April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Rains in Brazil's biggest corn- producing state will help nourish recently planted seeds for the mid-season harvest, a meteorologist said. Corn farmers in Brazil, the world's third-biggest grower, are forecast to harvest a record output in the current crop year, boosted by abundant rainfall since December. Two cold air fronts will bring as much as 120 millimeters (5 inches) of showers to the southern state of Parana, which accounts for a quarter of Brazil's corn...

Distillers dried grains or DDGs are what's left over after distillers turn ground corn into alcohol, the hulls and other solids usually fed to livestock, especially ruminants like cattle and sheep that can digest the high fibrous feed. URBANA Ethanol is the star on the agriculture stage now, but behind the scenes, University of Illinois animal scientists are casting the spotlight on its not-so-sexy byproduct. Advertisement UI animal scientists Larry Berger and Carl Parsons, a poultry...

Although a freeze warning for Monday was canceled, low temperatures this past weekend ranging from the upper 20s to 30s on Saturday and Sunday have placed many crops in peril. The state usually has the second-highest peach production in the nation behind California, and the peach industry grosses approximately $40 million annually. South Carolina farmers had increased their corn crops this year because of rising demand and market prices that are passing $4 a bushel. secretary of...

The acreage reports are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of more than 86,000 farm operators across the United States. Acreage of crop expected to increase due to high prices, demand. Local officials attribute the increase to the high corn prices, partly driven by a growing ethanol demand and strong export sales. Others are hoping it will also be a good year for the crops. With the drought-like conditions farmers experienced last year, the weather...

Published by Jessica Duncan April 9th, 2007 in Climate Justice, Transportation, Politics, Oil, Poverty, Resources, Clean Cars, Renewable Energy While the 1990s were marked by Food for Oil, The first quarter of the Twenty-First Century will be marked by Food AS Oil, and the implications of this for food security and food sovereignty are significant. Published by Jessica Duncan April 9th, 2007 in Climate Justice, Transportation, Politics, Oil, Poverty, Resources, Clean Cars, Renewable Energy...