Press Release
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U.S. Soy Demand Gets Boost from Biodiesel
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According to research commissioned by soybean farmers in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota through their state soy checkoff boards, biodiesel contributed to a $15 billion increase in soybean-oil revenues between 2006 and 2012. Over that time period, this raised the price of soybeans by 74 cents per bushel. Soy-checkoff-funded research on biodiesel’s environmental…
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Protected: Verdezyne gets Malaysia’s BioNexus status
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Evogene targets castor bean market in 2016
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Plant genomics company Evogene Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Evofuel Ltd., has completed three years of successful field trials in Brazil for the development of castor bean conducted in cooperation with SLC Agrícola S.A., one of Brazil’s largest landowners and leading agriculture businesses. Evofuel’s castor seed varieties have the potential of being highly attractive to…
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Novozymes, Raizen on cellulosic ethanol partnership
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Novozymes will supply enzyme technology to Raízen’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Brazil, scheduled to be operational by end 2014. The plant will be a bolt-on facility to Raízen’s Costa Pinto sugarcane mill in the state of São Paulo and will have the capacity to produce 40 million liters of cellulosic ethanol a year…
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Cargill’s palm plantation gets certified
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Cargill said its palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, PT Harapan Sawit Lestari HSL, has received international recognition for its sustainable palm oil practices. HSL was awarded the certification for sustainable palm oil supply for biofuels according to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ISCC standards in the European Union EU. This certification covers…
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New cellulosic sugar player in town
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One of the key for success for renewable chemicals players (and advanced ethanol producers) is to lower down cost for their feedstock through the use of non-food biomass. This is where cellulosic sugar and enzyme developers are hard at work trying to strip away as much of the valuable carbohydrates as possible from their sticky…