Post Date - May 4th 2008 09:05 pm | 2 months ago
Grain stocks are so low that two of Canada's biggest ethanol plants are starving for wheat. Investors are also so spooked by the rising cost of grain that two proposed plants in Saskatchewan have been shelved.
Post Date - July 12th 2007 02:07 am | 11 months 23 days ago
The Dalby Biorefinery will cost $100 million and needs more than 200,000 tonnes of grain to make 55 ML of ethanol. It would be very difficult to pay $250 a tonne for feedgrain, but the company doesn't believe grain prices can stay at that level. It has se
Post Date - July 12th 2007 12:07 am | 11 months 23 days ago
Italian pasta manufacturers have warned that the price of pasta, one of Italy's staple foods, will go up by about 20% this autumn. Global warming and the growing use of durum wheat as a bio-fuel are blamed.
Post Date - February 22nd 2007 06:02 am | 1 year 4 months ago
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. confirmed it has signed a 2-year supply agreement with Terra Grain Fuels Inc. (TGF), North America's largest wheat-based ethanol facility (under construction at Belle Plaine, Sas.). The Regina-based ethanol company, which rece
Post Date - January 9th 2007 12:01 am | 1 year 5 months ago
Contains the quote: "But he said the federal government will need to step in soon and offer economic incentives to farmers, or Canadian farmers will lose out to their American counterparts who are receiving subsidies.
"If Canada can't compete, maybe we
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