Increases funding for a program that makes grants and authorizes loans and loan guarantees to farmers, ranchers and rural businesses to cover up to 25 percent of the purchase of renewable energy systems and improve energy efficiency. Dairy Herd Management Magazine - Industry News. Provides guarantees of up to 90 percent on loans for development, construction and retrofitting of biorefineries and biofuel production plants to demonstrate the commercial viability of converting biomass to fuel...

And no leading presidential candidate dares deviate from the gospel of ethanol, thanks to the prominence of corn-producing Iowa in the nominating process. However, if we used all of our corn for ethanol, what would we feed our livestock? Where would we get high-fructose corn syrup to sweeten our sodas? It's not an all-or-nothing proposition, but even with increases in corn acreage and yields, the demand for ethanol is already crowding out other corn products. Let's set aside the question...

breweries about export opportunities and build global recognition for the diversity and quality of American craft beer. craft breweries helped seal deals between Bier & co. and three U. The negotiations of this deal are ongoing. July 31, 2007 - American craft beer has met up with European consumers due in part to the efforts of the Brewers Association's Export Development Program. Bier & co., Holland's largest specialty beer importer/distributor, purchased four containers of U. craft beer...

Goodlatte said the farm bill included &#8220something for everybody to love and something for everybody to not like. The bill includes $4 billion for nutrition programs that would be paid for by removing tax incentives to some foreign companies that conduct business in the United States. The Democrats called the dollars an offset and closing a loophole for foreign-owned businesses, while the Republicans said the dollars were a new tax that they opposed. I think we've done a little better...

The warm, mostly dry weather led to deteriorating row crop and pasture conditions and put late-planted corn crops in northern areas especially the northeast at risk, MASS said. Soybean planting was 64 percent complete, with conditions rated 4 percent very poor, 10 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 43 percent good and 7 percent excellent. Corn conditions in the western two-thirds of the state remained steady from the previous week, but the three eastern districts declined significantly....