“The big race is for the corn” said Julio Ferrarotti.

Throughout the world, researchers are seeking plants better adapted to stress. In the Biotech Forum, which will take place in Rosario on June 18 and 19, sponsored by Infocampo, will be presented the degree of progress that there is for the crops to have better performance in less favorable situations. Leer más »

NEXTFUEL ARGENTINA opens www.biodirectorio.com, a space for agricultural and bioenergy companies to offer their products and services; a thematic search engine of www.biodiesel.com.ar, one of the most visited sites on spanish-language about biodiesel, agriculture and renewable energy and with an excellent position in major Internet search engines as Google and Yahoo. Leer más »

This is the first time that happens. Until november last year U.S. was the main customer. The export prices of biofuel are still low around USD 730 per tonne.

Last april Argentine declared biodiesel exports for 108,573 tonnes by a weighted average price of USD733/t, a value similar to that recorded in march (USD738/t).

Photo: Emilio López King-Archivo Nextfuel Argentina/Biodiesel.com.ar

Altough prices are still the same since last december with almost all Argentine biodiesel plants operating losses, the amount declared in april increased by 27% compared to march 2009 (84.900 tonnes) and is the highest since october 2008, when sales were recorded for 118,901 tons. Leer más »

New sugarcane and other cultivations varieties adapted to the region of USA by the Cost of the Gulf of Mexico are being developed for use in the ethanol production as an alternative that burns cleaner than the gasoline.Â

Scientific of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in collaboration with the Louisiana Agricultural Experimental Station (LAES) and the American Sugarcane League USA (ASCL), have already launched three new varieties of “energy sugarcane”. This name is derived of the high levels of sugar and fiber, which possibly could serve as complementary raw materials of the ethanol. Leer más »

Last month argentinean external biodiesel sales were declared for 162.008 tons to an average pondered value of 1332 u$s/ton versus 1381 u$s/ton in August.

In the first nine months of 2008 the exports registrations ascend to more than 855.000 tons. On September of 2008 Argentinean biodiesel exports were declared for 162.008 tons to an average pondered value of 1332 u$s/ton, with a minimum of 820 u$s/ton and a maximum of 1590 u$s/ton. 83,5% was destined to USA, 9,7% to the Netherlands and the 6,8% remaining to Italy. Leer más »

The Cooperativa Agrícola Ganadera y de Consumo de Porteña, in association with Italian investors, has in study the establishing of a plant to produce biodiesel in the new industrial park of Altos de Chipión, in the San Justo department. Â

As it was told by the holder of the cooperative entity, Gustavo Vignolo, when announcing the installation of a new plant of silos for the storing of eight thousand tons of cereals in association with the Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas(ACA) in that town. Leer más »

Due to the strong world demand, the production would grow 12% per year.Â

SAN PABLO (Reuters). – The world production of biodiesel would grow in the next years between a 10 and 12% per year, from its current 9850 million liters. Â

To this growth would be added an important exports expansion of this product of the Argentina and United States due to the strong world demand, as analysts of the consultant F. O. Licht predicted. Â

Alan Bullion, subeditor of the F. O. Licht World Ethanol and Biofuels Report, said that “the prices of supplies such as the soya, canola and palm should stabilize in the next two years”, when putting on the same level the existent plantations with the demand. Leer más »

Green Fuel Argentina, of Spanish and national capitals, will lift a biodiesel plant in Rosario’s port.Â

As it was announced to punto biz by Osvaldo Sortino-president of Raiser, the local company that has 40% of Green Fuel Argentina-who specified that the works will start up toward ends of the year and that will take 20 months of work. The complex will demand an investment near to the u$s 30M. Leer más »

Infrastructure works and chain of payments recovery, in the calendar of the new conduction of the entity.Â

Alberto Jacobson is the new president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Services of San Lorenzo. In dialogue with point biz, he spoked about the difficult moment that the region is going through right now due to the agricultural conflict and advanced that, in spite of everything, more investments are coming in biodiesel. Leer más »

The brazilian state company Petrobras considers the possibility to install biodiesel factories in European territory, said the day 23rd the manager of biofuels of the company, Fernando Cunha.Â

Speaking in the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-France, Cunha declared that they already have contacts with French and Spanish companies keeping in view the installation of biodiesel factories that will use brazilian raw material. Leer más »