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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. corn used to produce ethanol will increase in 2009/10, but beyond that, growth is forecast to slow with demand mirroring changes in gasoline consumption, the Agriculture Department said on Thursday. USDA projected 4.2 billion bushels of corn will be used to produce ...
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People's Garden during a ceremony on the grounds of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham ...
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U.S. corn for ethanol to rise, growth to slow: USDA
Peak Oil News —
... billion bushels of corn will be used to produce ethanol in 2009/10, an increase from 3.6 billion bushels forecasted for the current year. Overall, ethanol is forecast to command about 33 percent of the corn crop compared to 30 percent in 2008/09. "While expansion in the ethanol industry continues, smaller gains for corn-based ethanol are projected, largely reflecting moderate growth in overall gasoline consumption in the United States," USDA said in its annual "baseline" report. Reuters UK
DrumBeat: February 13, 2009
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... States, as the financial crisis deepens.
European renewables are also affected — though not to the same extent — as bank lending has slowed.
South Carolina regulators OK nuclear power project
WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina regulators have unanimously approved a request by the state's largest utility, South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G;), to join with a state-owned utility to build two nuclear reactors.
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