unintended consequences on the food supply, dwindling habitats for endangered species, and the reduction of carbon sinks for the atmosphere, when bio-ethanol is not providing more energy security or energy independence. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Matthew Reilly |
The Chickens Ate My Profits! Overall, Tyson made money in its pork business and lost money in its cattle and flagship chicken operations. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2008
Toby Shute |
Minuscule Margins in Meat Meat king Tyson is feeling the corn cost sting, and getting, well, slaughtered. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Heather Green |
The Great Corn Rush Of 2006 Ethanol profits are drawing in investors, but can the heyday last? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Robert Aronen |
The Politics of Ethanol The political tailwind behind ethanol is unstoppable. Still, even with the tailwind, investors need to pay attention to value in this area. With the ethanol hype bubbling over, most of the companies mentioned here are priced for excellent performance. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2010
Bjerga & Parker |
Deficit Hawks Threaten Ethanol's Future The $27 billion ethanol industry's future is threatened as it loses some of the political support that has sustained it for decades. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
William Sweet |
Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones. |
Geotimes
January 2007
Cassandra Willyard |
Bush Renews Call for Renewable Fuels Although healthcare and the Iraq strategy were hot topics of discussion following President George W. Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday, energy was front and center in the domestic portion of this year's address. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Otis Port |
Not Your Father's Ethanol A new fuel -- "ethanol with a twist" -- could soon be coming to the rescue of motorists fed up with roller-coaster gasoline prices, and it should get a warm welcome from environmentalists and farmers, too. |
Science News
October 14, 2000
Janet Raloff |
Soy Land, Soy Land The United States became a major player in soy production over the past half century, when acreage planted with the crop increased fivefold... |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2007
Ron Vlieger |
ADM Plows Ahead Archer Daniels Midland turns in a good quarter, thanks to its grain and transport operations, while Wall Street ignores declines in the company's ethanol business. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Ethanol Is Running Out of Gas Ethanol, the corn-based petroleum substitute, has gone from panacea to pariah in the U.S. in just one growing season. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Great Ethanol Debate Nobody likes $4 gas, but rapid inflation isn't cool, either. With oil at historic highs and global demand galloping forward, the petroleum party won't last forever. But the consequences of corn-based ethanol don't forecast a rosy horizon. So what route are we to take? |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2008
Toby Shute |
Pacific Ethanol: Not Dead Yet Biofuel innovations will come in due time, but it's going to be a tough slog for the foreseeable future. However, Pacific Ethanol hangs in there. |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Palmeri & Pressman |
Drunk On Ethanol Producers are riding a boom, but the market may be as tricky as oil. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Switchgrass in the Spotlight Successful production of cellulosic ethanol has not yet been achieved on a commercial scale. While the president has set the goal of bringing this technology to market in the next six years, there are no guarantees that it will occur. Investors, take note. |
IDB America
February 2007
Luis Alberto Moreno |
A Hemispheric Opportunity Most biofuel advocates in the United States have portrayed ethanol as a domestic opportunity. Ethanol won't solve the world's energy problems, but it could be a catalyst for trade and rural development throughout the Americas. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2011
Dana Blankenhorn |
Throwing Corn off the Green Bus Is the best way to accelerate the move to truly renewable ethanol, to cellulosic alcohol, for the rest of the renewables industry to let corn go? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
New Kid on the Farm: Cellulosic Ethanol The technology may not be ready until 2009, but investors should take note today. |
Food Engineering
March 1, 2007 |
FE Tech Flash Vol. 3 No. 3 ERP grows globally... Buying and selling businesses is big business... Peanut butter recall extended... Ethanol elevating corn prices... etc. |
Food Processing
August 2007
Dexter Manning |
Power Lunch: The impact of fuel prices on food companies Many companies could achieve significant cost savings by conducting a procurement audit of their spending. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Michael Johnston |
Inside the CORN ETF Perk up your ears for tips on how to play this commodity-specific fund. |
Wired
October 2006 |
My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle. |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2007
Ron Vlieger |
Thanks for the Profits, Mr. Gore! Ethanol is boosting this Dutch farm equipment manufacturer's bottom line. Shareholders should give a toast to the former vice president to celebrate the company's outstanding results. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Jacob Roche |
This Company's Profits Are Flying the Coop Chicken producers like Sanderson Farms are caught between high feed costs and low selling prices. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
There's No Food Shortage Yet Record commodity prices and fears of food shortages are driving food to the front page of newspapers. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Goes Brown to Make Green The agricultural giant is buying WestBred, a privately held wheat breeding company for $45 million. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2007
Toby Shute |
Ethanol Is Not the Answer If you're looking beyond petroleum, you're overlooking some of today's smartest energy investments. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
Tyson Foods Stays Strong Despite the Inflation Punch The United States' largest meat processor posted dull fourth-quarter numbers owing to inflationary pressures. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Simon Johnson |
The (Food) Price of Success Higher global demand for calories brings inflationary pressure and more. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Termites in Your Tank Could the microbes that bugs use to digest wood be the answer to economic ethanol production? |
Popular Mechanics
January 16, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Ethanol Makes Mini Comeback: Live at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show The sun may be setting on corn-based ethanol as Detroit revs up with cellulosic ethanol concept cars and tech investments. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Is Ethanol Worth the Hype? There will be a substantial amount of money made and lost by companies and investors alike as they wrangle over ethanol and its market potential. Wise investors will passively watch this one unfold from the sidelines. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Jon Birger |
The Battle Royale for Supercorn Corn that doesn't need so much nitrogen could cut America's $8-billion-a-year fertilizer bill, send less pollution into the water and less carbon into the air. Meet the scientists trying to build a better kernel |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Good News for Ethanol GM and Ford's ethanol enthusiasm is better for the fuel's producers than the automakers themselves. With Detroit on board, firms like Archer-Daniels-Midland and MGP can rest assured that the future of their ethanol business is bright. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
John Carey |
Ethanol Is Not The Only Green In Town Memo to Feds: Make subsidies available to the whole field of biofuel innovation. |
Reason
October 2005
Daniel Koffler |
Passing Gas The Energy Policy Act of 2005 will cost $36 billion over five years and mandates more expensive ethanol use, which will also impact the heavily subsidized agricultural sector and raise consumer corn prices. |
