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<title><![CDATA[Canada Continued]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Another province announces its renewable fuels plans.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:31:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canadian Industry Marches On]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Canadian ethanol industry recently met to discuss economic and political challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Thankful Time of Year]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite hardships, it's a time for thanks in the ethanol industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pondering the Big Three bailout]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Big Three automakers go to Washington. Will it provide results?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Start planning for San Antonio]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Ethanol Conference covers the industry from A-to-Z.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama?s energy goals wide-ranging]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new President prompts a look at ethanol policies.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A new chapter for the industry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[VeraSun's bankruptcy filing is the latest in a string of financial challenges facing the ethanol industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corn prices, the presidential race and an early winter]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Corn price blame shifts away from ethanol.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Distillers Grains Takes the Stage]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The International Distillers Grains Conference and Trade Show provides the industry with valuable information and international marketing opportunities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What was your favorite ethanol-bashing moment?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ethanol bashing takes a backseat for the time being.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't expect the new president to have much time for biofuels ... not right away]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[America's next president will likely be consumed with massive deficit and budget problems that will overshadow almost everything else. That, the war, and other pressing issues will leave little time for renewable energy. ?The in-box is already full,? so don?t expect sweeping new biofuels proposals to come from the White House in 2009.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. 200 on the Horizon]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's taken only two years for the industry to move from 100 to 200 operating plants.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Predicting the Future]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ethanol industry leaders gave EPM their five-year outlook in 2004. Their predictions are impressively on-the-mark.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Landmarks]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two landmarks in small town North Dakota signify the transition from past energy sources to the future.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North America?s cherished landfills threatened]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Innovative ethanol producers may soon start depleting North America?s burgeoning garbage dumps. Experts say there may be no stopping them from pillaging trash depositories all over the world within the next decade. Keep a close eye on your local trash!]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Expect more matchmaking at this year?s IDGC]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Put the world?s biggest potential buyers of distillers grains in the same room with the major U.S. companies that produce and sell the product, and good things happen.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RFS waiver denial no surprise, right decision]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's official: Perry's request is rejected. Sensible minds prevail.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[36 billion gallons: How are we going to get there?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[How is the United States going to meet the Renewable Fuels Standard's production targets by 2022 ... or, more importantly, next year? The upcoming Advanced Biofuels Conference & Trade Show just might answer that question.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil wants market on both sides of the pond]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[UNICA is now waging an information campaign on two fronts, pushing for the elimination or reduction of ethanol tariffs in the United States and Europe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Pawlenty qualify ethanol support to fit VP bill?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[More support for cellulosic ethanol is a good thing, but not at he expense of selling corn ethanol down the river. Will Minnesota's ethanol-friendly governor turn away from corn ethanol in run up to the fall election?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sometimes the media gets it right]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last week, two Texas newspapers broke a big story about the nation?s largest chicken producer giving the Republican Governor?s Association, a group chaired by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, $100,000 six days after a meeting that prompted Perry to request a national waiver from the federal renewable fuels standard.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[I?ll be around]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After seven years with Ethanol Producer Magazine, I'm leaving my post as editorial director this week and taking on a new position at BBI International. Same company, different role. But I'm leaving the magazine in good hands.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More on fractionation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[More on fractionation: Various companies pushing frac tech at the FEW tout high ROI, payback within two years.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drivers want more consistent E85 prices]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[E85 prices can vary by more than $1 a gallon in certain regions of the country. Why?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[If done right, E10 labels can be a good thing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As Oklahoma state legislators approve the wording for the state?s new E10 labels, they should consider all the benefits drivers are getting at the pump becasue of ethanol, and turn that orange warning sticker into a blue and green seal of approval.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[They really are out to get us]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A few days after the GMA?s $300,000 ethanol smear campaign was exposed, the Worldwatch Institute shows it's hand, sending out a mass e-mail soliciting donations to fund an anti-ethanol propaganda operation of its own.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Read the RFS before calling for its demise]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sadly, it is clear that the editorial board of one of our nation?s most read and respected newspapers is too busy or too partial to really care about the RFS or the ethanol industry. If they would have bothered to take a quick look at the policy, they would have realized that the RFS does exactly what they are asking Congress to do.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thinking Out Loud About Plug-In Electric FFVs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Chevy Volt, a plug-in electric hybrid concept car that might be put into limited production in 2010 just might represent the future of American driving. Could the United States virtually end its dangerous dependence on foreign oil by aggressively pushing for the production and widespread acceptance of these game-changing cars and trucks?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 13:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Speculative Trading Driving Corn Prices Up?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new study indicates that ethanol production only accounts for a 41-cent-per-bushel increase in corn prices, and that something other than ethanol ? something artificial ? something beyond the traditional supply/demand framework ? is driving up corn prices. Surprise, surprise ... speculative trading is suspected.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Small Engine Myths Germinate Every Spring]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Virtually all major small engine and motorcycle manufacturers warranty or support E10. I know a handful of motorcycle owners ? some of them die-hard Harley guys ? and they all recommend avoiding ethanol blends. They?re wrong.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's Foolish to Blame Ethanol for World Hunger]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to "Taking Stalk," a new blog I will post each Monday afternoon with timely commentary on the multitude of complex challenges ethanol is now besieged with. From "land use change" and "food vs. fuel" to trade policy and water usage, I'll pin down one contentious topic at a time, often drawing on questionable weekend headlines from the mainstream media. There's been no shortage of those lately.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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