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Biofuels

Articles/Presentations

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA Official Testifies on Advancing Future of Next Generation Biofuels (USDA Radio News; 10/30/09 - wma, real, mp3)
USDA Official Discusses Need to Accelerate Biofuels Research, Development (USDA Radio News; 10/30/09 - wma, real, mp3)
Full Throttle U.S. Ethanol Expansion Faces Challenges Down the Road (Amber Waves, September 2009; USDA's Economic Research Service)
Schafer To Lead U.S. Delegation To International Conference On Biofuels In Brazil (11/18/08)
A National Biofuels Action Plan Is Here (USDA Radio News; 10/21/08 - real, mp3, wave)
USDA Defends Its Biofuels Policy (USDA Radio News; 10/08/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— USDA and DOE Release National Biofuels Action Plan (10/07/08)
— FACT SHEET: National Biofuels Action Plan (10/07/08)
— Secretaries Schafer and Bodman Announce National Biofuels Action Plan (Transcript; View Video; 10/07/08)
USDA Awards $35 Million for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects (08/27/08)
Secretary Schafer Delivers Remarks at Farm to Fuel Summit (08/01/08)
Washington International Renewable Energy Conference Report Highlights Three-Day Conference (7/22/08)
— Read the report (.pdf; 1.36 MB)
USDA Awards $6.9 Million for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects (07/22/08)
Food, Feed and Fuel: USDA Briefing (05/19/08)
Corn Ethanol Produces Both Fuel and Food (USDA Radio News; 05/06/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— Conflicting Data on Ethanol's Role in Food Price Hikes (USDA Radio News; 05/06/08 - real, mp3, wave)

Articles/Presentations

Data

United States:
- Historical Data From the U.S. Trade Internet System (1989–Present)
- Production, Supply and Demand (World Agricultural Outlook Board)

Global:

Production, Supply and Distribution: PSDonline
Agricultural Baseline Projections: Baseline Presentation

Links

U.S. Government
- Agricultural Research: Bioenergy and Energy Alternatives
- BioPreferred Biobased Products Catalog
- Getting Started in Biofuels
- News and Reports
  - Biofuels in the News (U.S. Department of Energy)
  - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: EERE News (U.S. Department of Energy)
  - Energy TechNet (U.S. Department of Energy)
- USDA Biofuels programs
- The Renewable Fuel Program of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (U.S. GPO)
- Bioenergy Briefing Room (USDA Economic Research Service)
- Other Biofuel-related Web sites

Private Sector
- Grassoline: Myths and Realities about Biofuels (University of Michigan; March 2008)
- 2007 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium, "Biofuels and Biofood: The Global Challenges of Emerging Technologies," October 17–19, 2007, Des Moines, Iowa
- American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Biomass Coordinating Council
- International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
- World Energy Council

FAS Export Programs

FAS Market-Specific Reports

· FAS Attaché Reports database

· FAS Biofuels Reports from The European Union

See archive of USDA biofuels news

Contact Information:

Commodity/Contact	Area of Expertise	Phone	E-mail
Biofuels
Paul Trupo		202-720-1335	Paul.Trupo@fas.usda.gov
Derrick Williams		202-690-0131	Derrick.Williams@fas.usda.gov
Ernie Carter		202-720-2922	Ernest.Carter@fas.usda.gov

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