Osage Bio Energy, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, intends to build four alternative motor fuel production plants run on barley, versus the more-controversial corn. They will compete with Midwest ethanol producers who now …

H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C., a leading global private equity firm focused on mid-market companies, announced today that it is acquiring the U.S. oleochemical business of Croda International Plc. As part of its restructuring …

Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture …

Brazil’s grain crop output in 2007 is expected to reach a record 142 million tons, up 7.8 percent from the 131.7 million tons harvested in 2006, the National Supply Company said Thursday. According to a study carried …

Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they’re planted in. As seeds get better, much of the world’s soil is …

Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans. But he’s no poster boy for the new world agricultural order, in which …

Developers of a massive ethanol production plant production plant proposed for the Port of Albany say new technology would make it far more efficient than existing corn ethanol plants. Ed Stahl, president of BioPro Resources …

A Canadian biotechnology company has decided to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in Saskatchewan, rather than southeast Idaho. Iogen Corp. said Wednesday it has suspended its operations in Idaho. For the last two years …

When it comes to using distiller’s grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference. Dr. Jim MacDonald, AgriLife Research beef …

The boom in U.S. exports has hit two speed bumps: scarcities of cargo containers and not enough room on ships for all the truck-size metal boxes headed abroad. It’s a problem that is pinching businesses both in Hampton …